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Swimming 1912
400 m freestyle M
RSA
George Godfrey
Swimming 1920
100 m freestyle W
RSA
Barbara Nash
300 m freestyle W
RSA
Barbara Nash
Swimming 1928
100 m freestyle W
RSA
Maria Engelenberg
Kathleen Russell
400 m freestyle W
RSA
Frederica van der Goes
Rhoda Rennie
Mary Bedford
4x100 m freestyle W
RSA
Frederica van der Goes
Rhoda Rennie
Mary Bedford
Kathleen Russell
Swimming 1932
100 m freestyle W
RSA
Jennie Maakal
400 m freestyle W
RSA
Jennie Maakal
Swimming 1948
400 m freestyle M
RSA
Donald Johnston
1500 m freestyle M
RSA
Donald Johnston
100 m backstroke M
RSA
Johannes Wild
200 m breaststroke M
RSA
Des Cohen
Swimming 1952
100 m freestyle W
RSA
Joan Harrison
100 m freestyle M
RSA
John Durr
Dennis Ford
400 m freestyle W
RSA
Joan Harrison
400 m freestyle M
RSA
Peter Duncan
Graham Johnston
Dennis Ford
1500 m freestyle M
RSA
Dennis Ford
Graham Johnston
Peter Duncan
100 m backstroke W
RSA
Joan Harrison
100 m backstroke M
RSA
Nicolaas Meiring
4x200 m freestyle M
RSA
John Durr
Dennis Ford
Peter Duncan
Graham Johnston
Swimming 1956
100 m freestyle W
RSA
Susan Roberts
Jeanette Myburgh
Natalie Myburgh
100 m freestyle M
RSA
Dennis Ford
William Steuart
Peter Duncan
400 m freestyle W
RSA
Natalie Myburgh
Susan Roberts
400 m freestyle M
RSA
William Steuart
Anthony Briscoe
Peter Duncan
1500 m freestyle M
RSA
Peter Duncan
100 m backstroke W
RSA
Moira Abernathy
4x100 m freestyle W
RSA
Susan Roberts
Jeanette Myburgh
Moira Abernathy
Natalie Myburgh
4x200 m freestyle M
RSA
Peter Duncan
William Steuart
Anthony Briscoe
Dennis Ford
Swimming 1960
100 m freestyle M
RSA
Aubrey Burer
400 m freestyle M
RSA
Murray McLachlan
Aubrey Burer
1500 m freestyle M
RSA
Murray McLaghlan
Aubrey Burer
100 m backstroke W
RSA
Laura Ranwell
Swimming 1992
50 m freestyle W
RSA
Marianne Kriel
50 m freestyle M
RSA
Darryl Cronje
Peter Williams
100 m freestyle W
RSA
Marianne Kriel
100 m freestyle M
RSA
Seddon Keyter
400 m freestyle W
RSA
Jeanine Steenkamp
800 m freestyle W
RSA
Jeanine Steenkamp
100 m backstroke W
RSA
Marianne Kriel
Jill Brukman
100 m backstroke M
RSA
Seddon Keyter
200 m backstroke W
RSA
Jill Brukman
100 m breaststroke W
RSA
Penelope Heyns
100 m breaststroke M
RSA
Kenneth Cawood
200 m breaststroke W
RSA
Penelope Heyns
200 m breaststroke M
RSA
Kenneth Cawood
Clifford Lyne
100 m butterfly W
RSA
Marianne Kriel
100 m butterfly M
RSA
Craig Jackson
200 m butterfly M
RSA
Craig Jackson
200 m medley W
RSA
Jill Brukman
200 m medley M
RSA
Clifford Lyne
400 m medley W
RSA
Jill Brukman
Jeanine Steenkamp
400 m medley M
RSA
Clifford Lyne
4x100 m freestyle M
RSA
Darryl Cronje
Craig Jackson
Peter Williams
Seddon Keyter
4x100 m medley W
RSA
Marianne Kriel
Jill Brukman
Penelope Heyns
Jeanine Steenkamp
4x100 m medley M
RSA
Peter Williams
Darryl Cronje
Seddon Keyter
Kenneth Cawood
Swimming 1996
50 m freestyle W
RSA
Marianne Kriel
50 m freestyle M
RSA
Brendon Dedekind
100 m freestyle W
RSA
Helene Muller
100 m freestyle M
RSA
Brendon Dedekind
200 m freestyle W
RSA
Helene Muller
400 m freestyle M
RSA
Ryk Neethling
1500 m freestyle M
RSA
Ryk Neethling
100 m backstroke W
RSA
Marianne Kriel
200 m backstroke W
RSA
Marianne Kriel
