South Africa at the Olympics

South Africa at the Olympic Games

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IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za

Olympic history

Summer Games

Winter Games

1960
1964–1992
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014

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. (This did not, however, apply to the Paralympics. South Africa made its Paralympic Games début in 1964, and continued to compete until 1976, included, after which the Dutch Parliament declared its participation in the 1980 Summer Games would be undesirable. From then on, South Africa was absent from the Paralympics until 1992. See: South Africa at the Paralympics.^[1]^[2])

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 76 medals, with athletics, boxing, and swimming as the top medal-producing sports. The most recent medal won was a silver by Caster Semenya on the 11 August 2012 at the 2012 London Olympics.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Total	23	26	27	76
Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1904 St. Louis	0	0	0	0
1908 London	1	1	0	2
1912 Stockholm	4	2	0	6
1920 Antwerp	3	4	3	10
1924 Paris	1	1	1	3
1928 Amsterdam	1	0	2	3
1932 Los Angeles	2	0	3	5
1936 Berlin	0	1	0	1
1948 London	2	1	1	4
1952 Helsinki	2	4	4	10
1956 Melbourne	0	0	4	4
1960 Rome	0	1	2	3
1964 Tokyo	did not participate
1968 Mexico City	did not participate
1972 Munich	did not participate
1976 Montreal	did not participate
1980 Moscow	did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	did not participate
1988 Seoul	did not participate
1992 Barcelona	0	2	0	2
1996 Atlanta	3	1	1	5
2000 Sydney	0	2	3	5
2004 Athens	1	3	2	6
2008 Beijing	0	1	0	1
2012 London	3	2	1	6

Medals by sport

Total	23	26	27	76
Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	6	3	6	15
Athletics	6	12	6	24
Boxing	6	4	9	19
Tennis	3	2	1	6
Cycling	1	4	3	8
Rowing	1	0	1	2
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Canoeing	0	0	1	1

