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Athletics 1904
Marathon M
RSA
Len Taunyane
Robert Harris
Jan Mashiani
Athletics 1908
100 m M
RSA
Edward Duffy
Reginald Walker
Herbert Phillips
200 m M
RSA
Edward Duffy
5 miles M
RSA
Charles Hefferon
Marathon M
RSA
James Baker
Charles Hefferon
110 m hurdles M
RSA
Douglas Stupart
Triple jump M
RSA
Douglas Stupart
Athletics 1912
100 m M
RSA
George Patching
Reuben Povey
200 m M
RSA
George Patching
Reuben Povey
400 m M
RSA
George Patching
800 m M
RSA
John Victor
1500 m M
RSA
John Victor
10000 m M
RSA
Leonard Richardson
Marathon M
RSA
Christian Gitsham
Kenneth McArthur
Arthur St. Norman
Cross country individual M
RSA
Leonard Richardson
10 km walk M
RSA
Arthur St. Norman
Athletics 1920
100 m M
RSA
Jacobus Bukes
Leonard Dixon
Jack Oosterlaak
Francis Irvine
200 m M
RSA
Francis Irvine
Jacobus Bukes
Jack Oosterlaak
400 m M
RSA
Henning Dafel
Bevil Rudd
Francis Irvine
Clarence Oldfield
800 m M
RSA
Bevil Rudd
James Doig
Henning Dafel
Marathon M
RSA
Christian Gitsham
110 m hurdles M
RSA
Harold Jeppe
400 m hurdles M
RSA
Adriaan van Heerden
Cross country individual M
RSA
Leonard Richardson
4x100 m M
RSA
Jack Oosterlaak
Jacobus Bukes
Francis Irvine
Henning Dafel
4x400 m M
RSA
Henning Dafel
Clarence Oldfield
Jack Oosterlaak
Bevil Rudd
3 km walk M
RSA
Cecil McMaster
10 km walk M
RSA
Cecil McMaster
Athletics 1924
100 m M
RSA
George Dunston
Lawrence Betts
200 m M
RSA
Howard Kinsman
George Dunston
400 m M
RSA
Lawrence Betts
Clarence Oldfield
800 m M
RSA
Charles Davis
Clarence Oldfield
1500 m M
RSA
Charles Davis
Marathon M
RSA
Henry Phillips
110 m hurdles M
RSA
Sydney Atkinson
3000 m steeplechase M
RSA
Leonard Richardson
Cross country individual M
RSA
Leonard Richardson
4x100 m M
RSA
Lawrence Betts
Christiaan Steyn
George Dunston
Howard Kinsman
10 km walk M
RSA
Cecil McMaster
High jump M
RSA
Lawrence Roberts
Decathlon M
RSA
Edward Sutherland
Athletics 1928
100 m M
RSA
Wilfred Legg
Sydney Atkinson
Johannes Viljoen
Aubrey Burton-Durham
200 m M
RSA
Howard Kinsman
Wilfred Legg
Aubrey Burton-Durham
1500 m M
RSA
Daniel Jacobs
10000 m M
RSA
Daniel Jacobs
Marathon M
RSA
Matthew Steytler
110 m hurdles M
RSA
George Weightman-Smith
Sydney Atkinson
Johannes Viljoen
Long jump M
RSA
Johannes Viljoen
Triple jump M
RSA
Johannes Viljoen
Javelin throw M
RSA
George Weightman-Smith
Decathlon M
RSA
Johannes Viljoen
George Weightman-Smith
100 m W
RSA
Marjorie Clark
High jump W
RSA
Marjorie Clark
Athletics 1932
100 m M
RSA
Daniel Joubert
200 m M
RSA
Daniel Joubert
William Walters
400 m M
RSA
William Walters
Shot put M
RSA
Harry Hart
Discus throw M
RSA
Harry Hart
Decathlon M
RSA
Harry Hart
100 m W
RSA
Marjorie Clark
80 m hurdles W
RSA
Marjorie Clark
High jump W
RSA
Marjorie Clark
Athletics 1936
100 m M
RSA
Patrick Dannaher
Eric Grimbeek