100 m breaststroke W
RSA
Julia Russell
Penelope Heyns
200 m breaststroke W
RSA
Penelope Heyns
Julia Russell
100 m butterfly W
RSA
Amanda Loots
200 m butterfly W
RSA
Amanda Loots
200 m medley W
RSA
Julia Russell
4x100 m medley W
RSA
Helene Muller
Marianne Kriel
Amanda Loots
Penelope Heyns
Swimming 2000
50 m freestyle W
RSA
Helene Muller
50 m freestyle M
RSA
Roland Schoeman
Brendon Dedekind
100 m freestyle W
RSA
Helene Muller
100 m freestyle M
RSA
Roland Schoeman
200 m freestyle W
RSA
Helene Muller
200 m freestyle M
RSA
Ryk Neethling
400 m freestyle M
RSA
Ryk Neethling
1500 m freestyle M
RSA
Ryk Neethling
100 m backstroke W
RSA
Charlene Wittstock
100 m backstroke M
RSA
Simon Thirsk
200 m backstroke W
RSA
Charlene Wittstock
100 m breaststroke W
RSA
Penelope Heyns
Sarah Poewe
100 m breaststroke M
RSA
Terence Parkin
Brett Petersen
200 m breaststroke W
RSA
Penelope Heyns
Sarah Poewe
200 m breaststroke M
RSA
Terence Parkin
100 m butterfly W
RSA
Renate du Plessis
Amanda Loots
100 m butterfly M
RSA
Theo Verster
200 m butterfly W
RSA
Amanda Loots
200 m butterfly M
RSA
Theo Verster
200 m medley M
RSA
Theo Verster
Terence Parkin
400 m medley M
RSA
Terence Parkin
4x100 m freestyle M
RSA
Roland Schoeman
Terence Parkin
Brendon Dedekind
Nicholas Folker
4x100 m medley W
RSA
Charlene Wittstock
Amanda Loots
Sarah Poewe
Karina Muller
4x100 m medley M
RSA
Nicholas Folker
Theo Verster
Simon Thirsk
Brett Petersen
Swimming 2004
50 m freestyle M
RSA
Lyndon Ferns
Roland Schoeman
100 m freestyle M
RSA
Roland Schoeman
Ryk Neethling
100 m backstroke M
RSA
Gerhard Zandberg
100 m breaststroke M
RSA
Terence Parkin
200 m breaststroke M
RSA
Terence Parkin
100 m butterfly M
RSA
Eugene Botes
200 m medley M
RSA
Darian Townsend
4x100 m freestyle M
RSA
Lyndon Ferns
Darian Townsend
Ryk Neethling
Roland Schoeman
4x100 m medley M
RSA
Karl Thaning
Gerhard Zandberg
Eugene Botes
Terence Parkin
Swimming 2008
50 m freestyle W
RSA
Lize-Mari Retief
50 m freestyle M
RSA
Roland Schoeman
Gideon Louw
100 m freestyle W
RSA
Lize-Mari Retief
100 m freestyle M
RSA
Ryk Neethling
Lyndon Ferns
200 m freestyle W
RSA
Melissa Corfe
200 m freestyle M
RSA
Jean Basson
Darian Townsend
400 m freestyle W
RSA
Melissa Corfe
Wendy Trott
400 m freestyle M
RSA
Jean Basson
800 m freestyle W
RSA
Wendy Trott
1500 m freestyle M
RSA
Troy Prinsloo
100 m backstroke M
RSA
Gerhard Zandberg
George du Rand
200 m backstroke W
RSA
Melissa Corfe
200 m backstroke M
RSA
George du Rand
100 m breaststroke W
RSA
Suzaan van Biljon
100 m breaststroke M
RSA
Cameron van der Burgh
200 m breaststroke W
RSA
Suzaan van Biljon
200 m breaststroke M
RSA
Neil Versfeld
William Diering
100 m butterfly W
RSA
Lize-Mari Retief
Amanda Loots
100 m butterfly M
RSA
Lyndon Ferns
200 m butterfly W
RSA
Katheryn Meaklim
200 m medley W
RSA
Jessica Pengelly
200 m medley M
RSA
Darian Townsend
400 m medley W
RSA
Jessica Pengelly
Katheryn Meaklim
400 m medley M
RSA
Riaan Schoeman
4x100 m freestyle W
RSA
Wendy Trott
Katheryn Meaklim
Melissa Corfe
Amanda Loots
4x100 m freestyle M
RSA
Darian Townsend
Ryk Neethling
Roland Schoeman
Lyndon Ferns
4x200 m freestyle M
RSA
Darian Townsend
Sebastien Rousseau
Jean Basson
Jan Venter
4x100 m medley W
RSA
Amanda Loots
