1924 Summer Olympics / Participant (South African Union)

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The South African Union took part in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with a delegation of 30 male athletes in 25 competitions in seven sports.

The South African athletes each won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. Olympic champion was the bantamweight boxer William Smith , silver went to hurdler Sidney Atkinson over 110 meters and bronze went to walker Cecil McMaster over the ten-kilometer distance.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• William Smith

  Bantamweight: gold

• Ernest Eustice

  Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Richard Beland

  Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Roy Ingram

  Welterweight: Eliminated in the quarterfinals

Art competitions

• Fanie Eloff

athletics

Men

• Toby Betts

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• George Dunston

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Howard Kinsman

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Clarence Oldfield

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Charles Davis

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Harry Phillips

  Marathon: 19th place

• Sidney Atkinson

  110 m hurdles: silver

• Leonard Richardson

  3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  Cross-Country: 9th place

• Christiaan Steyn

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Cecil McMaster

  10 km walking: bronze

• Lawrence Roberts

  High jump: 8th place

• Ernest Sutherland

  Decathlon: 5th place

Cycling

• Henry Kaltenbrunn

  Road race: 11th place

  Track 50 km: race not finished

shoot

• Eric Halley

  Free rifle 600 m: 14th place

  Free rifle team: 9th place

• John Stiray

  Free rifle 600 m: 48th place

• James Trembath

  Free rifle 600 m: 51st place

• David Smith

  Free rifle 600 m: 59th place

  Free rifle team: 9th place

• Leslie Laing

  Free rifle team: 9th place

• George Church

  Free rifle team: 9th place

• Melville Wallace

  Free rifle team: 9th place

sailing

• Rupert Ellis-Brown

  Monotype 1924: regatta not finished

tennis

Men

• Jack Condon

  Singles: eliminated in the 1st round

  Doubles: 4th place

• Ivie Richardson

  Singles: eliminated in the 3rd round

  Doubles: 4th place

• Louis Raymond

  Singles: eliminated in the 1st round

• Patrick Spence

  Individual: eliminated in the round of 16

Web links

• South African Olympic team from 1924 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )