South Africa at the Olympics
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| South Africa at the Olympics | |
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| File:Flag of South Africa.svg | |
| IOC code | RSA |
| NOC | South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 37th |
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| Summer appearances | |
| Winter appearances | |
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 95 medals, with athletics, boxing, and swimming as the top medal-producing sports.
History
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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 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 black people 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 9 | 15 | 6 | 30 |
| File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| File:Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| File:Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Surfing pictogram.svg Surfing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Rugby union pictogram.svg Rugby | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| File:Canoeing (slalom) pictogram.svg Canoeing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Triathlon pictogram.svg Triathlon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 28 | 36 | 31 | 95 |
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List of medalists
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Reggie Walker | 1908 London | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's 100m |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Charles Hefferon | 1908 London | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's Marathon |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Ken McArthur | 1912 Stockholm | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's Marathon |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Rudolph Lewis | 1912 Stockholm | File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling | Men's Individual Time Trial |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Harold Kitson Charles Winslow |
1912 Stockholm | File:Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis | Men's Doubles Outdoor |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Charles Winslow | 1912 Stockholm | File:Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis | Men's Singles Outdoor |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Christian Gitsham | 1912 Stockholm | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's Marathon |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Harold Kitson | 1912 Stockholm | File:Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis | Men's Singles Outdoor |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Bevil Rudd | 1920 Antwerp | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's 400m |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Clarence Walker | 1920 Antwerp | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's Bantamweight |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Louis Raymond | 1920 Antwerp | File:Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis | Men's Singles |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Henry Dafel Jack Oosterlak Clarence Oldfield Bevil Rudd |
1920 Antwerp | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's 4 × 400m Relay |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Henry Kaltenbrunn | 1920 Antwerp | File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling | Men's Individual Time Trial |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | William Smith James Walker |
1920 Antwerp | File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling | Men's Tandem |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | David Smith Robert Bodley Ferdinand Buchanan Frederick Morgan |
1920 Antwerp | File:Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting | Men's Team 600m Military Rifle |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Bevil Rudd | 1920 Antwerp | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's 800m |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | James Walker William Smith Henry Kaltenbrunn Harry Goosen |
1920 Antwerp | File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling | Team Pursuit |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Charles Winslow | 1920 Antwerp | File:Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis | Men's Singles |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | William Smith | 1924 Paris | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's Bantamweight |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Sydney Atkinson | 1924 Paris | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's 110m Hurdles |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Cecil McMaster | 1924 Paris | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's 10 Km Walk |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Sydney Atkinson | 1928 Amsterdam | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's 110m Hurdles |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Harry Isaacs | 1928 Amsterdam | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's Bantamweight |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Rhoda Rennie Frederica van der Goes Mary Bedford Kathleen Russell |
1928 Amsterdam | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Women's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Lawrence Stevens | 1932 Los Angeles | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's lightweight |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | David Carstens | 1932 Los Angeles | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's light-heavyweight |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Marjorie Clark | 1932 Los Angeles | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Women's 80m hurdles |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Ernest Peirce | 1932 Los Angeles | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's middleweight |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Jenny Maakal | 1932 Los Angeles | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Charles Catterall | 1936 Berlin | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's featherweight |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Gerald Dreyer | 1948 London | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's lightweight |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | George Hunter | 1948 London | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's light-heavyweight |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Dennis Shepherd | 1948 London | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's featherweight |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | John Arthur | 1948 London | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Esther Brand | 1952 Helsinki | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Women's high jump |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Joan Harrison | 1952 Helsinki | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger | 1952 Helsinki | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Women's 100m |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Theunis Van Schalkwyk | 1952 Helsinki | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's light-middleweight |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Raymond Robinson Thomas Shardelow |
1952 Helsinki | File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling (Track) | Men's 2000m tandem |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | George Estman Robert Fowler Thomas Shardelow Alfred Swift |
