The Union of South Africa competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 39 competitors, 38 men and 1 woman, took part in 34 events in 7 sports.^[1]

13 athletes represented South Africa in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in athletics, a sport in which South Africa had competed each time the country had appeared at the Olympics. The team took three total medals, one of each color, with Rudd winning two on his own and being part of the relay that won the silver. It was the country's best result in athletics to date.

Ranks given are within the heat.

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jacobus Bukes	100 m	11.0	2 Q	11.0	3	did not advance
	200 m	23.4	3	did not advance
Henry Dafel	400 m	51.2	2 Q	50.8	1 Q	50.4	3 Q	50.6	6
	800 m	—		1:59.2	3 Q		6	did not advance
Leonard Dixon	100 m		3	did not advance
James Doig	800 m	—		1:59.6	4 Q	2:01.5	7	did not advance
Christian Gitsham	Marathon	—						did not finish
Francis Irvine	100 m		3	did not advance
	200 m	23.3	3	did not advance
	400 m	52.5	4	did not advance
Harold Jeppe	110 m hurdles	—			3	did not advance
Cecil McMaster	3 km walk	—				13:48.5	2 Q	13:23.6	4
	10 km walk	—				51:39.0	2 Q	50:04.0	4
Clarence Oldfield	400 m	52.2	2 Q	51.1	5	did not advance
Jack Oosterlaak	100 m	11.0	1 Q	11.0	1 Q		4	did not advance
	200 m	23.2	2 Q	23.0	1 Q	22.7	3 Q	22.4	6
Leonard Richardson	Cross country	—						did not finish
Bevil Rudd	400 m	51.6	1 Q	51.3	2 Q	49.7	2 Q	49.6
	800 m	—		1:55.0	1 Q	1:57.0	1 Q	1:53.6
Adriaan "Attie" van Heerden	400 m hurdles	—		did not finish		did not advance
Jacobus Bukes Henry Dafel Francis Irvine Jack Oosterlaak	4 × 100 m relay	—				44.4	3	did not advance
Henry Dafel Clarence Oldfield Jack Oosterlaak Bevil Rudd	4 × 400 m relay	—				3:38.6	1 Q	3:23.0

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Seven boxers represented South Africa at the 1920 Games. It was the nation's debut in boxing. Walker won the nation's first Olympic boxing medal, a gold in the bantamweight.

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Boxer	Weight class	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Richard Beland	Lightweight	N/A	Grégoire (FRA) W	Van Muyzen (BEL) W	Mosberg (USA) L	Newton (CAN) L	4
William Bradley	Middleweight	Bye	Hesterman (NED) W	Herscovitch (CAN) L	did not advance		5
Thomas Holdstock	Light heavyweight	N/A	Clementz (NOR) W	Eagan (USA) L	did not advance		5
Roy Ingram	Welterweight	Bye	Stokstad (NOR) L	did not advance			9
Jim MacGregor	Light heavyweight	N/A	Schell (USA) L	did not advance			9
Joseph Thomas	Welterweight	Bye	Schneider (CAN) L	did not advance			9
Clarence Walker	Bantamweight	N/A	Bouwens (BEL) W	Hartman (USA) W	McKenzie (GBR) W	Graham (CAN) W

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More information Opponent nation, Wins ...

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 2 0 1.000  Canada 1 3 .250  France 1 0 1.000  Great Britain 1 0 1.000  Netherlands 1 0 1.000  Norway 1 1 .500  United States 1 3 .250 Total 8 7 .533

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 0 0 – Round of 16 4 3 .571 Quarterfinals 2 2 .500 Semifinals 1 1 .500 Final 1 0 1.000 Bronze match 0 1 .000 Total 8 7 .533

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Five cyclists represented South Africa in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. The South Africans took three medals, including silvers in the tandem (Smith and Walker) and individual time trial (by Kaltenbrun) and a bronze in the team pursuit. The team pursuit medal was awarded due to South Africa having the faster time of the two semifinal losers.

Road cycling

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Cyclist	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Henry Kaltenbrunn	Time trial	4:41:26.6
James Walker	Time trial	did not finish

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Track cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

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Cyclist	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Repechage semis		Repechage final		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hendrik Goosen	Sprint	Unknown	3	did not advance
William Smith	Sprint	Unknown	3	did not advance
	50 km	N/A										Unknown	7
George Thursfield	Sprint	Unknown	2 Q	13.2	1 Q	Advanced directly				15.2	2	did not advance
James Walker	Sprint	13.6	1 Q	13.6	1 Q	Advanced directly				15.2	3	did not advance
	50 km	N/A										did not finish
Hendrik Goosen George Thursfield	Tandem	N/A		Unknown	2	N/A				did not advance
William Smith James Walker	Tandem	N/A		13.0	1 Q	N/A				12.6	1 Q	Unknown
Hendrik Goosen Henry Kaltenbrunn William Smith James Walker	Team pursuit	N/A		5:21.0	1 Q	N/A				5:17.8	2	Did not advance

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Seven shooters represented South Africa in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. South Africa won its first Olympic shooting medal, with the silver in the long-range team prone military rifle.

