South African Olympic Medals in Athletics |
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Event |
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Medalists |
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| Gold medals | |||||
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Athletics 1908 | ||||
| 100 m M |
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RSA | Reginald Walker | ||
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Athletics 1912 | ||||
| Marathon M |
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RSA | Kenneth McArthur | ||
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Athletics 1920 | ||||
| 400 m M |
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RSA | Bevil Rudd | ||
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Athletics 1928 | ||||
| 110 m hurdles M |
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RSA | Sydney Atkinson | ||
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Athletics 1952 | ||||
| High jump W |
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RSA | Esther Brand | ||
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Athletics 1996 | ||||
| Marathon M |
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RSA | Josia Thugwane | ||
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Athletics 2012 | ||||
| 800 m W |
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RSA | Caster Semenya | ||
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Athletics 2016 | ||||
| 400 m M |
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RSA | Wayde van Niekerk | ||
| 800 m W |
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RSA | Caster Semenya | ||
| Silver medals | |||||
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Athletics 1908 | ||||
| Marathon M |
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RSA | Charles Hefferon | ||
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Athletics 1912 | ||||
| Marathon M |
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RSA | Christian Gitsham | ||
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Athletics 1920 | ||||
| 4x400 m M |
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RSA | Henning Dafel | ||
| Bevil Rudd | |||||
| Clarence Oldfield | |||||
| Jack Oosterlaak | |||||
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Athletics 1924 | ||||
| 110 m hurdles M |
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RSA | Sydney Atkinson | ||
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Athletics 1952 | ||||
| 100 m W |
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RSA | Daphne Hasenjäger | ||
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Athletics 1992 | ||||
| 10000 m W |
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RSA | Elana Meyer | ||
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Athletics 1996 | ||||
| 800 m M |
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RSA | Hezekiel Sepeng | ||
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Athletics 2000 | ||||
| High jump W |
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RSA | Hestrie Cloete | ||
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Athletics 2004 | ||||
| 800 m M |
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RSA | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | ||
| High jump W |
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RSA | Hestrie Cloete | ||
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Athletics 2008 | ||||
| Long jump M |
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RSA | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | ||
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Athletics 2016 | ||||
| Long jump M |
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RSA | Luvo Manyonga | ||
| Javelin throw W |
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RSA | Sunette Viljoen | ||
| Bronze medals | |||||
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Athletics 1920 | ||||
| 800 m M |
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RSA | Bevil Rudd | ||
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Athletics 1924 | ||||
| 10 km walk M |
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RSA | Cecil McMaster | ||
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Athletics 1932 | ||||
| 80 m hurdles W |
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RSA | Marjorie Clark | ||
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Athletics 1960 | ||||
| 400 m M |
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RSA | Malcolm Spence | ||
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Athletics 2000 | ||||
| 400 m hurdles M |
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RSA | Llewelyn Herbert | ||
| Discus throw M |
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RSA | Frantz Kruger | ||
| This list about South Africa in Athletics at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
