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| NOCname = [[South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee]] |
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| winterappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=South Africa|competition=Winter Olympics|begin_year=1960|end_year= }} |
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[[South Africa]] first participated at the [[Olympic Games]] in 1904, and sent athletes to compete in every [[Summer Olympic Games]] until 1960. After the passage of [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1761]] in 1962 in response to South Africa's policy of [[apartheid]], the nation [[Apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics|was barred from the Games]]. |
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After the [[negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa]] commenced in 1990, the nation re-joined the Olympic movement. The [[South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee]] was created in 1991, and South Africa returned to the Games at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] (and the [[1992 Summer Paralympics]]). South Africa also participated in the [[Winter Olympic Games]] in 1960, and since 1994. |
After the [[negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa]] commenced in 1990, the nation re-joined the Olympic movement. The [[South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee]] was created in 1991, and South Africa returned to the Games at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] (and the [[1992 Summer Paralympics]]). South Africa also participated in the [[Winter Olympic Games]] in 1960, and since 1994. |
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South African athletes have won a total of |
South African athletes have won a total of 89 medals, with [[athletics (sport)|athletics]], [[boxing]], and [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] as the top medal-producing sports. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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[[File:1904 Olympic Marathon participants, Len Tau (left) and Jan Mashiani of the Tswana tribe of South Africa.jpg|alt=1904 marathon participants Tau and Mashiani stand in a stadium looking at the camera, both wearing hats|left|thumb|200x200px|Mashiani (left) and Tau before the race<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=van der Merwe|first=Floris J.G.|date=1999|title=Africa's First Encounter with the Olympic Games In....1904|url=http://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/5.pdf|journal=[[Journal of Olympic History]]|volume=September 1999|via=International Society of Olympic Historians – ISOH|access-date=May 22, 2021|archive-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522125200/http://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/5.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>]] |
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South African athletes first participated in the [[1904 Summer Olympics]] in [[St. Louis]], when few foreign athletes arrived and the organisers invited participants of the adjacent [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|1904 World's Fair]] to compete.<ref name="sahistory" /> General [[Piet Cronjé]], [[Len Taunyane]], and [[Jan Mashiani]], all [[Second Boer War|Boer War]] veterans who had been taken prisoner by the British at [[Saint Helena|St. Helena]] after the [[Battle of Paardeberg]] and had reenacted battle scenes at the fair, participated in the [[Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|men's marathon]].<ref name="sahistory"/> Taunyane and Mashiani were the first black Africans to participate in the Olympics, and the only blacks to represent South Africa in the Olympics until the end of [[apartheid]].<ref name="sahistory"/> |
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South African athletes first participated in the [[1904 Summer Olympics]] in [[St. Louis]], when few foreign athletes arrived and the organisers invited participants of the adjacent [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|1904 World's Fair]] to compete.<ref name="sahistory" /> General [[Piet Cronjé]], [[Len Taunyane]], and [[Jan Mashiani]], all [[Second Boer War|Boer War]] veterans who had been taken prisoner by the British at [[Saint Helena|St. Helena]] after the [[Battle of Paardeberg]] and had reenacted battle scenes at the fair, participated in the [[Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|men's marathon]].<ref name="sahistory"/> [[Len Taunyane]] and [[Jan Mashiani]] were the first black Africans to participate in the Olympics, and the only blacks to represent South Africa in the Olympics until the end of [[apartheid]].<ref name="sahistory"/> |
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Although the four [[British colonies]] of [[Cape Colony|Cape of Good Hope]], [[Natal Colony|Natal]], [[Transvaal Colony|Transvaal]], and [[Orange River Colony|Orange River]] did not form the [[Union of South Africa]] until 1910, they fielded a combined South Africa team at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], where [[Reggie Walker (sprinter)|Reggie Walker]] won its first [[Olympic gold medal|gold medal]].<ref name="sahistory"/> The first South African woman in the Olympics was swimmer [[Barbara Nash]] in [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920]], and the first women to win medals were the [[Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|1928 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay]] quartet, who came third.<ref name="sahistory">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/south-africa-and-olympic-games|title=South Africa and the Olympic Games|first=Lappe|last=Laubscher|date=23 August 2017|website=South African History Online|language=en|access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref> The South African Olympic and Empire Games Association was awarded the [[1934 British Empire Games]] in [[Johannesburg]] but backed out when it became evident that they would have to allow [[India at the Commonwealth Games|a team from India]] to compete.<ref name="sahistory" /> |
Although the four [[British colonies]] of [[Cape Colony|Cape of Good Hope]], [[Natal Colony|Natal]], [[Transvaal Colony|Transvaal]], and [[Orange River Colony|Orange River]] did not form the [[Union of South Africa]] until 1910, they fielded a combined South Africa team at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], where [[Reggie Walker (sprinter)|Reggie Walker]] won its first [[Olympic gold medal|gold medal]].<ref name="sahistory"/> The first South African woman in the Olympics was swimmer [[Barbara Nash]] in [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920]], and the first women to win medals were the [[Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|1928 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay]] quartet, who came third.<ref name="sahistory">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/south-africa-and-olympic-games|title=South Africa and the Olympic Games|first=Lappe|last=Laubscher|date=23 August 2017|website=South African History Online|language=en|access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref> The South African Olympic and Empire Games Association was awarded the [[1934 British Empire Games]] in [[Johannesburg]] but backed out when it became evident that they would have to allow [[India at the Commonwealth Games|a team from India]] to compete.<ref name="sahistory" /> |