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Walker, ReggieReggie Walker	1908 London	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
02 ! Silver	Hefferon, CharlesCharles Hefferon	1908 London	Athletics	Men's Marathon
01 ! Gold	McArthur, KenKen McArthur	1912 Stockholm	Athletics	Men's Marathon
01 ! Gold	Lewis, RudolphRudolph Lewis	1912 Stockholm	Cycling	Men's Individual Time Trial
01 ! Gold	Kitson, HaroldHarold Kitson Winslow, CharlesCharles Winslow	1912 Stockholm	Tennis	Men's Doubles Outdoor
01 ! Gold	Winslow, CharlesCharles Winslow	1912 Stockholm	Tennis	Men's Singles Outdoor
02 ! Silver	Gitsham, ChristianChristian Gitsham	1912 Stockholm	Athletics	Men's Marathon
02 ! Silver	Kitson, HaroldHarold Kitson	1912 Stockholm	Tennis	Men's Singles Outdoor
01 ! Gold	Rudd, BevilBevil Rudd	1920 Antwerp	Athletics	Men's 400 Metres
01 ! Gold	Walker, ClarenceClarence Walker	1920 Antwerp	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight
01 ! Gold	Raymond, LouisLouis Raymond	1920 Antwerp	Tennis	Men's Singles
02 ! Silver	Dafel, HenryHenry Dafel Oosterlak, JackJack Oosterlak Oldfield, ClarenceClarence Oldfield Rudd, BevilBevil Rudd	1920 Antwerp	Athletics	Men's 400 Metres Relay
02 ! Silver	Kaltenbrunn, HenryHenry Kaltenbrunn	1920 Antwerp	Cycling	Men's Individual Time Trial
02 ! Silver	Smith, WilliamWilliam Smith Walker, JamesJames Walker	1920 Antwerp	Cycling	Men's Tandem
02 ! Silver	Smith, DavidDavid Smith Bodley, RobertRobert Bodley Buchanan, FerdinandFerdinand Buchanan Morgan, FrederickFrederick Morgan	1920 Antwerp	Shooting	Men's Team 600 Metres Military Rifle
03 ! Bronze	Rudd, BevilBevil Rudd	1920 Antwerp	Athletics	Men's 800m
03 ! Bronze	Walker, JamesJames Walker Smith, WilliamWilliam Smith Kaltenbrunn, HenryHenry Kaltenbrunn Goosen, HarryHarry Goosen	1920 Antwerp	Cycling	Team Pursuit
03 ! Bronze	Winslow, CharlesCharles Winslow	1920 Antwerp	Tennis	Men's Singles
01 ! Gold	Smith, WilliamWilliam Smith	1924 Paris	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight
02 ! Silver	Atkinson, SydneySydney Atkinson	1924 Paris	Athletics	Men's 110m Hurdles
03 ! Bronze	McMaster, CecilCecil McMaster	1924 Paris	Athletics	Men's 10 Kilometer Walk
01 ! Gold	Atkinson, SydneySydney Atkinson	1928 Amsterdam	Athletics	Men's 110m Hurdles
03 ! Bronze	Isaacs, HarryHarry Isaacs	1928 Amsterdam	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight
03 ! Bronze	Rennie, RhodaRhoda Rennie van der Goes, FredericaFrederica van der Goes Bedford, MaryMary Bedford Russell, KathleenKathleen Russell	1928 Amsterdam	Swimming	Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
01 ! Gold	Stevens, LawrenceLawrence Stevens	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's lightweight
01 ! Gold	Carstens, DavidDavid Carstens	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight
03 ! Bronze	Clark, MarjorieMarjorie Clark	1932 Los Angeles	Athletics	Women's 80m hurdles
03 ! Bronze	Peirce, ErnestErnest Peirce	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's middleweight
03 ! Bronze	Maakal, JennyJenny Maakal	1932 Los Angeles	Swimming	Women's 400m freestyle
02 ! Silver	Catterall, CharlesCharles Catterall	1936 Berlin	Boxing	Men's featherweight
01 ! Gold	Dreyer, GeraldGerald Dreyer	1948 London	Boxing	Men's lightweight
01 ! Gold	Hunter, GeorgeGeorge Hunter	1948 London	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight
02 ! Silver	Shepherd, DennisDennis Shepherd	1948 London	Boxing	Men's featherweight
03 ! Bronze	Arthur, JohnJohn Arthur	1948 London	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
01 ! Gold	Brand, EstherEsther Brand	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Women's high jump
01 ! Gold	Harrison, JoanJoan Harrison	1952 Helsinki	Swimming	Women's 100m backstroke
02 ! Silver	Robb-Hasenjäger, DaphneDaphne Robb-Hasenjäger	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Women's 100m
02 ! Silver	Van Schalkwyk, TheunisTheunis Van Schalkwyk	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's light-middleweight
02 ! Silver	Robinson, RaymondRaymond Robinson Thomas Shardelow	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Track)	Men's 2000m tandem
02 ! Silver	Estman, GeorgeGeorge Estman Robert Fowler Thomas Shardelow Alfred Swift	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Track)	Men's team pursuit (4000m)
03 ! Bronze	Toweel, WilliamWilliam Toweel	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's flyweight
03 ! Bronze	Leisching, LeonardLeonard Leisching	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's featherweight
03 ! Bronze	Nieman, AndriesAndries Nieman	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
03 ! Bronze	Robinson, RaymondRaymond Robinson	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Track)	Men's 1 km time trial
03 ! Bronze	Bekker, DanielDaniel Bekker	1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
03 ! Bronze	Loubscher, HenryHenry Loubscher	1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	Boxing	Men's light-welterweight
