Since then, many other athletes have added to the country’s success at the world’s biggest sporting spectacle which is held every four years. Team South Africa have won a total of 30 medals in the Olympic Games that were held in the last 30 years.She added another gold to the country’s medal haul at the games winning the women’s 200 metres breaststroke event.
Middle distance runner, Hezekiel Sepeng, won a silver medal in the 800 metres race, while Marianne Kriel won bronze in the women’s 100 metre backstroke. The two made the country proud by winning two gold medals each in their events at the 2012 London Games and also, setting new world records. There was a rare gold medal for Team South Africa in the rowing event at the 2012 London Games. James Thompson, Sizwe Ndlovu, Matthew Brittain and John Smith received gold medals in the lightweight men’s four.