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== Medal tables == |
== Medal tables == |
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{{See also|All-time Olympic Games medal table}} |
{{See also|All-time Olympic Games medal table}} |
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=== Medals by Summer Games === |
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|style="background:gold; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold |
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|style="background:#cc9966; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze |
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| gold_2 = 1 | silver_2 = 1 | bronze_2 = 0 | name_2 = {{GamesName|SOG|1908}} |
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!style="width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Total |
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| gold_4 = 3 | silver_4 = 4 | bronze_4 = 3 | name_4 = {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} |
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| gold_5 = 1 | silver_5 = 1 | bronze_5 = 1 | name_5 = {{GamesName|SOG|1924}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1904}} || [[South Africa at the 1904 Summer Olympics|8]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1904 Summer Olympics medal table|-]] |
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| gold_6 = 1 | silver_6 = 0 | bronze_6 = 2 | name_6 = {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} |
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| gold_7 = 2 | silver_7 = 0 | bronze_7 = 3 | name_7 = {{GamesName|SOG|1932}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1908}} || [[South Africa at the 1908 Summer Olympics|14]] || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || [[1908 Summer Olympics medal table|14]] |
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| gold_8 = 0 | silver_8 = 1 | bronze_8 = 0 | name_8 = {{GamesName|SOG|1936}} |
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| gold_9 = 2 | silver_9 = 1 | bronze_9 = 1 | name_9 = {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1912}} || [[South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics|21]] || 4 || 2 || 0 || 6 || [[1912 Summer Olympics medal table|7]] |
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| gold_10 = 2 | silver_10 = 4 | bronze_10 = 4 | name_10 = {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} |
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| gold_11 = 0 | silver_11 = 0 | bronze_11 = 4 | name_11 = {{GamesName|SOG|1956}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || [[South Africa at the 1920 Summer Olympics|39]] || 3 || 4 || 3 || 10 || [[1920 Summer Olympics medal table|11]] |
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| gold_12 = 0 | silver_12 = 1 | bronze_12 = 2 | name_12 = {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} |
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| gold_13 = 0 | silver_13 = 2 | bronze_13 = 0 | name_13 = {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1924}} || [[South Africa at the 1924 Summer Olympics|30]] || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 || [[1924 Summer Olympics medal table|18]] |
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| gold_14 = 3 | silver_14 = 1 | bronze_14 = 1 | name_14 = {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} |
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| gold_15 = 0 | silver_15 = 2 | bronze_15 = 3 | name_15 = {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} || [[South Africa at the 1928 Summer Olympics|24]] || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3 || [[1928 Summer Olympics medal table|23]] |
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| gold_16 = 1 | silver_16 = 3 | bronze_16 = 2 | name_16 = {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} |
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| gold_17 = 0 | silver_17 = 1 | bronze_17 = 0 | name_17 = {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1932}} || [[South Africa at the 1932 Summer Olympics|12]] || 2 || 0 || 3 || 5 || [[1932 Summer Olympics medal table|15]] |
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| gold_18 = 4 | silver_18 = 1 | bronze_18 = 1 | name_18 = {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} |
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| gold_19 = 2 | silver_19 = 6 | bronze_19 = 2 | name_19 = {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1936}} || [[South Africa at the 1936 Summer Olympics|32]] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || [[1936 Summer Olympics medal table|25]] |
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| gold_20 = - | silver_20 = - | bronze_20 = - | name_20 = {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} || [[South Africa at the 1948 Summer Olympics|35]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4 || [[1948 Summer Olympics medal table|18]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics|64]] || 2 || 4 || 4 || 10 || [[1952 Summer Olympics medal table|12]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1956}} || [[South Africa at the 1956 Summer Olympics|50]] || 0 || 0 || 4 || 4 || [[1956 Summer Olympics medal table|33]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} || [[South Africa at the 1960 Summer Olympics|55]] || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || [[1960 Summer Olympics medal table|28]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1964}} || colspan=6; rowspan=7 | ''Excluded'' |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1968}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1972}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1976}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1980}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1984}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1988}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} || [[South Africa at the 1992 Summer Olympics|93]] || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 || [[1992 Summer Olympics medal table|41]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} || [[South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics|84]] || 3 || 1 || 1 || 5 || [[1996 Summer Olympics medal table|27]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} || [[South Africa at the 2000 Summer Olympics|127]] || 0 || 2 || 3 || 5 || [[2000 Summer Olympics medal table|55]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} || [[South Africa at the 2004 Summer Olympics|106]] || 1 || 3 || 2 || 6 || [[2004 Summer Olympics medal table|43]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} || [[South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics|136]] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || [[2008 Summer Olympics medal table|70]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || [[South Africa at the 2012 Summer Olympics|125]] || 4 || 1 || 1 || 6 || [[2012 Summer Olympics medal table|43]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics|138]] || 2 || 6 || 2 || 10 || [[2016 Summer Olympics medal table|30]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} || [[South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics|177]] || 1 || 2 || 0 || 3 || [[2020 Summer Olympics medal table|52]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} || colspan=6; rowspan=3 | ''future event'' |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2028}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2032}} |
