- History
- Medal tables Medals by Summer Games Medals by sport
- List of medalists
- See also
- References
- External links
{{infobox country at games | NOC = RSA | NOCname = South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee | games = Olympics | year = | flagcaption = | oldcode = | website = {{url|www.sascoc.co.za }} | location = | competitors = | sports = | flagbearer = | rank = | gold = 26 | silver = 31 | bronze = 29 | officials = | appearances = | app_begin_year = | app_end_year = | summerappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=South Africa|competition=Summer Olympics|begin_year=1904|end_year= }} | winterappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=South Africa|competition=Winter Olympics|begin_year=1960|end_year= }} | seealso = }}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 86 medals, with athletics, boxing, and swimming as the top medal-producing sports. HistorySouth African athletes first participated in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, when few foreign athletes arrived and the organizers invited participants of the adjacent 1904 World's Fair.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1] Aklthough 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.[1] The first woman was swimmer Barbara Nash in 1920, and to win medals were the 1928 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay quartet, whi came third.[1] 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.[1] {{more|Apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics}}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.[1] 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.[1] Medal tables {{See also|All-time Olympic Games medal count}} Medals by Summer Games {{Medals table | caption = | team = Games | hide_rank = yes | leading = | gold_1 = 0 | silver_1 = 0 | bronze_1 = 0 | name_1 = {{GamesName|SOG|1904}} | gold_2 = 1 | silver_2 = 1 | bronze_2 = 0 | name_2 = {{GamesName|SOG|1908}} | gold_3 = 4 | silver_3 = 2 | bronze_3 = 0 | name_3 = {{GamesName|SOG|1912}} | gold_4 = 3 | silver_4 = 4 | bronze_4 = 3 | name_4 = {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} | gold_5 = 1 | silver_5 = 1 | bronze_5 = 1 | name_5 = {{GamesName|SOG|1924}} | gold_6 = 1 | silver_6 = 0 | bronze_6 = 2 | name_6 = {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} | gold_7 = 2 | silver_7 = 0 | bronze_7 = 3 | name_7 = {{GamesName|SOG|1932}} | gold_8 = 0 | silver_8 = 1 | bronze_8 = 0 | name_8 = {{GamesName|SOG|1936}} | gold_9 = 2 | silver_9 = 1 | bronze_9 = 1 | name_9 = {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} | gold_10 = 2 | silver_10 = 4 | bronze_10 = 4 | name_10 = {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} | gold_11 = 0 | silver_11 = 0 | bronze_11 = 4 | name_11 = {{GamesName|SOG|1956}} | gold_12 = 0 | silver_12 = 1 | bronze_12 = 2 | name_12 = {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} | gold_13 = 0 | silver_13 = 2 | bronze_13 = 0 | name_13 = {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} | gold_14 = 3 | silver_14 = 1 | bronze_14 = 1 | name_14 = {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} | gold_15 = 0 | silver_15 = 2 | bronze_15 = 3 | name_15 = {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} | gold_16 = 1 | silver_16 = 3 | bronze_16 = 2 | name_16 = {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} | gold_17 = 0 | silver_17 = 1 | bronze_17 = 0 | name_17 = {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} | gold_18 = 4 | silver_18 = 1 | bronze_18 = 1 | name_18 = {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | gold_19 = 2 | silver_19 = 6 | bronze_19 = 2 | name_19 = {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} }} Medals by sport {{Medals table | caption = | team = Sport | hide_rank = yes | leading = | gold_1 = 9 | silver_1 = 13 | bronze_1 = 7 | name_1 = {{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}} | gold_2 = 6 | silver_2 = 4 | bronze_2 = 9 | name_2 = {{GamesSport|Boxing|Format=d}} | gold_3 = 6 | silver_3 = 6 | bronze_3 = 6 | name_3 = {{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}} | gold_4 = 3 | silver_4 = 2 | bronze_4 = 1 | name_4 = {{GamesSport|Tennis|Format=d}} | gold_5 = 1 | silver_5 = 4 | bronze_5 = 3 | name_5 = {{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}} | gold_6 = 1 | silver_6 = 1 | bronze_6 = 1 | name_6 = {{GamesSport|Rowing|Format=d}} | gold_7 = 0 | silver_7 = 1 | bronze_7 = 0 | name_7 = {{GamesSport|Shooting|Format=d}} | gold_8 = 0 | silver_8 = 0 | bronze_8 = 1 | name_8 = {{GamesSport|Canoeing|Format=d}} | gold_9 = 0 | silver_9 = 0 | bronze_9 = 1 | name_9 = {{GamesSport|Rugby|Format=d}} | gold_10 = 0 | silver_10 = 0 | bronze_10 = 1 | name_10 = {{GamesSport|Triathlon|Format=d}} }} List of medalists Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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{{gold medal}} | Reggie|Walker}} | SOG|1908}} | Athletics | Men's 100 metres | {{silver medal}} | Charles|Hefferon}} | SOG|1908}} | Athletics | Men's Marathon | {{gold medal}} | Ken|McArthur}} | SOG|1912}} | Athletics | Men's Marathon | {{gold medal}} | Rudolph|Lewis}} | SOG|1912}} | Cycling | Men's Individual Time Trial | {{gold medal}} | Harold|Kitson}} {{sortname|Charles|Winslow}} | SOG|1912}} | Tennis | Men's Doubles Outdoor | {{gold medal}} | Charles|Winslow}} | SOG|1912}} | Tennis | Men's Singles Outdoor | {{silver medal}} | Christian|Gitsham}} | SOG|1912}} | Athletics | Men's Marathon | {{silver medal}} | Harold|Kitson}} | SOG|1912}} | Tennis | Men's Singles Outdoor | {{gold medal}} | Bevil|Rudd}} | SOG|1920}} | Athletics | Men's 400 Metres | {{gold medal}} | Clarence|Walker|Clarence Walker (boxer)}} | SOG|1920}} | Boxing | Men's Bantamweight | {{gold medal}} | Louis|Raymond|Louis Raymond (tennis)}} | SOG|1920}} | Tennis | Men's Singles | |
{{silver medal}} | Henry|Dafel}} {{sortname|Jack|Oosterlak}} {{sortname|Clarence|Oldfield}} {{sortname|Bevil|Rudd}} | SOG|1920}} | Athletics | Men's 400 Metres Relay | {{silver medal}} | Henry|Kaltenbrunn}} | SOG|1920}} | Cycling | Men's Individual Time Trial | {{silver medal}} | William|Smith|William Smith (cyclist)}} {{sortname|James|Walker|James Walker (cyclist)}} | SOG|1920}} | Cycling | Men's Tandem | {{silver medal}} | David|Smith|David Smith (sport shooter)}} {{sortname|Robert|Bodley}} {{sortname|Ferdinand|Buchanan}} {{sortname|Frederick|Morgan|Frederick Morgan (sport shooter)}} | SOG|1920}} | Shooting | Men's Team 600 Metres Military Rifle | {{bronze medal}} | Bevil|Rudd}} | SOG|1920}} | Athletics | Men's 800m | {{bronze medal}} | James|Walker|James Walker (cyclist)}} {{sortname|William|Smith|William Smith (cyclist)}} {{sortname|Henry|Kaltenbrunn}} {{sortname|Harry|Goosen}} | SOG|1920}} | Cycling | Team Pursuit | {{bronze medal}} | Charles|Winslow}} | SOG|1920}} | Tennis | Men's Singles | {{gold medal}} | William|Smith|William Alexander Smith (boxer)}} | SOG|1924}} | Boxing | Men's Bantamweight | {{silver medal}} | Sydney|Atkinson}} | SOG|1924}} | Athletics | Men's 110m Hurdles | {{bronze medal}} | Cecil|McMaster}} | SOG|1924}} | Athletics | Men's 10 Kilometer Walk | {{gold medal}} | Sydney|Atkinson}} | SOG|1928}} | Athletics | Men's 110m Hurdles | {{bronze medal}} | Harry|Isaacs|Harry Isaacs (boxer)}} | SOG|1928}} | Boxing | Men's Bantamweight | {{bronze medal}} | Rhoda|Rennie}} {{sortname|Frederica|van der Goes}} {{sortname|Mary|Bedford}} {{sortname|Kathleen|Russell|Kathleen Russell (swimmer)}} | SOG|1928}} | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay | {{gold medal}} | Lawrence|Stevens}} | SOG|1932}} | Boxing | Men's lightweight | {{gold medal}} | David|Carstens}} | SOG|1932}} | Boxing | Men's light-heavyweight | {{bronze medal}} | Marjorie|Clark}} | SOG|1932}} | Athletics | Women's 80m hurdles | {{bronze medal}} | Ernest|Peirce}} | SOG|1932}} | Boxing | Men's middleweight | {{bronze medal}} | Jenny|Maakal}} | SOG|1932}} | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle | {{silver medal}} | Charles|Catterall}} | SOG|1936}} | Boxing | Men's featherweight | {{gold medal}} | Gerald|Dreyer}} | SOG|1948}} | Boxing | Men's lightweight | {{gold medal}} | George|Hunter|George Hunter (boxer)}} | SOG|1948}} | Boxing | Men's light-heavyweight | {{silver medal}} | Dennis|Shepherd}} | SOG|1948}} | Boxing | Men's featherweight | {{bronze medal}} | John|Arthur|John Arthur (boxer)}} | SOG|1948}} | Boxing | Men's heavyweight | {{gold medal}} | Esther|Brand}} | SOG|1952}} | Athletics | Women's high jump | {{gold medal}} | Joan|Harrison|Joan Harrison (swimmer)}} | SOG|1952}} | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke | {{silver medal}} | Daphne|Robb-Hasenjäger}} | SOG|1952}} | Athletics | Women's 100m | {{silver medal}} | Theunis|Van Schalkwyk}} | SOG|1952}} | Boxing | Men's light-middleweight | {{silver medal}} | Raymond|Robinson|Raymond Robinson (cyclist)}} Thomas Shardelow | SOG|1952}} | Cycling (Track) | Men's 2000m tandem | {{silver medal}} | George|Estman}} Robert Fowler Thomas Shardelow Alfred Swift | SOG|1952}} | Cycling (Track) | Men's team pursuit (4000m) | {{bronze medal}} | William|Toweel}} | SOG|1952}} | Boxing | Men's flyweight | {{bronze medal}} | Leonard|Leisching}} | SOG|1952}} | Boxing | Men's featherweight | {{bronze medal}} | Andries|Nieman}} | SOG|1952}} | Boxing | Men's heavyweight | {{bronze medal}} | Raymond|Robinson|Raymond Robinson (cyclist)}} | SOG|1952}} | Cycling (Track) | Men's 1 km time trial | {{bronze medal}} | Daniel|Bekker}} | SOG|1956}}/Stockholm | Boxing | Men's heavyweight | {{bronze medal}} | Henry|Loubscher}} | SOG|1956}}/Stockholm | Boxing | Men's light-welterweight | {{bronze medal}} | Alfred|Swift}} | SOG|1956}}/Stockholm | Cycling (Track) | Men's 1 km time trial | {{bronze medal}} | Moira|Abernethy}} Jeanette Myburgh Natalie Myburgh Susan Elizabeth Roberts | SOG|1956}}/Stockholm | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | {{silver medal}} | Daniel|Bekker}} | SOG|1960}} | Boxing | Men's heavyweight | {{bronze medal}} | Malcolm Clive|Spence}} | SOG|1960}} | Athletics | Men's 400m | {{bronze medal}} | William|Meyers}} | SOG|1960}} | Boxing | Men's featherweight | {{silver medal}} | Elana|Meyer}} | SOG|1992}} | Athletics | Women's 10,000m | {{silver medal}} | Wayne|Ferreira}} Piet Norval | SOG|1992}} | Tennis | Men's Doubles | {{gold medal}} | Josia|Thugwane}} | SOG|1996}} | Athletics | Men's marathon | {{gold medal}} | Penelope|Heyns}} | SOG|1996}} | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke | {{gold medal}} | Penelope|Heyns}} | SOG|1996}} | Swimming | Women's 200m breaststroke | {{silver medal}} | Hezekiel|Sepeng}} | SOG|1996}} | Athletics | Men's 800m | {{bronze medal}} | Marianne|Kriel}} | SOG|1996}} | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke | {{silver medal}} | Hestrie|Cloete}} | SOG|2000}} | Athletics | Women's high jump | {{silver