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The Olympic gold medal is the mark of achievement of the highest level in a particular sport. Many high schools proudly point to an alumnus who has been to the Olympics. Relatively few high schools have the depth to have produced more than one Olympic gold medalist. Notes: T = team gold medalist; WR = also hold the current world record
South Africa (RSA) 28: 36: 31: 95: 3 ... Women's high jump Silver: Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger: ... All-time Youth Olympic Games medal table; Sport in Africa; Paralympic ...
In June 2024, he was selected for the South African team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [11] [12] On 9 August 2024, Walaza won an Olympic silver medal as part of South Africa's 4 x 100 metres relay team at the Paris Olympics while still only 18 years old, becoming the first South African to win an Olympic medal while still in high school. [2]
South Africa also participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1960, and since 1994. South African athletes have won a total of 95 medals, with athletics, boxing, and swimming as the top medal-producing sports.
Uitenhage, South Africa [33] Marathon: 2:06:33 Gert Thys: 14 February 1999 Tokyo Marathon: Tokyo, Japan 50 km (road) 2:39:04 Tete Dijana: 26 February 2023 Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers 50km Gqeberha, South Africa [34] 100 km (road) 6:25:07 Bruce Fordyce: 4 February 1989 Stellenbosch, South Africa 110 m hurdles: 13.11 (+1.8 m/s) Antonio ...
South Africa: 1 11 55 78 0 66 Latvia: 1 11 46 73 0 67 Slovenia: 1 8 42 76 1 68 Bangladesh: 1 7 37 44 1 69 Cuba: 1 7 37 33 0 70 Denmark: 1 6 43 61 0 71 Tunisia: 1 6 19 48 0 72 Kyrgyzstan: 1 4 12 57 1 73 Algeria: 1 2 8 24 1 74 Puerto Rico: 1 1 7 19 0 75 Saudi Arabia: 0 12 45 19 0 76 Uzbekistan: 0 12 35 50 0 77 Estonia: 0 11 38 71 0 78 Azerbaijan ...
African Leadership Academy, Honeydew; Allen Glen High School, Allens Nek; Athlone Boys' High School; Aurora Private School; Barnato Park High School; Bryanston High School, Bryanston
The Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery was instituted in 1939 to award South African citizens for exceptional gallantry in saving life. The decoration had two grades (Gold and Silver) and had a blue ribbon with orange edges. The medal lapsed on 31 May 1961, when South Africa became a republic, albeit, outside the Commonwealth.