South Africa at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Twelve athletes represented South Africa in 1924. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport as well as the Games. It was the first time since 1904 that South Africa failed to win a single gold medal in the sport, though the team did have two medal-winning athletes (Atkinson won silver in the short hurdles and McMaster took bronze in the racewalk).

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sydney Atkinson	110 m hurdles	N/A		15.2	1 Q	15.2	2 Q	15.0
Toby Betts	100 m	Unknown	5	Did not advance
	400 m	49.8	1 Q	49.0	1 Q	48.4	5	Did not advance
Clifford Davis	800 m	N/A		Unknown	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	N/A				Unknown	5	Did not advance
George Dunston	100 m	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	4	Did not advance
	200 m	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	3	Did not advance
Howard Kinsman	200 m	21.8	1 Q	Unknown	2 Q	22.3	5	Did not advance
Cecil McMaster	10 km walk	N/A				Unknown	2 Q	49:08.0
Clarence Oldfield	400 m	49.6	1 Q	49.0	1 Q	49.0	5	Did not advance
	800 m	N/A		1:58.0	1 Q	Unknown	6	Did not advance
Harry Phillips	Marathon	N/A						3:07:13.0	19
Len Richardson	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				Unknown	6	Did not advance
	Cross country	N/A						37:46.0	9
Lawrence Roberts	High jump	N/A				1.83	1 Q	1.83	8
Ernest Sutherland	Decathlon	N/A						6794.1425	5
Toby Betts George Dunston Howard Kinsman Christiaan Steyn	4 × 100 m relay	N/A		42.8	1 Q	43.6	4	Did not advance

Four boxers represented South Africa at the 1924 Games. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Smith took the gold in the bantamweight (a championship won four years earlier by countryman Clarence Walker). Ingram and Beland were beaten in the quarterfinals, while Eustice lost his first-round match.

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
Dick Beland	Lightweight	Nilsen (NOR) W	Valdero (ESP) W	Tholey (FRA) L	Did not advance		5
Ernest Eustice	Featherweight	Depont (FRA) L	Did not advance				17
Roy Ingram	Welterweight	Rémy (BEL) W	Dam (NED) W	Delarge (BEL) L	Did not advance		5
William H. Smith	Bantamweight	Bye	Wolff (SWE) W	Lemouton (FRA) W	Ces (FRA) W	Tripoli (USA) W

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 1 1 .500  France 2 2 .500  Netherlands 1 0 1.000  Norway 1 0 1.000  Spain 1 0 1.000  Sweden 1 0 1.000  United States 1 0 1.000 Total 8 3 .727

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 2 1 .667 Round of 16 3 0 1.000 Quarterfinals 1 2 .333 Semifinals 1 0 1.000 Final 1 0 1.000 Bronze match 0 0 – Total 0 5 .000

A single cyclist represented South Africa in 1924. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. Kaltenbrunn, who had won the silver medal in the individual time trial in 1920, finished fifth in this competition. He also competed in the 50 kilometres on the track, but was not among the top seven whose places were recorded.

A single sailor represented South Africa in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport.

Seven sport shooters represented South Africa in 1924.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
John Condon	Singles	Cousin (FRA) L 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Louis Raymond	Singles	Willard (AUS) L 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Ivie Richardson	Singles	Bye	Sindreu (ESP) W 6–4, 6–4, 6–3	Cochet (FRA) L 3–6, 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Patrick Spence	Singles	Bye	Syz (SUI) W 6–3, 6–2, 7–5	Woosnam (GBR) W 4–6, 10–8, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Lacoste (FRA) L 2–6, 0–6, 1–6	Did not advance
John Condon Ivie Richardson	Doubles	N/A	Bye	Torralva / Torralva (CHI) W 6–2, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2	Flaquer / Saprisa (ESP) W 6–2, 6–3, 6–1	Williams / Washburn (USA) W 4–6, 11–9, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	Brunon / Cochet (FRA) L 7–5, 3–6, 5–7, 2–6	Bronze medal final  Lacoste / Borotra (FRA) L 3–6, 8–10, 3–6	4

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