South African athletes in the London 1948 Olympics

South African athletes at the London 1948 Olympics*

Facts Medals Athletes Sports


Event	Athletes


Athletics
100 m M	RSA	Abram van Heerden

200 m M	RSA	Abram van Heerden
		Dennis Shore

400 m M	RSA	Dennis Shore

Marathon M	RSA	Thomas Sidney Luyt
		Johannes Coleman

10 km walk M	RSA	Jacobus Reyneke

100 m W	RSA	Daphne Robb

200 m W	RSA	Daphne Robb


Boxing
Featherweight M	RSA	Dennis Shephard

Lightweight M	RSA	Gerald Dreyer

Welterweight M	RSA	Douglas Du Preez

Light-heavyweight M	RSA	George Hunter

Heavyweight M	RSA	John Arthur


Cycling
Road race team M	RSA	Dirkie Binneman
		George Estman
		Wally Rivers


Diving
Platform M	RSA	Geoffrey Mandy


Rowing
Single sculls M	RSA	Ian Stephen


Sailing
Finn	RSA	Herbert McWilliams


Swimming
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


Weightlifting
Middleweight M	RSA	Issy Bloomberg

Heavyweight M	RSA	Piet Taljaard


Wrestling
Freestyle lightweight M	RSA	Anthony Ries

Freestyle middleweight M	RSA	Carel Reitz

Freestyle light-heavyweight M	RSA	Patrick Morton

* The list of South African athletes in the 1948 Olympic Games is not yet complete
This information about South African athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in London 1948 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database

South African athletes at the London 1948 Olympics*