South Africa at the Olympics

South Africa was first at the Olympic Games in 1904, and sent athletes toevery 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.

South Africa at the Olympics
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
Medals	Gold 26 Silver 31 Bronze 29 Total 86
Summer appearances
1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1960 1964–1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

After the negotiations to end apartheid in 1990, the nation re-joined the Olympic movement. The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee was formed in 1991, and South Africa returned to the Games at the 1992 Summer Olympics (and the 1992 Summer Paralympics). South Africa was also in the Winter Olympic Games in 1960, and since 1994.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Walker, ReggieReggie Walker	1908 London	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
2 Silver	Hefferon, CharlesCharles Hefferon	1908 London	Athletics	Men's Marathon
1 Gold	McArthur, KenKen McArthur	1912 Stockholm	Athletics	Men's Marathon
1 Gold	Lewis, RudolphRudolph Lewis	1912 Stockholm	Cycling	Men's Individual Time Trial
1 Gold	Kitson, HaroldHarold Kitson Winslow, CharlesCharles Winslow	1912 Stockholm	Tennis	Men's Doubles Outdoor
1 Gold	Winslow, CharlesCharles Winslow	1912 Stockholm	Tennis	Men's Singles Outdoor
2 Silver	Gitsham, ChristianChristian Gitsham	1912 Stockholm	Athletics	Men's Marathon
2 Silver	Kitson, HaroldHarold Kitson	1912 Stockholm	Tennis	Men's Singles Outdoor
1 Gold	Rudd, BevilBevil Rudd	1920 Antwerp	Athletics	Men's 400 Metres
1 Gold	Walker, ClarenceClarence Walker	1920 Antwerp	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight
1 Gold	Raymond, LouisLouis Raymond	1920 Antwerp	Tennis	Men's Singles
2 Silver	Dafel, HenryHenry Dafel Oosterlak, JackJack Oosterlak Oldfield, ClarenceClarence Oldfield Rudd, BevilBevil Rudd	1920 Antwerp	Athletics	Men's 400 Metres Relay
2 Silver	Kaltenbrunn, HenryHenry Kaltenbrunn	1920 Antwerp	Cycling	Men's Individual Time Trial
2 Silver	Smith, WilliamWilliam Smith Walker, JamesJames Walker	1920 Antwerp	Cycling	Men's Tandem
2 Silver	Smith, DavidDavid Smith Bodley, RobertRobert Bodley Buchanan, FerdinandFerdinand Buchanan Morgan, FrederickFrederick Morgan	1920 Antwerp	Shooting	Men's Team 600 Metres Military Rifle
3 Bronze	Rudd, BevilBevil Rudd	1920 Antwerp	Athletics	Men's 800m
3 Bronze	Walker, JamesJames Walker Smith, WilliamWilliam Smith Kaltenbrunn, HenryHenry Kaltenbrunn Goosen, HarryHarry Goosen	1920 Antwerp	Cycling	Team Pursuit
3 Bronze	Winslow, CharlesCharles Winslow	1920 Antwerp	Tennis	Men's Singles
1 Gold	Smith, WilliamWilliam Smith	1924 Paris	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight
2 Silver	Atkinson, SydneySydney Atkinson	1924 Paris	Athletics	Men's 110m Hurdles
3 Bronze	McMaster, CecilCecil McMaster	1924 Paris	Athletics	Men's 10 Kilometer Walk
1 Gold	Atkinson, SydneySydney Atkinson	1928 Amsterdam	Athletics	Men's 110m Hurdles
3 Bronze	Isaacs, HarryHarry Isaacs	1928 Amsterdam	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight
3 Bronze	Rennie, RhodaRhoda Rennie van der Goes, FredericaFrederica van der Goes Bedford, MaryMary Bedford Russell, KathleenKathleen Russell	1928 Amsterdam	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
1 Gold	Stevens, LawrenceLawrence Stevens	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's lightweight
1 Gold	Carstens, DavidDavid Carstens	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight
3 Bronze	Clark, MarjorieMarjorie Clark	1932 Los Angeles	Athletics	Women's 80m hurdles
3 Bronze	Peirce, ErnestErnest Peirce	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's middleweight
3 Bronze	Maakal, JennyJenny Maakal	1932 Los Angeles	Swimming	Women's 400m freestyle
2 Silver	Catterall, CharlesCharles Catterall	1936 Berlin	Boxing	Men's featherweight
1 Gold	Dreyer, GeraldGerald Dreyer	1948 London	Boxing	Men's lightweight
1 Gold	Hunter, GeorgeGeorge Hunter	1948 London	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight
2 Silver	Shepherd, DennisDennis Shepherd	1948 London	Boxing	Men's featherweight
3 Bronze	Arthur, JohnJohn Arthur	1948 London	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
1 Gold	Brand, EstherEsther Brand	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Women's high jump
1 Gold	Harrison, JoanJoan Harrison	1952 Helsinki	Swimming	Women's 100m backstroke
2 Silver	Robb-Hasenjäger, DaphneDaphne Robb-Hasenjäger	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Women's 100m
2 Silver	Van Schalkwyk, TheunisTheunis Van Schalkwyk	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's light-middleweight
2 Silver	Robinson, RaymondRaymond Robinson Thomas Shardelow	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Track)	Men's 2000m tandem
2 Silver	Estman, GeorgeGeorge Estman Robert Fowler Thomas Shardelow Alfred Swift	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Track)	Men's team pursuit (4000m)
3 Bronze	Toweel, WilliamWilliam Toweel	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's flyweight
3 Bronze	Leisching, LeonardLeonard Leisching	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's featherweight
