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- South Africa took home the most gold in 2012
- TeamSA won the most medals (10) at Rio 2016
- Paris 2024 is 9th Games for SA since ban was lifted
Paris 2024 – or, officially, the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – starts on 26 July. It will be South Africa’s 21st Games, its ninth since the ban against its participation was lifted in 1992.
South African athletes have won a total of 38 medals in the post-apartheid era – 11 gold, 18 silver and nine bronze, mostly in swimming and athletics.
When measured in golds, South Africa’s most-successful performance was at the London Olympics in 2012. The country took home a total of four gold medals that year, as well as one silver and one bronze medal.
South Africa’s second-most successful Games was at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, when the country was awarded three gold medals, one silver and one bronze.
In the post-apartheid era, South Africa won the most medals at the 2016 Games in Rio with 10 medals. Only two of those were gold.
— 22 July, 2024Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for more charts like this
