List of flag bearers for South Africa at the Olympics

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

South Africa at the Olympics
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
Medals	Gold 27 Silver 33 Bronze 29 Total 89
Summer appearances
1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1960 1964–1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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

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

See also

• South Africa at the Olympics

References

1. . Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
2. "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
3. "The Flagbearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 4 May 2022.