South Africa at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Athletics

100 metres, Men Abram van Heerden 3 h6 r1/4
Denis Shore DNS
200 metres, Men Abram van Heerden 5 h1 r3/4
Denis Shore 5 h2 r2/4
400 metres, Men Denis Shore 4 h2 r3/4
Marathon, Men Johannes Coleman 4
Syd Luyt 6
10 kilometres Race Walk, Men Kallie Reyneke AC h1 r1/2
100 metres, Women Daphne Robb 3 h2 r2/3
200 metres, Women Daphne Robb 6

Boxing

Flyweight, Men Des Williams =9
Bantamweight, Men Vic Toweel =17
Featherweight, Men Dennis Shepherd 2 Silver
Lightweight, Men Gerald Dreyer 1 Gold
Welterweight, Men Duggie Du Preez 4
Middleweight, Men Ken La Grange =17
Light-Heavyweight, Men George Hunter 1 Gold
Heavyweight, Men Johnny Arthur 3 Bronze

Cycling Road

Road Race, Men Dirkie Binneman DNF
George Estman DNF
Wally Rivers DNF
Road Race, Team, Men South Africa DNF
George Estman • Dirkie Binneman • Wally Rivers

Diving

Platform, Men Geoff Mandy 21

Literature

Literature, Lyric Works, Open Ernst Van Heerden 2 Silver

Painting

Painting, Graphic Arts, Open Walter Battiss 3 Bronze
Painting, Paintings, Open Walter Battiss HM
George Pilkington AC

Rowing

Single Sculls, Men Ian Stephen 3 h1 r3/4
Coxless Fours, Men South Africa 2 h3 r3/4
Edgar Ramsay • Austin Ikin • Des Maybery • Claude Kietzman

Sailing

One-Person Heavyweight Dinghy, Men Herbert McWilliams 20

Swimming

400 metres Freestyle, Men Don Johnston 14
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Don Johnston 17
100 metres Backstroke, Men Jackie Wiid 6
200 metres Breaststroke, Men Des Cohen 30

Weightlifting

Middleweight, Men Issy Bloomberg 14
Heavyweight, Men Piet Taljaard 8

Wrestling

Lightweight, Freestyle, Men Tony Ries, Sr. =10
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men Calie Reitz 4
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Pat Morton 6