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!colspan=2| Total !! 27 !! 33 !! 29 !! 89 !! [[All-time Olympic Games medal table|37]] |
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!style="width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Total |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1960}} || [[South Africa at the 1960 Winter Olympics|4]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1960 Winter Olympics medal table|–]] |
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![[File:Alpine skiing pictogram.svg|20px|Alpine skiing]] |
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![[File:Cross country skiing pictogram.svg|20px|Cross-country skiing]] |
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![[File:Figure skating pictogram.svg|20px|Figure skating]] |
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![[File:Short track speed skating pictogram.svg|20px|Short track speed skating]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1964}} || colspan=6; rowspan=8| ''Excluded'' |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1964}} || colspan=12 rowspan=8|''Excluded'' |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1968}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1992}} |
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1992}} |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1994}} || [[South Africa at the 1994 Winter Olympics|2]] |
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1994}} || [[South Africa at the 1994 Winter Olympics|2]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1994 Winter Olympics medal table|–]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1998}} || [[South Africa at the 1998 Winter Olympics|2]] |
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1998}} || [[South Africa at the 1998 Winter Olympics|2]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1998 Winter Olympics medal table|–]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2002}} || [[South Africa at the 2002 Winter Olympics|1]] |
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2002}} || [[South Africa at the 2002 Winter Olympics|1]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2002 Winter Olympics medal table|–]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2006}} || [[South Africa at the 2006 Winter Olympics|3]] |
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2006}} || [[South Africa at the 2006 Winter Olympics|3]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2006 Winter Olympics medal table|–]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2010}} || [[South Africa at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2]] |
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2010}} || [[South Africa at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2010 Winter Olympics medal table|–]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2014}} || colspan= |
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2014}} || colspan=6| ''did not participate'' |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2018}} || [[South Africa at the 2018 Winter Olympics|1]] |
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2018}} || [[South Africa at the 2018 Winter Olympics|1]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2018 Winter Olympics medal table|–]] |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2022}} || colspan=6| ''did not participate'' |
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|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2026}} |
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2026}} || colspan=6| ''future event'' |
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!colspan=2| Total !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! [[All-time Olympic Games medal table|–]] |
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=== Medals by sport === |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Reggie|Walker|Reggie Walker (sprinter)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1908}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's 100m |
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Charles|Hefferon}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1908}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's Marathon |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Ken|McArthur}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1912}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's Marathon |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Rudolph|Lewis|Rudolph Lewis (cyclist)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1912}} || [[File:Cycling pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] || Men's Individual Time Trial |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Harold|Kitson}}<br>{{sortname|Charles|Winslow}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1912}} || [[File:Tennis pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Tennis]] || Men's Doubles Outdoor |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Charles|Winslow}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1912}} || [[File:Tennis pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Tennis]] || Men's Singles Outdoor |
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Christian|Gitsham}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1912}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's Marathon |
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Harold|Kitson}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1912}} || [[File:Tennis pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Tennis]] || Men's Singles Outdoor |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Bevil|Rudd}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's 400m |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Clarence|Walker|Clarence Walker (boxer)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's Bantamweight |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Louis|Raymond|Louis Raymond (tennis)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || [[File:Tennis pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Tennis]] || Men's Singles |