03 ! Bronze	Swift, AlfredAlfred Swift	1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	Cycling (Track)	Men's 1 km time trial
03 ! Bronze	Abernethy, MoiraMoira Abernethy Jeanette Myburgh Natalie Myburgh Susan Elizabeth Roberts	1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	Swimming	Women's 4x100m freestyle relay
02 ! Silver	Bekker, DanielDaniel Bekker	1960 Rome	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
03 ! Bronze	Spence, Malcolm CliveMalcolm Clive Spence	1960 Rome	Athletics	Men's 400m
03 ! Bronze	Meyers, WilliamWilliam Meyers	1960 Rome	Boxing	Men's featherweight
02 ! Silver	Meyer, ElanaElana Meyer	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 10,000m
02 ! Silver	Ferreira, WayneWayne Ferreira Piet Norval	1992 Barcelona	Tennis	Men's doubles
01 ! Gold	Thugwane, JosiaJosia Thugwane	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's marathon
01 ! Gold	Heyns, PenelopePenelope Heyns	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke
01 ! Gold	Heyns, PenelopePenelope Heyns	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 200m breaststroke
02 ! Silver	Sepeng, HezekielHezekiel Sepeng	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 800m
03 ! Bronze	Kriel, MarianneMarianne Kriel	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 100m backstroke
02 ! Silver	Cloete, HestrieHestrie Cloete	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's high jump
02 ! Silver	Parkin, TerenceTerence Parkin	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Men's 200m breaststroke
03 ! Bronze	Herbert, LlewellynLlewellyn Herbert	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 400m hurdles
03 ! Bronze	Kruger, FrantzFrantz Kruger	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's discus throw
03 ! Bronze	Heyns, PenelopePenelope Heyns	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke
01 ! Gold	Ferns, LyndonLyndon Ferns Ryk Neethling Roland Mark Schoeman Darian Townsend	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 4x100m freestyle relay
02 ! Silver	Mulaudzi, MbulaeniMbulaeni Mulaudzi	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 800m
02 ! Silver	Cloete, HestrieHestrie Cloete	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's high jump
02 ! Silver	Schoeman, Roland MarkRoland Mark Schoeman	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle
03 ! Bronze	Cech, DonovanDonovan Cech Ramon di Clemente	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
03 ! Bronze	Schoeman, Roland MarkRoland Mark Schoeman	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle
02 ! Silver	Mokoena, KhotsoKhotso Mokoena	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's long jump
01 ! Gold	Ndlovu, SizweSizwe Ndlovu Brittain, MatthewMatthew Brittain Smith, JohnJohn Smith Thompson, JamesJames Thompson	2012 London	Rowing	Men's Lightweight Four
01 ! Gold	van der Burgh, CameronCameron van der Burgh	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke
01 ! Gold	le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 200m butterfly
02 ! Silver	Semenya, CasterCaster Semenya	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 800m
02 ! Silver	le Clos, ChadChad le Clos	2012 London	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly
03 ! Bronze	Hartley, BridgitteBridgitte Hartley	2012 London	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500m

References

↑ "'The Netherlands against Apartheid' - 1970s", International Institute of Social History
↑ South Africa at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

External links

"South Africa". International Olympic Committee.
"Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
"South Africa". Sports-Reference.com.

Nations that have competed at the Olympic Games

Participated at the Summer Olympic Games • Participated at the Winter Olympic Games • Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Summer Winter Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Timor‑Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Summer Winter Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel¹ Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Oceania	American Samoa Australia Winter Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Other	Independent Olympians

Historical	Australasia Bohemia British West Indies Republic of China Czechoslovakia East Germany Mixed teams Netherlands Antilles North Borneo North Yemen Russian Empire Saar Serbia and Montenegro South Yemen Soviet Union Unified Team Unified Team of Germany West Germany Yugoslavia

¹ Israel has been a member of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) since 1994.

National sports teams of South Africa

Association football M F Australian football Badminton Baseball Basketball M F M U/19 M U/17 F U/19 F U/17 Netball Cricket M SA A F Field hockey M F Handball M F Ice hockey M F M U/20 M U/18 Korfball Roller hockey M F Rugby league Rugby union M F M-7s W-7s Beach soccer Squash M F Tennis Davis Cup Fed Cup Hopman Cup Water polo M F

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