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South African Olympic Athletes in Swimming*

   Facts about Olympic Swimming
Event Athletes
 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 Kathleen Russell
Maria Engelenberg
400 m freestyle W RSA Rhoda Rennie
Frederica van der Goes
Mary Bedford
4x100 m freestyle W RSA Mary Bedford
Frederica van der Goes
Kathleen Russell
Rhoda Rennie
 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 Graham Johnston
Peter Duncan
Dennis Ford
1500 m freestyle M RSA Peter Duncan
Dennis Ford
Graham Johnston
100 m backstroke W RSA Joan Harrison
100 m backstroke M RSA Nicolaas Meiring
4x200 m freestyle M RSA John Durr
Dennis Ford
Graham Johnston
Peter Duncan
 Swimming 1956
100 m freestyle W RSA Susan Roberts
Natalie Myburgh
Jeanette Myburgh
100 m freestyle M RSA Dennis Ford
Peter Duncan
William Steuart
400 m freestyle W RSA Susan Roberts
Natalie Myburgh
400 m freestyle M RSA Anthony Briscoe
William Steuart
Peter Duncan
1500 m freestyle M RSA Peter Duncan
100 m backstroke W RSA Moira Abernathy
4x100 m freestyle W RSA Jeanette Myburgh
Susan Roberts
Moira Abernathy
Natalie Myburgh
4x200 m freestyle M RSA William Steuart
Peter Duncan
Anthony Briscoe
Dennis Ford
 Swimming 1960
100 m freestyle M RSA Aubrey Burer
400 m freestyle M RSA Aubrey Burer
Murray McLachlan
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 Jill Brukman
Marianne Kriel
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 Jeanine Steenkamp
Jill Brukman
400 m medley M RSA Clifford Lyne
4x100 m freestyle M RSA Darryl Cronje
Craig Jackson
Seddon Keyter
Peter Williams
4x100 m medley W RSA Jill Brukman
Penelope Heyns
Marianne Kriel
Jeanine Steenkamp
4x100 m medley M RSA Kenneth Cawood
Peter Williams
Darryl Cronje
Seddon Keyter
 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 Penelope Heyns
Julia Russell
200 m breaststroke W RSA Julia Russell
Penelope Heyns
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 Penelope Heyns
Amanda Loots
Helene Muller
Marianne Kriel
 Swimming 2000
50 m freestyle W RSA Helene Muller
50 m freestyle M RSA Brendon Dedekind
Roland Schoeman
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 Sarah Poewe
Penelope Heyns
100 m breaststroke M RSA Terence Parkin
Brett Petersen
200 m breaststroke W RSA Sarah Poewe
Penelope Heyns
200 m breaststroke M RSA Terence Parkin
100 m butterfly W RSA Amanda Loots
Renate du Plessis
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 Terence Parkin
Theo Verster
400 m medley M RSA Terence Parkin
4x100 m freestyle M RSA Terence Parkin
Nicholas Folker
Roland Schoeman
Brendon Dedekind
4x100 m medley W RSA Sarah Poewe
Karina Muller
Charlene Wittstock
Amanda Loots
4x100 m medley M RSA Theo Verster
Nicholas Folker
Simon Thirsk
Brett Petersen
 Swimming 2004
50 m freestyle M RSA Roland Schoeman
Lyndon Ferns
100 m freestyle M RSA Ryk Neethling
Roland Schoeman
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 Ryk Neethling
Roland Schoeman
Lyndon Ferns
Darian Townsend
4x100 m medley M RSA Eugene Botes
Karl Thaning
Gerhard Zandberg
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 Lyndon Ferns
Ryk Neethling
200 m freestyle W RSA Melissa Corfe
200 m freestyle M RSA Darian Townsend
Jean Basson
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 George du Rand
Gerhard Zandberg
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 Katheryn Meaklim
Melissa Corfe
Wendy Trott
Amanda Loots
4x100 m freestyle M RSA Ryk Neethling
Roland Schoeman
Darian Townsend
Lyndon Ferns
4x200 m freestyle M RSA Jean Basson
Darian Townsend
Sebastien Rousseau
Jan Venter
4x100 m medley W RSA Melissa Corfe
Suzaan van Biljon
Amanda Loots
Lize-Mari Retief
4x100 m medley M RSA Darian Townsend
Gerhard Zandberg
Cameron van der Burgh
Lyndon Ferns
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 Graeme Moore
Gideon Louw
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
Roland Schoeman
Darian Townsend
Graeme Moore
4x200 m freestyle M RSA Sebastien Rousseau
Jean Basson
Darian Townsend
Chad le Clos
4x100 m medley M RSA Cameron van der Burgh
Chad le Clos
Charl Crous
Leith Shankland
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
Dylan Bosch
Calvyn Justus
Devon Myles Brown
4x100 m medley M RSA Dylan Bosch
Devon Brown
Cameron van der Burgh
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 Ethan Du Preez
Chad le Clos
200 m medley W RSA Rebecca Meder
200 m medley M RSA Matthew Sates
4x200 m freestyle W RSA Rebecca Meder
Erin Gallagher
Dune Coetzee
Aimee Canny
4x100 m medley W RSA Erin Gallagher
Mariella Venter
Aimee Canny
Tatjana Schoenmaker
Marathon 10 km W RSA Michelle Weber
Marathon 10 km M RSA Michael McGlynn
 Swimming 2024
200 m freestyle W RSA Aimee Canny
100 m breaststroke W RSA Tatjana Smith
200 m backstroke M RSA Pieter Coetze
200 m breaststroke W RSA Tatjana Smith
Kaylene Corbett
200 m butterfly M RSA Matthew Sates
200 m medley W RSA Rebecca Meder
200 m medley M RSA Matthew Sates
* 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 Olympian Database
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