Marthinus Theunissen
200 m M
RSA
Eric Grimbeek
Patrick Dannaher
Marthinus Theunissen
400 m M
RSA
Dennis Shore
800 m M
RSA
Clarke Scholtz
Willem Botha
William Lindeque
1500 m M
RSA
Clarke Scholtz
Marathon M
RSA
Johannes Coleman
Tommy Lalande
Henry Gibson
110 m hurdles M
RSA
Thomas Lavery
400 m hurdles M
RSA
Frank Rushton
4x100 m M
RSA
Patrick Dannaher
Marthinus Theunissen
Eric Grimbeek
Thomas Lavery
4x400 m M
RSA
William Lindeque
Willem Botha
Dennis Shore
Frank Rushton
High jump M
RSA
Edwin Thacker
Pole vault M
RSA
Andries du Plessis
Athletics 1948
100 m M
RSA
Abram van Heerden
200 m M
RSA
Dennis Shore
Abram van Heerden
400 m M
RSA
Dennis Shore
Marathon M
RSA
Johannes Coleman
Thomas Sidney Luyt
10 km walk M
RSA
Jacobus Reyneke
100 m W
RSA
Daphne Robb
200 m W
RSA
Daphne Robb
Athletics 1952
200 m M
RSA
Schalk Booysen
400 m M
RSA
Louis van Biljoen
John Anderton
Schalk Booysen
1500 m M
RSA
Athol Jennings
10000 m M
RSA
William Keith
Marathon M
RSA
Wally Hayward
William Keith
Thomas Sidney Luyt
400 m hurdles M
RSA
Ron Wilkie
4x400 m M
RSA
Ron Wilkie
John Anderton
William Chivell
Louis van Biljoen
Long jump M
RSA
Neville Price
100 m W
RSA
Edna Maskell
Daphne Hasenjäger
200 m W
RSA
Daphne Hasenjäger
80 m hurdles W
RSA
Edna Maskell
High jump W
RSA
Esther Brand
Discus throw W
RSA
Esther Brand
Athletics 1956
400 m M
RSA
Malcolm Spence
Marathon M
RSA
Jan Barnard
Mercer Davies
110 m hurdles M
RSA
Mechiel Burger
400 m hurdles M
RSA
Gerhardus Potgieter
Long jump M
RSA
Neville Price
Discus throw M
RSA
Stephanus du Plessis
100 m W
RSA
Elaine Winter
80 m hurdles W
RSA
Elaine Winter
High jump W
RSA
Hermina Geyser
Athletics 1960
100 m M
RSA
Edward Jefferys
200 m M
RSA
Edward Jefferys
400 m M
RSA
Malcolm Spence
Gordon Day
Edgar Davis
Marathon M
RSA
Keith James
4x400 m M
RSA
Malcolm Spence
Gordon Day
Edgar Davis
Edward Jefferys
20 km walk M
RSA
George Hazle
50 km walk M
RSA
George Hazle
Discus throw M
RSA
Fanie Du Plessis
Athletics 1992
200 m M
RSA
Tshakile Nzimande
400 m M
RSA
Bobang Phiri
10000 m M
RSA
Xolile Yawa
Marathon M
RSA
Jan Tau
Abel Mokibe
Zithulele Sinqe
400 m hurdles M
RSA
Andries Vorster
3000 m steeplechase M
RSA
Whaddon Niewoudt
100 m W
RSA
Marcel Winkler
Elinda Vorster
200 m W
RSA
Elinda Vorster
3000 m W
RSA
Zola Budd-Pieterse
10000 m W
RSA
Elana Meyer
Marathon W
RSA
Colleen de Reuck
400 m hurdles W
RSA
Myrtle Bothma
High jump W
RSA
Charmaine Weavers
Long jump W
RSA
Karen Botha
Athletics 1996
200 m M
RSA
Alfred Visagie
400 m M
RSA
Arnaud Malherbe
Hendrik Mokganyetsi
Bobang Phiri
800 m M
RSA
Johan Botha
Marius van Heerden
Hezekiel Sepeng
5000 m M
RSA
Shadrack Hoff
John Morapedi
10000 m M
RSA
Hendrick Ramaala
Marathon M
RSA
Josia Thugwane
Gert Thys
Lawrence Peu
400 m hurdles M
RSA
Llewelyn Herbert
3000 m steeplechase M
RSA
Shadrack Mogotsi
4x400 m M
RSA
Alfred Visagie