More information Shooter, Event ...

Shooter	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Robert Bodley	50 m small-bore rifle	Unknown
	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	Unknown
George Harvey	50 m small-bore rifle	Unknown
	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	Unknown
George Lishman	50 m small-bore rifle	Unknown
Fred Morgan	50 m small-bore rifle	Unknown
	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	Unknown
Mark Paxton	50 m small-bore rifle	Unknown
	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	Unknown
David Smith	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	Unknown
Robert Bodley Ferdinand Buchanan George Harvey Fred Morgan David Smith	600 m team military rifle, prone	287
	300 & 600 m team military rifle, prone	560	5
Robert Bodley Ferdinand Buchanan Fred Morgan Mark Paxton David Smith	300 m team military rifle, standing	233	9
Robert Bodley George Harvey George Lishman Fred Morgan Mark Paxton	50 m team small-bore rifle	1755	8
Robert Bodley George Harvey Fred Morgan Mark Paxton David Smith	Team free rifle	4292	10
Robert Bodley George Lishman Fred Morgan Mark Paxton David Smith	300 m team military rifle, prone	276	8

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Five tennis players, all men, competed for South Africa in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Winslow, the defending gold medalist in the singles, fell to Ichiya Kumagae in the semifinals and finished with the bronze medal. Kumagae had also beaten Dodd in the quarterfinals. Raymond won the other semifinal, however, and then beat Kumagae to take the gold. Both men's doubles pairs lost in the quarterfinals.

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Player	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
George Dodd	Men's singles	Blanchy (FRA) W 2–6, 6–2, 6–1, 9–7	Décugis (FRA) W 6–2, 6–1, 6–1	Kashio (JPN) W 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1	Kumagae (JPN) L 7–5, 6–1, 6–1	did not advance		5
Brian Norton	Men's singles	Décugis (FRA) L 6–4, 12–10, 2–6, 8–6	did not advance					32
Louis Raymond	Men's singles	Bye	van den Bemden (BEL) W 7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1	Brugnon (FRA) W 3–6, 6–2, 6–0, 6–1	Malström (SWE) W 6–3, 6–1, 6–1	Turnbull (GBR) W 2–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1	Kumagae (JPN) W 5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
Charles Winslow	Men's singles	Bye	Samazeuilh (FRA) W 7–5, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2	Washer (BEL) W 8–6, 6–4, 6–1	Lowe (GBR) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2	Kumagae (JPN) L 6–2, 6–2, 6–2	Turnbull (GBR) W
Cecil Blackbeard George Dodd	Men's doubles	N/A	Beamish & Lowe (GBR) W 6–1, 10–8, 6–3	Lawton & Samazeuilh (FRA) W 6–3, 6–0, 9–7	Albarran & Décugis (FRA) L 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5	did not advance		5
Brian Norton Louis Raymond	Men's doubles	N/A	J. Alonso & M. Alonso (ESP) W 6–3, 7–5, 6–0	Ardelt & Žemla-Rázný (TCH) W 6–1, 6–4, 6–4	Kashio & Kumagae (JPN) L 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3	did not advance		5

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Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 2 0 1.000  Czechoslovakia 1 0 1.000  France 5 2 .714  Great Britain 4 0 1.000  Japan 2 3 .400  Spain 1 0 1.000  Sweden 1 0 1.000 Total 16 5 .762

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 64 1 1 .500 Round of 32 5 0 1.000 Round of 16 5 0 1.000 Quarterfinals 2 3 .400 Semifinals 1 1 .500 Final 1 0 1.000 Bronze match 1 0 1.000 Total 16 5 .762

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A single wrestler competed for South Africa in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Hans J.J. van Rensburg was defeated in the quarterfinals of the freestyle light heavyweight.

Freestyle

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Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / Bronze match	Rank
Hans van Rensburg	Light heavyweight	N/A	Snoeck (BEL) (W)	Courant (SUI) (L)	did not advance		5

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More information Opponent nation, Wins ...

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 1 0 1.000  Switzerland 0 1 .000 Total 1 1 .500

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 0 0 – Round of 16 1 0 1.000 Quarterfinals 0 1 .000 Semifinals 0 0 – Final 0 0 – Bronze match 0 0 – Total 1 1 .500

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