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List of flag bearers for South Africa at the Olympics

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South Africa at the
Olympics
IOC codeRSA
NOCSouth African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sascoc.co.za
Medals
Gold
28
Silver
36
Bronze
31
Total
95
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented South Africa at the Olympics.[1][2]

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

# Event year Season Flag bearer Sport
1 1908 Summer Doug Stupart Athletics [2]
2 1912 Summer
3 1920 Summer
4 1924 Summer
5 1928 Summer
6 1932 Summer Harry Hart Athletics [2]
7 1936 Summer Clarke Scholtz Athletics
8 1948 Summer
9 1952 Summer Schalk Booysen Athletics [2]
10 1956 Summer
11 1960 Winter
12 1960 Summer Manie van Zyl Wrestling [2]
13 1992 Summer Jan Tau[a] Athletics
14 1994 Winter Dino Quattrocecere Figure Skating
15 1996 Summer Masibulele Makepula Boxing
16 1998 Winter Shirene Human Figure Skating
17 2000 Summer Hezekiel Sepeng Athletics
18 2002 Winter Alexander Heath Alpine Skiing
19 2004 Summer Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Athletics
20 2006 Winter Alexander Heath Alpine Skiing
21 2008 Summer Natalie du Toit Swimming
22 2010 Winter Oliver Kraas Cross-Country Skiing
23 2012 Summer Caster Semenya Athletics
24 2016 Summer Wayde van Niekerk Athletics
25 2018 Winter Connor Wilson Alpine skiing [3]
26 2020 Summer Chad le Clos Swimming [4]
Phumelela Mbande Field hockey
27 2024 Summer Akani Simbine Athletics [5]
Caitlin Rooskrantz Gymnastics

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Tau carried a special sporting flag for South Africa, rather than an official national flag.

References

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  1. ^ South Africa. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Flagbearers for South Africa". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  3. ^ "The Flagbearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  4. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  5. ^ Isaacson, David (10 July 2024). "Simbine, Rooskrantz named as the flag-bearers for SA Olympic team". Herald LIVE. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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