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Harold|Kitson}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1912}} || [[Image:Tennis pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Tennis]] || Men's Singles Outdoor |
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Henry|Dafel}}<br>{{sortname|Jack|Oosterlak}}<br>{{sortname|Clarence|Oldfield}}<br>{{sortname|Bevil|Rudd}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's 400m Relay |
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Henry|Kaltenbrunn}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || [[File:Cycling pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] || Men's Individual Time Trial |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|William|Smith|William Smith (cyclist)}}<br>{{sortname|James|Walker|James Walker (cyclist)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || [[File:Cycling pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] || Men's Tandem |
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|David|Smith|David Smith (sport shooter)}}<br>{{sortname|Robert|Bodley}}<br>{{sortname|Ferdinand|Buchanan}}<br>{{sortname|Frederick|Morgan|Frederick Morgan (sport shooter)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || [[File:Shooting pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Shooting]] || Men's Team 600m Military Rifle |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Bevil|Rudd}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's 800m |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|James|Walker|James Walker (cyclist)}}<br>{{sortname|William|Smith|William Smith (cyclist)}}<br>{{sortname|Henry|Kaltenbrunn}}<br>{{sortname|Harry|Goosen}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || [[File:Cycling pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] || Team Pursuit |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Charles|Winslow}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || [[File:Tennis pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Tennis]] || Men's Singles |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|William|Smith|William Alexander Smith (boxer)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1924}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's Bantamweight |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Sydney|Atkinson}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1924}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's 110m Hurdles |
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| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Cecil|McMaster}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1924}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's 10 Km Walk |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Sydney|Atkinson}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's 110m Hurdles |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Harry|Isaacs|Harry Isaacs (boxer)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's Bantamweight |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Rhoda|Rennie}}<br>{{sortname|Frederica|van der Goes}}<br>{{sortname|Mary|Bedford}}<br>{{sortname|Kathleen|Russell|Kathleen Russell (swimmer)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Women's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Lawrence|Stevens}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1932}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's lightweight |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|David|Carstens}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1932}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's light-heavyweight |
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| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Marjorie|Clark}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1932}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Women's 80m hurdles |
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| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Ernest|Peirce}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1932}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's middleweight |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Jenny|Maakal}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1932}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Women's 400m freestyle |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Charles|Catterall}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1936}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's featherweight |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Gerald|Dreyer}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's lightweight |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|George|Hunter|George Hunter (boxer)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's light-heavyweight |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Dennis|Shepherd}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's featherweight |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|John|Arthur|John Arthur (boxer)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's heavyweight |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Esther|Brand}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Women's high jump |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Joan|Harrison|Joan Harrison (swimmer)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Women's 100m backstroke |
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Daphne|Robb-Hasenjäger}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Women's 100m |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Theunis|Van Schalkwyk}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's light-middleweight |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Raymond|Robinson|Raymond Robinson (cyclist)}}<br>[[Thomas Shardelow]] || {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[File:Cycling pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Cycling (Track)]] || Men's 2000m tandem |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|George|Estman}}<br>[[Robert Fowler (cyclist)|Robert Fowler]]<br>[[Thomas Shardelow]]<br>[[Alfred Swift]] || {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[File:Cycling pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Cycling (Track)]] || Men's team pursuit (4000m) |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|William|Toweel}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's flyweight |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Leonard|Leisching}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's featherweight |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Andries|Nieman}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's heavyweight |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Raymond|Robinson|Raymond Robinson (cyclist)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[File:Cycling pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Cycling (Track)]] || Men's 1 km time trial |
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| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Daniel|Bekker}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|1956}}/Stockholm || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's heavyweight |