1952 Helsinki | File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling (Track) | Men's team pursuit (4000m) |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | William Toweel | 1952 Helsinki | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's flyweight |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Leonard Leisching | 1952 Helsinki | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's featherweight |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Andries Nieman | 1952 Helsinki | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Raymond Robinson | 1952 Helsinki | File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling (Track) | Men's 1 km time trial |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Daniel Bekker | 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Henry Loubscher | 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's light-welterweight |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Alfred Swift | 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm | File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling (Track) | Men's 1 km time trial |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Moira Abernethy Jeanette Myburgh Natalie Myburgh Susan Elizabeth Roberts |
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Women's 4 × 100m freestyle relay |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Daniel Bekker | 1960 Rome | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Malcolm Clive Spence | 1960 Rome | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's 400m |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | William Meyers | 1960 Rome | File:Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing | Men's featherweight |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Elana Meyer | 1992 Barcelona | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Women's 10,000m |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval |
1992 Barcelona | File:Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis | Men's Doubles |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Josia Thugwane | 1996 Atlanta | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's marathon |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Penelope Heyns | 1996 Atlanta | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Penelope Heyns | 1996 Atlanta | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Women's 200m breaststroke |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Hezekiel Sepeng | 1996 Atlanta | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's 800m |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Marianne Kriel | 1996 Atlanta | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Hestrie Cloete | 2000 Sydney | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Women's high jump |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Terence Parkin | 2000 Sydney | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Men's 200m breaststroke |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Llewellyn Herbert | 2000 Sydney | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's 400m hurdles |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Frantz Kruger | 2000 Sydney | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's discus throw |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Penelope Heyns | 2000 Sydney | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Lyndon Ferns Ryk Neethling Roland Mark Schoeman Darian Townsend |
2004 Athens | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Men's 4 × 100m freestyle relay |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | 2004 Athens | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's 800m |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Hestrie Cloete | 2004 Athens | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Women's high jump |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Roland Mark Schoeman | 2004 Athens | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Donovan Cech Ramon di Clemente |
2004 Athens | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Roland Mark Schoeman | 2004 Athens | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Khotso Mokoena | 2008 Beijing | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Men's long jump |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Sizwe Ndlovu Matthew Brittain John Smith James Thompson |
2012 London | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | Men's Lightweight Four |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Cameron van der Burgh | 2012 London | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Chad le Clos | 2012 London | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Men's 200m butterfly |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Caster Semenya | 2012 London | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | Women's 800m |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Chad le Clos | 2012 London | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Bridgitte Hartley | 2012 London | File:Canoeing pictogram.svg Canoeing | Women's K-1 500m |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Wayde Van Niekerk | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | File:Athletics pictogram.svgAthletics | Men's 400m |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Caster Semenya | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | File:Athletics pictogram.svgAthletics | Women's 800m |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Chad le Clos | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | File:Swimming pictogram.svgSwimming | Men's 200m freestyle |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Shaun Keeling Lawrence Brittain |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | File:Rowing pictogram.svgRowing | Men's coxless pair |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Chad le Clos | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | File:Swimming pictogram.svgSwimming | Men's 100m butterfly |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Cameron van der Burgh | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | File:Swimming pictogram.svgSwimming | Men's 100m breaststroke |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Luvo Manyonga | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | File:Athletics pictogram.svgAthletics | Men's long jump |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Sunette Viljoen | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | File:Athletics pictogram.svgAthletics | Women's javelin throw |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | 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 | File:Rugby pictogram.svgRugby Sevens | Men's tournament |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Henri Schoeman | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | File:Olympic pictogram Triathlon.pngTriathlon | Men's Triathlon |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Tatjana Schoenmaker | 2020 Tokyo | File:Swimming pictogram.svgSwimming | Women's 200m breaststroke |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Tatjana Schoenmaker | 2020 Tokyo | File:Swimming pictogram.svgSwimming | Women's 100m breaststroke |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Bianca Buitendag | 2020 Tokyo | File:Surfing pictogram.svgSurfing | Women's Shortboard |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Tatjana Smith | 2024 Paris | File:Swimming pictogram.svgSwimming | Women's 100m breaststroke |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Tatjana Smith | 2024 Paris | File:Swimming pictogram.svgSwimming | Women's 200m breaststroke |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Jo-Ann Van Dyk | 2024 Paris | File:Athletics pictogram.svgAthletics | Women's javelin throw |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Bayanda Walaza Shaun Maswanganyi Bradley Nkoana Akani Simbine |
2024 Paris | File:Athletics pictogram.svgAthletics | Men's 4 × 100m relay |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Alan Hatherly | 2024 Paris | File:Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling | Men's cross-country |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Christie Grobbelaar Ryan Oosthuizen Impi Visser Zain Davids Quewin Nortje Tiaan Pretorius Tristan Leyds Selvyn Davids Shaun Williams Rosko Specman Siviwe Soyizwapi Shilton van Wyk Ronald Brown |
2024 Paris | File:Rugby pictogram.svgRugby sevens | Men's tournament |
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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 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.