Suzaan van Biljon
Melissa Corfe
Lize-Mari Retief
4x100 m medley M
RSA
Lyndon Ferns
Cameron van der Burgh
Darian Townsend
Gerhard Zandberg
Marathon 10 km W
RSA
Natalie du Toit
Marathon 10 km M
RSA
Chad Ho
Swimming 2012
50 m freestyle W
RSA
Trudi Maree
50 m freestyle M
RSA
Gideon Louw
Roland Schoeman
100 m freestyle M
RSA
Gideon Louw
Graeme Moore
200 m freestyle W
RSA
Karin Prinsloo
400 m freestyle W
RSA
Wendy Trott
400 m freestyle M
RSA
Heerden Herman
800 m freestyle W
RSA
Wendy Trott
1500 m freestyle M
RSA
Heerden Herman
100 m backstroke M
RSA
Charl Crous
200 m backstroke W
RSA
Karin Prinsloo
200 m backstroke M
RSA
Darren Murray
100 m breaststroke W
RSA
Suzaan van Biljon
100 m breaststroke M
RSA
Cameron van der Burgh
200 m breaststroke W
RSA
Suzaan van Biljon
100 m butterfly M
RSA
Chad le Clos
200 m butterfly M
RSA
Chad le Clos
200 m medley W
RSA
Katheryn Meaklim
200 m medley M
RSA
Darian Townsend
Chad le Clos
400 m medley W
RSA
Katheryn Meaklim
400 m medley M
RSA
Riaan Schoeman
Chad le Clos
4x100 m freestyle M
RSA
Gideon Louw
Darian Townsend
Roland Schoeman
Graeme Moore
4x200 m freestyle M
RSA
Darian Townsend
Sebastien Rousseau
Chad le Clos
Jean Basson
4x100 m medley M
RSA
Chad le Clos
Charl Crous
Leith Shankland
Cameron van der Burgh
Marathon 10 km W
RSA
Jessica Roux
Marathon 10 km M
RSA
Hercules Prinsloo
Swimming 2016
50 m freestyle M
RSA
Douglas John Erasmus
Bradley Edward Tandy
200 m freestyle M
RSA
Devon Myles Brown
Chad le Clos
400 m freestyle M
RSA
Devon Myles Brown
1500 m freestyle M
RSA
Matthew Mark Meyer
100 m backstroke M
RSA
Christopher Patrick Reid
100 m breaststroke M
RSA
Cameron van der Burgh
200 m breaststroke M
RSA
Cameron van der Burgh
Jarred Crous
100 m butterfly M
RSA
Chad le Clos
200 m butterfly M
RSA
Chad le Clos
Sebastien Daniel Rousseau
400 m medley M
RSA
Michael Julian Meyer
Sebastien Daniel Rousseau
4x200 m freestyle M
RSA
Sebastien Daniel Rousseau
Calvyn Justus
Dylan Bosch
Devon Myles Brown
4x100 m medley M
RSA
Dylan Bosch
Cameron van der Burgh
Devon Brown
Christopher Patrick Reid
Marathon 10 km W
RSA
Michelle Weber
Marathon 10 km M
RSA
Chad Ho
Swimming 2020
50 m freestyle W
RSA
Emma Chelius
50 m freestyle M
RSA
Bradley Edward Tandy
100 m freestyle W
RSA
Erin Gallagher
100 m backstroke M
RSA
Pieter Coetze
200 m backstroke M
RSA
Martin Binedell
100 m breaststroke W
RSA
Tatjana Schoenmaker
100 m breaststroke M
RSA
Michael Houlie
200 m breaststroke W
RSA
Kaylene Corbett
Tatjana Schoenmaker
100 m butterfly W
RSA
Erin Gallagher
100 m butterfly M
RSA
Chad le Clos
Matthew Sates
200 m butterfly M
RSA
Chad le Clos
Ethan Du Preez
200 m medley W
RSA
Rebecca Meder
200 m medley M
RSA
Matthew Sates
4x200 m freestyle W
RSA
Rebecca Meder
Dune Coetzee
Erin Gallagher
Aimee Canny
4x100 m medley W
RSA
Erin Gallagher
Aimee Canny
Tatjana Schoenmaker
Mariella Venter
Marathon 10 km W
RSA
Michelle Weber
Marathon 10 km M
RSA
Michael McGlynn
* The list above only shows a selection of South African swimmers - All possible medalists are included in the list.
This information about South African swimmers at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and the
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