3 Bronze	Nieman, AndriesAndries Nieman	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
3 Bronze	Robinson, RaymondRaymond Robinson	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Track)	Men's 1 km time trial
3 Bronze	Bekker, DanielDaniel Bekker	1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
3 Bronze	Loubscher, HenryHenry Loubscher	1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	Boxing	Men's light-welterweight
3 Bronze	Swift, AlfredAlfred Swift	1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	Cycling (Track)	Men's 1 km time trial
3 Bronze	Abernethy, MoiraMoira Abernethy Jeanette Myburgh Natalie Myburgh Susan Elizabeth Roberts	1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
2 Silver	Bekker, DanielDaniel Bekker	1960 Rome	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
3 Bronze	Spence, Malcolm CliveMalcolm Clive Spence	1960 Rome	Athletics	Men's 400m
3 Bronze	Meyers, WilliamWilliam Meyers	1960 Rome	Boxing	Men's featherweight
2 Silver	Meyer, ElanaElana Meyer	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 10,000m
2 Silver	Ferreira, WayneWayne Ferreira Piet Norval	1992 Barcelona	Tennis	Men's Doubles
1 Gold	Thugwane, JosiaJosia Thugwane	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's marathon
1 Gold	Heyns, PenelopePenelope Heyns	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke
1 Gold	Heyns, PenelopePenelope Heyns	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 200m breaststroke
2 Silver	Sepeng, HezekielHezekiel Sepeng	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 800m
3 Bronze	Kriel, MarianneMarianne Kriel	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 100m backstroke
2 Silver	Cloete, HestrieHestrie Cloete	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's high jump
2 Silver	Parkin, TerenceTerence Parkin	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Men's 200m breaststroke
3 Bronze	Herbert, LlewellynLlewellyn Herbert	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 400m hurdles
3 Bronze	Kruger, FrantzFrantz Kruger	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's discus throw
3 Bronze	Heyns, PenelopePenelope Heyns	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke
1 Gold	Ferns, LyndonLyndon Ferns Ryk Neethling Roland Mark Schoeman Darian Townsend	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
2 Silver	Mulaudzi, MbulaeniMbulaeni Mulaudzi	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 800m
2 Silver	Cloete, HestrieHestrie Cloete	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's high jump
2 Silver	Schoeman, Roland MarkRoland Mark Schoeman	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle
3 Bronze	Cech, DonovanDonovan Cech Ramon di Clemente	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
3 Bronze	Schoeman, Roland MarkRoland Mark Schoeman	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle
2 Silver	Mokoena, KhotsoKhotso Mokoena	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's long jump
1 Gold	Ndlovu, SizweSizwe Ndlovu Brittain, MatthewMatthew Brittain Smith, JohnJohn Smith Thompson, JamesJames Thompson	2012 London	Rowing	Men's Lightweight Four
1 Gold	van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke
1 Gold	le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 200m butterfly
1 Gold	Semenya, CasterCaster Semenya	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 800m
2 Silver	le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly
3 Bronze	Hartley, BridgitteBridgitte Hartley	2012 London	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500m
1 Gold	Van Niekerk, WaydeWayde Van Niekerk	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 400m
1 Gold	Semenya, CasterCaster Semenya	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 800m
2 Silver	le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle
2 Silver	Keeling, ShaunShaun Keeling Brittain, LawrenceLawrence Brittain	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
2 Silver	le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly
2 Silver	van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke
2 Silver	Manyonga, LuvoLuvo Manyonga	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's long jump
2 Silver	Viljoen, SunetteSunette Viljoen	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
3 Bronze	Kolbe, CheslinCheslin Kolbe de Jongh, JuanJuan de Jongh Senatla, SeabeloSeabelo Senatla Geduld, JustinJustin Geduld Brown, KyleKyle Brown Afrika, CecilCecil Afrika Smith, KwaggaKwagga Smith Kok, WernerWerner Kok Specman, RoskoRosko Specman Snyman, PhilipPhilip Snyman Sage, DylanDylan Sage Hougaard, FrancoisFrancois Hougaard Agaba, TimTim Agaba	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rugby Sevens	Men's tournament
3 Bronze	Henri Schoeman	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Triathlon	Men's Triathlon

South Africa At The Olympics Media

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  Mashiani (left) and Tau before the race

Related pages

• List of IOC country codes

Other websites

• South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee Archived 2008-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
• South Africa profile at London2012.com Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine