Question: How many Olympic medals has South Africa won?
South Africa's athletes will be looking to add to Mzansi's medal tally at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here's how many have been won to date.
South Africa first participated at the Olympics Games in 1904 in St Louis and sent athletes to compete in every summer Olympics Games until 1960 in Rome.
In response to South Africa’s policy of apartheid, the nation was then barred from the Games.
After negotiations to end apartheid in Mzansi commenced in 1990, South Africa re-joined the Olympic movement.
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) was created in 1991 and South Africa returned to the Games at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
In total, South Africa was excluded from seven Olympic Games’ in that period.
South African athletes have won a total of 89 medals to date in 11 different sports.
Those 89 medals comprise 27 golds, 33 silvers and 29 bronzes.
South Africa’s athletes will be looking to add to that tally at this year’s Paris Olympics starting in July.
SOUTH AFRICA MEDALS AT EVERY OLYMPIC GAMES
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 St. Louis | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1908 London | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1912 Stockholm | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1920 Antwerp | 39 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1924 Paris | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1928 Amsterdam | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1932 Los Angeles | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1936 Berlin | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1948 London | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1952 Helsinki | 64 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1956 Melbourne | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1960 Rome | 55 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1964 Tokyo | Excluded | |||||
| 1968 Mexico City | ||||||
| 1972 Munich | ||||||
| 1976 Montreal | ||||||
| 1980 Moscow | ||||||
| 1984 Los Angeles | ||||||
| 1988 Seoul | ||||||
| 1992 Barcelona | 93 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1996 Atlanta | 84 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2000 Sydney | 127 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2004 Athens | 106 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2008 Beijing | 136 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 London | 125 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 138 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2020 Tokyo | 177 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 27 | 33 | 29 | 89 | ||
MEDALS WON BY SPORT
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