Bobang Phiri
Hendrik Mokganyetsi
Arnaud Malherbe
Pole vault M
RSA
Riaan Botha
Okkert Brits
Long jump M
RSA
Francois Fouche
1500 m W
RSA
Gwen Griffiths
5000 m W
RSA
Gwen Griffiths
10000 m W
RSA
Colleen de Reuck
Marathon W
RSA
Elana Meyer
400 m hurdles W
RSA
Karen van der Veen
Athletics 2000
100 m M
RSA
Mathew Quinn
400 m M
RSA
Arnaud Malherbe
Hendrick Moganyetsi
800 m M
RSA
Werner Botha
Johan Botha
Hezekiel Sepeng
Marathon M
RSA
Hendrick Ramaala
Josia Thugwane
Johannes Maremane
110 m hurdles M
RSA
Shaun Bownes
400 m hurdles M
RSA
Llewelyn Herbert
Alwyn Myburgh
4x400 m M
RSA
Hendrik Mokganyetsi
Alwyn Myburgh
Werner Botha
Hezekiel Sepeng
Arnaud Malherbe
Llewelyn Herbert
Pole vault M
RSA
Okkert Brits
Shot put M
RSA
Burger Lambrechts
Janus Robberts
Karel Potgieter
Discus throw M
RSA
Frantz Kruger
Frits Potgieter
400 m W
RSA
Heide Seyerling
10000 m W
RSA
Elana Meyer
Marathon W
RSA
Colleen de Reuck
High jump W
RSA
Hestrie Cloete
Pole vault W
RSA
Elmarie Gerryts
Athletics 2004
200 m M
RSA
Leigh Julius
400 m M
RSA
Marcus la Grange
800 m M
RSA
Hezekiel Sepeng
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
1500 m M
RSA
Johan Cronje
Marathon M
RSA
Hendrick Ramaala
Gert Thys
Ian Syster
110 m hurdles M
RSA
Shaun Bownes
400 m hurdles M
RSA
Alwyn Myburgh
Llewelyn Herbert
Ockert Cilliers
3000 m steeplechase M
RSA
Ruben Ramolefi
4x400 m M
RSA
Arnaud Malherbe
Hendrik Mokganyetsi
Ockert Cilliers
Marcus la Grange
High jump M
RSA
Jacques Freitag
Pole vault M
RSA
Okkert Brits
Triple jump M
RSA
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
Shot put M
RSA
Burger Lambrechts
Janus Robberts
Discus throw M
RSA
Frantz Kruger
Hannes Hopley
Javelin throw M
RSA
Gerhardus Pienaar
100 m W
RSA
Geraldine Pillay
200 m W
RSA
Heide Seyerling
400 m W
RSA
Estie Wittstock
400 m hurdles W
RSA
Surita Febbraio
20 km walk W
RSA
Nicoleen Cronje
High jump W
RSA
Hestrie Cloete
Discus throw W
RSA
Elizna Naude
Javelin throw W
RSA
Sunette Viljoen
Heptathlon W
RSA
Janice Josephs
Athletics 2008
200 m M
RSA
Thuso Mpuang
800 m M
RSA
Samson Ngoepe
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
1500 m M
RSA
Juan van Deventer
Marathon M
RSA
Hendrick Ramaala
Norman Dlomo
400 m hurdles M
RSA
Pieter de Villiers
Louis Jacobus van Zyl
Alwyn Myburgh
3000 m steeplechase M
RSA
Ruben Ramolefi
4x100 m M
RSA
Thuso Mpuang
Ishmael Kumbane
Leigh Julius
Hannes Dreyer
4x400 m M
RSA
Alwyn Myburgh
Pieter Smith
Ofentse Mogawane
Louis Jacobus van Zyl
Long jump M
RSA
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
Discus throw M
RSA
Frantz Kruger
Javelin throw M
RSA
Robert Oosthuizen
200 m W
RSA
Isabel Le Roux
400 m W
RSA
Tsholofelo Thipe
1500 m W
RSA
Rene Kalmer
Discus throw W
RSA
Elizna Naude
Javelin throw W
RSA
Justine Robbeson
Sunette Viljoen
Athletics 2012
200 m M
RSA
Anaso Jobodwana
400 m M