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| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Henry|Loubscher}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|1956}}/Stockholm || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's light-welterweight |
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| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Alfred|Swift}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|1956}}/Stockholm || [[File:Cycling pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Cycling (Track)]] || Men's 1 km time trial |
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| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Moira|Abernethy}}<br>[[Jeanette Myburgh]]<br>[[Natalie Myburgh]]<br>[[Susan Roberts|Susan Elizabeth Roberts]]|| {{GamesName|SOG|1956}}/Stockholm || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Women's 4 × 100m freestyle relay |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Daniel|Bekker}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's heavyweight |
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| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Malcolm Clive|Spence}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's 400m |
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| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|William|Meyers}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || Men's featherweight |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Elana|Meyer}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Women's 10,000m |
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Wayne|Ferreira}}<br>[[Piet Norval]] || {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} || [[File:Tennis pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Tennis]] || Men's Doubles |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Josia|Thugwane}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's marathon |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Penelope|Heyns}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Women's 100m breaststroke |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Penelope|Heyns}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Women's 200m breaststroke |
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Hezekiel|Sepeng}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's 800m |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Marianne|Kriel}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Women's 100m backstroke |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Hestrie|Cloete}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Women's high jump |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Terence|Parkin}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Men's 200m breaststroke |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Llewellyn|Herbert}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's 400m hurdles |
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| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Frantz|Kruger}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's discus throw |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Penelope|Heyns}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Women's 100m breaststroke |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Lyndon|Ferns}}<br>[[Ryk Neethling]]<br>[[Roland Mark Schoeman]]<br>[[Darian Townsend]] || {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} ||[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Men's 4 × 100m freestyle relay |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Mbulaeni|Mulaudzi}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} ||[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's 800m |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Hestrie|Cloete}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} ||[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Women's high jump |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Roland Mark|Schoeman}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} ||[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Men's 100m freestyle |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Donovan|Cech}}<br>[[Ramon di Clemente]] || {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} ||[[File:Rowing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Rowing]] || Men's coxless pair |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Roland Mark|Schoeman}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} ||[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Men's 50m freestyle |
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname| |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Khotso|Mokoena}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's long jump |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Sizwe|Ndlovu}}<br>{{sortname|Matthew|Brittain}}<br>{{sortname|John|Smith|John Smith (South African rower)}}<br>{{sortname|James|Thompson|James Thompson (rower)}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || [[File:Rowing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Rowing]] || Men's Lightweight Four |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Cameron|van der Burgh}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Men's 100m breaststroke |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Chad|le Clos}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Men's 200m butterfly |
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| {{ |
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Caster|Semenya}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Women's 800m |
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| {{ |
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Chad|le Clos}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Men's 100m butterfly |
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| {{ |
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Bridgitte|Hartley}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || [[File:Canoeing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Canoeing]] || Women's K-1 500m |
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|{{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Wayde|Van Niekerk}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]][[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's 400m |
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|{{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Caster|Semenya}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]][[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Women's 800m |
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|{{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Chad|le Clos}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]][[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Men's 200m freestyle |