medal}} | Terence|Parkin}} | SOG|2000}} | Swimming | Men's 200m breaststroke | {{bronze medal}} | Llewellyn|Herbert}} | SOG|2000}} | Athletics | Men's 400m hurdles | {{bronze medal}} | Frantz|Kruger}} | SOG|2000}} | Athletics | Men's discus throw | {{bronze medal}} | Penelope|Heyns}} | SOG|2000}} | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke | {{gold medal}} | Lyndon|Ferns}} Ryk Neethling Roland Mark Schoeman Darian Townsend | SOG|2004}} | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | {{silver medal}} | Mbulaeni|Mulaudzi}} | SOG|2004}} | Athletics | Men's 800m | {{silver medal}} | Hestrie|Cloete}} | SOG|2004}} | Athletics | Women's high jump | {{silver medal}} | Roland Mark|Schoeman}} | SOG|2004}} | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle | {{bronze medal}} | Donovan|Cech}} Ramon di Clemente | SOG|2004}} | Rowing | Men's coxless pair | {{bronze medal}} | Roland Mark|Schoeman}} | SOG|2004}} | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle | {{silver medal}} | Khotso|Mokoena}} | SOG|2008}} | Athletics | Men's long jump | {{gold medal}} | Sizwe|Ndlovu}} {{sortname|Matthew|Brittain}} {{sortname|John|Smith|John Smith (South African rower)}} {{sortname|James|Thompson|James Thompson (rower)}} | SOG|2012}} | Rowing | Men's Lightweight Four | {{gold medal}} | Cameron|van der Burgh}} | SOG|2012}} | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke | {{gold medal}} | Chad|le Clos}} | SOG|2012}} | Swimming | Men's 200m butterfly | {{gold medal}} | Caster|Semenya}} | SOG|2012}} | Athletics | Women's 800m | {{silver medal}} | Chad|le Clos}} | SOG|2012}} | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly | {{bronze medal}} | Bridgitte|Hartley}} | SOG|2012}} | Canoeing | Women's K-1 500m | {{gold medal}} | Wayde|Van Niekerk}} | SOG|2016}} | Athletics | Men's 400m | {{gold medal}} | Caster|Semenya}} | SOG|2016}} | Athletics | Women's 800m | {{silver medal}} | Chad|le Clos}} | SOG|2016}} | Swimming | Men's 200m freestyle | {{silver medal}} | Shaun|Keeling}} {{sortname|Lawrence|Brittain}} | SOG|2016}} | Rowing | Men's coxless pair | {{silver medal}} | Chad|le Clos}} | SOG|2016}} | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly | {{silver medal}} | Cameron|van der Burgh}} | SOG|2016}} | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke | {{silver medal}} | Luvo|Manyonga}} | SOG|2016}} | Athletics | Men's long jump | {{silver medal}} | Sunette|Viljoen}} | SOG|2016}} | Athletics | Women's javelin throw | {{bronze medal}} | Cheslin|Kolbe}} {{sortname|Juan|de Jongh}} {{sortname|Seabelo|Senatla}} {{sortname|Justin|Geduld}} {{sortname|Kyle|Brown|Kyle Brown (rugby union)}} {{sortname|Cecil|Afrika}} {{sortname|Kwagga|Smith}} {{sortname|Werner|Kok}} {{sortname|Rosko|Specman}} {{sortname|Philip|Snyman}} {{sortname|Dylan|Sage}} {{sortname|Francois|Hougaard}} {{sortname|Tim|Agaba}} | SOG|2016}} | Rugby Sevens | Men's tournament | {{bronze medal}} | Henri Schoeman | SOG|2016}} | Triathlon | Men's Triathlon |
See also- List of flag bearers for South Africa at the Olympics
- Category:Olympic competitors for South Africa
- South Africa at the Paralympics
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{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}}
External links- {{cite web |title=South Africa |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/south-africa }}
- {{IOC medals|NOC=RSA}}
- {{cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/athletes?search=1&countryname=south%20africa }}
- {{cite web |title=South Africa |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/RSA }}
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