List of flag bearers for South Africa at the Olympics

South Africa at the
Olympics
South Africa at the; Olympics
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
Medals	Gold 28 Silver 36 Bronze 31 Total 95
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;

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented South Africa at the Olympics.^[1]^[2]

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

#	Event year	Season	Flag bearer	Sport
1	1908	Summer	Doug Stupart	Athletics	^[2]
2	1912	Summer
3	1920	Summer
4	1924	Summer
5	1928	Summer
6	1932	Summer	Harry Hart	Athletics	^[2]
7	1936	Summer	Clarke Scholtz	Athletics	^[2]
8	1948	Summer
9	1952	Summer	Schalk Booysen	Athletics	^[2]
10	1956	Summer
11	1960	Winter
12	1960	Summer	Manie van Zyl	Wrestling	^[2]
13	1992	Summer	Jan Tau^[a]	Athletics
14	1994	Winter	Dino Quattrocecere	Figure Skating
15	1996	Summer	Masibulele Makepula	Boxing
16	1998	Winter	Shirene Human	Figure Skating
17	2000	Summer	Hezekiel Sepeng	Athletics
18	2002	Winter	Alexander Heath	Alpine Skiing
19	2004	Summer	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	Athletics
20	2006	Winter	Alexander Heath	Alpine Skiing
21	2008	Summer	Natalie du Toit	Swimming
22	2010	Winter	Oliver Kraas	Cross-Country Skiing
23	2012	Summer	Caster Semenya	Athletics
24	2016	Summer	Wayde van Niekerk	Athletics
25	2018	Winter	Connor Wilson	Alpine skiing	^[3]
26	2020	Summer	Chad le Clos	Swimming	^[4]
26	2020	Summer	Phumelela Mbande	Field hockey	^[4]
27	2024	Summer	Akani Simbine	Athletics	^[5]
27	2024	Summer	Caitlin Rooskrantz	Gymnastics	^[5]

Notes

^ Tau carried a special sporting flag for South Africa, rather than an official national flag.

^ South Africa. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Flagbearers for South Africa". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ "The Flagbearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ Isaacson, David (10 July 2024). "Simbine, Rooskrantz named as the flag-bearers for SA Olympic team". Herald LIVE. Retrieved 25 July 2024.