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|{{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Shaun|Keeling}}<br>{{sortname|Lawrence|Brittain}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[File:Rowing pictogram.svg|25px]][[Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Rowing]] || Men's coxless pair |
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|{{ |
|{{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Chad|le Clos}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]][[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Men's 100m butterfly |
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|{{ |
|{{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Cameron|van der Burgh}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]][[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Men's 100m breaststroke |
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|{{silver medal}} || {{sortname| |
|{{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Luvo|Manyonga}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]][[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Men's long jump |
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|{{silver medal}} || {{sortname| |
|{{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Sunette|Viljoen}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]][[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || Women's javelin throw |
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|{{ |
|{{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Cheslin|Kolbe}}<br>{{sortname|Juan|de Jongh}}<br>{{sortname|Seabelo|Senatla}}<br>{{sortname|Justin|Geduld}}<br>{{sortname|Kyle|Brown|Kyle Brown (rugby union)}}<br>{{sortname|Cecil|Afrika}}<br>{{sortname|Kwagga|Smith}}<br>{{sortname|Werner|Kok}}<br>{{sortname|Rosko|Specman}}<br>{{sortname|Philip|Snyman}}<br>{{sortname|Dylan|Sage}}<br>{{sortname|Francois|Hougaard}}<br>{{sortname|Tim|Agaba}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[File:Rugby pictogram.svg|25px]][[Rugby at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Rugby Sevens]] || Men's tournament |
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|{{ |
|{{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Henri|Schoeman}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[File:Olympic pictogram Triathlon.png|25x25px]][[Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Triathlon]] || Men's Triathlon |
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|{{ |
|{{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Tatjana|Schoenmaker}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]][[Swimming at the 2021 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Women's 200m breaststroke |
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|{{silver medal}} || {{sortname| |
|{{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Tatjana|Schoenmaker}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]][[Swimming at the 2021 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || Women's 100m breaststroke |
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|{{ |
|{{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Bianca|Buitendag}} || {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} || [[File:Surfing pictogram.svg|25px]][[Surfing at the 2021 Summer Olympics|Surfing]] || Women's Shortboard |
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* {{cite web |title=South Africa |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=https://www.olympic.org/south-africa }} |
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* {{cite web |title=South Africa |publisher=Olympedia.com |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/RSA }} |
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* {{cite web |title=Olympic Analytics/RSA |publisher=olympanalyt.com |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByGames¶m_country=RSA }} |
* {{cite web |title=Olympic Analytics/RSA |publisher=olympanalyt.com |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByGames¶m_country=RSA }} |
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IOC code | RSA |
NOC | South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
Medals Ranked 39th |
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South Africa first participated at the Olympic Games in 1904, and sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games until 1960. After the passage of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1761 in 1962 in response to South Africa's policy of apartheid, the nation was barred from the Games.
After the negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa commenced in 1990, the nation re-joined the Olympic movement. The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee was created in 1991, and South Africa returned to the Games at the 1992 Summer Olympics (and the 1992 Summer Paralympics). South Africa also participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1960, and since 1994.
South African athletes have won a total of 89 medals, with athletics, boxing, and swimming as the top medal-producing sports.
History
![1904 marathon participants Tau and Mashiani stand in a stadium looking at the camera, both wearing hats](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/1904_Olympic_Marathon_participants%2C_Len_Tau_%28left%29_and_Jan_Mashiani_of_the_Tswana_tribe_of_South_Africa.jpg/161px-1904_Olympic_Marathon_participants%2C_Len_Tau_%28left%29_and_Jan_Mashiani_of_the_Tswana_tribe_of_South_Africa.jpg)
South African athletes first participated in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, when few foreign athletes arrived and the organisers invited participants of the adjacent 1904 World's Fair to compete.[2] General Piet Cronjé, Len Taunyane, and Jan Mashiani, all Boer War veterans who had been taken prisoner by the British at St. Helena after the Battle of Paardeberg and had reenacted battle scenes at the fair, participated in the men's marathon.[2] Len Taunyane and Jan Mashiani were the first black Africans to participate in the Olympics, and the only blacks to represent South Africa in the Olympics until the end of apartheid.[2]
Although the four British colonies of Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange River did not form the Union of South Africa until 1910, they fielded a combined South Africa team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where Reggie Walker won its first gold medal.[2] The first South African woman in the Olympics was swimmer Barbara Nash in 1920, and the first women to win medals were the 1928 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay quartet, who came third.[2] The South African Olympic and Empire Games Association was awarded the 1934 British Empire Games in Johannesburg but backed out when it became evident that they would have to allow a team from India to compete.[2]
South Africa first entered the Winter Olympics in 1960, and that summer's games in Rome would be its last till the end of apartheid.[2] It was not invited to the 1964 Games, and its 1968 invitation was withdrawn when other teams threatened to withdraw. The South African Olympic and National Games Association was expelled from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1970.