RSA
Oscar Pistorius
800 m M
RSA
Andre Olivier
Marathon M
RSA
Coolboy Ngamole
Stephen Mokoka
Lusapho April
110 m hurdles M
RSA
Lehann Fourie
400 m hurdles M
RSA
Louis Jacobus van Zyl
Cornel Fredericks
4x400 m M
RSA
Oscar Pistorius
Willem de Beer
Ofentse Mogawane
Shaun de Jager
Louis Jacobus van Zyl
50 km walk M
RSA
Marc Mundell
Long jump M
RSA
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
Decathlon M
RSA
Willem Coertzen
800 m W
RSA
Caster Semenya
Marathon W
RSA
Tanith Maxwell
Rene Kalmer
Irvette van Blerk
Javelin throw W
RSA
Sunette Viljoen
Athletics 2016
100 m M
RSA
Henricho Bruintjies
Akani Simbine
200 m M
RSA
Clarence Munyai
Anaso Jobodwana
Tlotliso Leotlela
400 m M
RSA
Wayde van Niekerk
800 m M
RSA
Jacob Rozani
Rynardt Van Rensburg
5000 m M
RSA
Elroy Gelant
10000 m M
RSA
Stephen Mokoka
Marathon M
RSA
Sibusiso Nzima
Lusapho April
Lungile Gongqa
110 m hurdles M
RSA
Antonio Alkana
400 m hurdles M
RSA
Lindsay Hanekom
Louis Jacobus van Zyl
Le Roux Hamman
20 km walk M
RSA
Wayne Snyman
Lebogang Shange
50 km walk M
RSA
Marc Mundell
Long jump M
RSA
Rushwal Samaai
Luvo Manyonga
Stefan Brits
Triple jump M
RSA
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
Javelin throw M
RSA
Rocco van Rooyen
Decathlon M
RSA
Willem Coertzen
100 m W
RSA
Alyssa Conley
Carina Horn
200 m W
RSA
Alyssa Conley
Justine Palframan
400 m W
RSA
Justine Palframan
Tsholofelo Thipe
800 m W
RSA
Caster Semenya
10000 m W
RSA
Dominique Scott
Marathon W
RSA
Irvette Van Zyl
Dina Lebo Phalula
Christine Kalmer
400 m hurdles W
RSA
Wenda Nel
20 km walk W
RSA
Anel Oosthuizen
Long jump W
RSA
Lynique Prinsloo
Javelin throw W
RSA
Sunette Viljoen
Athletics 2020
100 m M
RSA
Gift Leotlela
Akani Simbine
Shaun Maswanganyi
200 m M
RSA
Shaun Maswanganyi
Clarence Munyai
Anaso Jobodwana
400 m M
RSA
Wayde van Niekerk
Zakithi Nene
Thapelo Phora
5000 m M
RSA
Lesiba Mashele
Marathon M
RSA
Pheeha Mokgobo
Stephen Mokoka
Elroy Gelant
110 m hurdles M
RSA
Antonio Alkana
400 m hurdles M
RSA
Sokwakhana Zazini
4x100 m M
RSA
Clarence Munyai
Chederick Van Wyk
Shaun Maswanganyi
Akani Simbine
4x400 m M
RSA
Ranti Marvin Dikgale
Zakithi Nene
Lythe Pillay
Thapelo Phora
20 km walk M
RSA
Wayne Snyman
50 km walk M
RSA
Marc Mundell
Long jump M
RSA
Ruswahl Samaai
Cheswill Johnson
Shot put M
RSA
Jason Van Rooyen
Kyle Blignaut
Javelin throw M
RSA
Rocco van Rooyen
5000 m W
RSA
Dominique Scott
10000 m W
RSA
Dominique Scott
Marathon W
RSA
Gerda Steyn
Irvette Van Zyl
400 m hurdles W
RSA
Wenda Nel
Javelin throw W
RSA
Ane Van Dyk Jo
* The list above only shows a selection of South African athletics athletes - All possible medalists are included in the list.
This information about South African athletics athletes at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and the
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