The nonracial Interim National Olympic Committee of South Africa (now South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee) was founded in 1991 during the transition to multiracial equality and affiliated to the IOC months later. The country returned at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2]
Medal tables
Medals by sport
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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![]() | 9 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
![]() | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
![]() | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (11 entries) | 27 | 33 | 29 | 89 |
List of medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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Reggie Walker | 1908 London | ![]() |
Men's 100m |
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Charles Hefferon | 1908 London | ![]() |
Men's Marathon |
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Ken McArthur | 1912 Stockholm | ![]() |
Men's Marathon |
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Rudolph Lewis | 1912 Stockholm | ![]() |
Men's Individual Time Trial |
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Harold Kitson Charles Winslow |
1912 Stockholm | ![]() |
Men's Doubles Outdoor |
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Charles Winslow | 1912 Stockholm | ![]() |
Men's Singles Outdoor |
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Christian Gitsham | 1912 Stockholm | ![]() |
Men's Marathon |
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Harold Kitson | 1912 Stockholm | ![]() |
Men's Singles Outdoor |
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Bevil Rudd | 1920 Antwerp | ![]() |
Men's 400m |
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Clarence Walker | 1920 Antwerp | ![]() |
Men's Bantamweight |
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Louis Raymond | 1920 Antwerp | ![]() |
Men's Singles |
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Henry Dafel Jack Oosterlak Clarence Oldfield Bevil Rudd |
1920 Antwerp | ![]() |
Men's 400m Relay |
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Henry Kaltenbrunn | 1920 Antwerp | ![]() |
Men's Individual Time Trial |
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William Smith James Walker |
1920 Antwerp | ![]() |
Men's Tandem |
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David Smith Robert Bodley Ferdinand Buchanan Frederick Morgan |
1920 Antwerp | ![]() |
Men's Team 600m Military Rifle |
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Bevil Rudd | 1920 Antwerp | ![]() |
Men's 800m |
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James Walker William Smith Henry Kaltenbrunn Harry Goosen |
1920 Antwerp | ![]() |
Team Pursuit |
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Charles Winslow | 1920 Antwerp | ![]() |
Men's Singles |
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William Smith | 1924 Paris | ![]() |
Men's Bantamweight |
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Sydney Atkinson | 1924 Paris | ![]() |
Men's 110m Hurdles |
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Cecil McMaster | 1924 Paris | ![]() |
Men's 10 Km Walk |
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Sydney Atkinson | 1928 Amsterdam | ![]() |
Men's 110m Hurdles |
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Harry Isaacs | 1928 Amsterdam | ![]() |
Men's Bantamweight |
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Rhoda Rennie Frederica van der Goes Mary Bedford Kathleen Russell |
1928 Amsterdam | ![]() |
Women's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay |
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Lawrence Stevens | 1932 Los Angeles | ![]() |
Men's lightweight |
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David Carstens | 1932 Los Angeles | ![]() |
Men's light-heavyweight |
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Marjorie Clark | 1932 Los Angeles | ![]() |
Women's 80m hurdles |
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Ernest Peirce | 1932 Los Angeles | ![]() |
Men's middleweight |
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Jenny Maakal | 1932 Los Angeles | ![]() |
Women's 400m freestyle |
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Charles Catterall | 1936 Berlin | ![]() |
Men's featherweight |
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Gerald Dreyer | 1948 London | ![]() |
Men's lightweight |
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George Hunter | 1948 London | ![]() |
Men's light-heavyweight |
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Dennis Shepherd | 1948 London | ![]() |
Men's featherweight |
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John Arthur | 1948 London | ![]() |
Men's heavyweight |
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Esther Brand | 1952 Helsinki | ![]() |
Women's high jump |
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Joan Harrison | 1952 Helsinki | ![]() |
Women's 100m backstroke |
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Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger | 1952 Helsinki | ![]() |
Women's 100m |
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Theunis Van Schalkwyk | 1952 Helsinki | ![]() |
Men's light-middleweight |
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Raymond Robinson Thomas Shardelow |
1952 Helsinki | ![]() |
Men's 2000m tandem |
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George Estman Robert Fowler Thomas Shardelow Alfred Swift |
1952 Helsinki | ![]() |
Men's team pursuit (4000m) |
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William Toweel | 1952 Helsinki | ![]() |
Men's flyweight |
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Leonard Leisching | 1952 Helsinki | ![]() |
Men's featherweight |
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Andries Nieman | 1952 Helsinki | ![]() |
Men's heavyweight |
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Raymond Robinson | 1952 Helsinki | ![]() |
Men's 1 km time trial |
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Daniel Bekker | 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm | ![]() |
Men's heavyweight |
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Henry Loubscher | 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm | ![]() |
Men's light-welterweight |
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Alfred Swift | 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm | ![]() |
Men's 1 km time trial |
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Moira Abernethy Jeanette Myburgh Natalie Myburgh Susan Elizabeth Roberts |
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm | ![]() |
Women's 4 × 100m freestyle relay |
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Daniel Bekker | 1960 Rome | ![]() |
Men's heavyweight |
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Malcolm Clive Spence | 1960 Rome | ![]() |
Men's 400m |
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William Meyers | 1960 Rome | ![]() |
Men's featherweight |
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Elana Meyer | 1992 Barcelona | ![]() |
Women's 10,000m |
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Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval |
1992 Barcelona | ![]() |
Men's Doubles |
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Josia Thugwane | 1996 Atlanta | ![]() |
Men's marathon |
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Penelope Heyns | 1996 Atlanta | ![]() |
Women's 100m breaststroke |
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Penelope Heyns | 1996 Atlanta | ![]() |
Women's 200m breaststroke |
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Hezekiel Sepeng | 1996 Atlanta | ![]() |
Men's 800m |
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Marianne Kriel | 1996 Atlanta | ![]() |
Women's 100m backstroke |
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Hestrie Cloete | 2000 Sydney | ![]() |
Women's high jump |
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Terence Parkin | 2000 Sydney | ![]() |
Men's 200m breaststroke |
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Llewellyn Herbert | 2000 Sydney | ![]() |
Men's 400m hurdles |
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Frantz Kruger | 2000 Sydney | ![]() |
Men's discus throw |
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Penelope Heyns | 2000 Sydney | ![]() |
Women's 100m breaststroke |
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Lyndon Ferns Ryk Neethling Roland Mark Schoeman Darian Townsend |
2004 Athens | ![]() |
Men's 4 × 100m freestyle relay |
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Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | 2004 Athens | ![]() |
Men's 800m |
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Hestrie Cloete | 2004 Athens | ![]() |
Women's high jump |
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Roland Mark Schoeman | 2004 Athens | ![]() |
Men's 100m freestyle |
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Donovan Cech Ramon di Clemente |
2004 Athens | ![]() |
Men's coxless pair |
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Roland Mark Schoeman | 2004 Athens | ![]() |
Men's 50m freestyle |
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Khotso Mokoena | 2008 Beijing | ![]() |
Men's long jump |
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Sizwe Ndlovu Matthew Brittain John Smith James Thompson |
2012 London | ![]() |
Men's Lightweight Four |
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Cameron van der Burgh | 2012 London | ![]() |
Men's 100m breaststroke |
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Chad le Clos | 2012 London | ![]() |
Men's 200m butterfly |
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Caster Semenya | 2012 London | ![]() |
Women's 800m |
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Chad le Clos | 2012 London | ![]() |
Men's 100m butterfly |
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Bridgitte Hartley | 2012 London | ![]() |
Women's K-1 500m |
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Wayde Van Niekerk | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
Men's 400m |
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Caster Semenya | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
Women's 800m |
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Chad le Clos | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
Men's 200m freestyle |
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Shaun Keeling Lawrence Brittain |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
Men's coxless pair |
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Chad le Clos | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
Men's 100m butterfly |
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Cameron van der Burgh | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
Men's 100m breaststroke |
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Luvo Manyonga | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
Men's long jump |
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Sunette Viljoen | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
Women's javelin throw |
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Cheslin Kolbe Juan de Jongh Seabelo Senatla Justin Geduld Kyle Brown Cecil Afrika Kwagga Smith Werner Kok Rosko Specman Philip Snyman Dylan Sage Francois Hougaard Tim Agaba |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
Men's tournament |
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Henri Schoeman | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
Men's Triathlon |
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Tatjana Schoenmaker | 2020 Tokyo | ![]() |
Women's 200m breaststroke |
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Tatjana Schoenmaker | 2020 Tokyo | ![]() |
Women's 100m breaststroke |
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Bianca Buitendag | 2020 Tokyo | ![]() |
Women's Shortboard |
See also
- List of flag bearers for South Africa at the Olympics
- Category:Olympic competitors for South Africa
- South Africa at the Paralympics
References
- ^ van der Merwe, Floris J.G. (1999). "Africa's First Encounter with the Olympic Games In....1904" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History. September 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021 – via International Society of Olympic Historians – ISOH.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Laubscher, Lappe (23 August 2017). "South Africa and the Olympic Games". South African History Online. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
External links
- "South Africa". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
- "South Africa". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/RSA". olympanalyt.com.