Medal Tracker - South Africa
| Gold Medals | |||
| MEDAL | EVENT | ATHLETES | RESULT |
| Rowing - Men's Lightweight Four | Lawrence Ndlovu | 6:02.84 | |
| Matthew Brittain | 6:02.84 | ||
| James Thompson | 6:02.84 | ||
| John Smith | 6:02.84 | ||
| Swimming - Men's 100m Breaststroke | Cameron Van Der Burgh | 58.46, Olympic Record, World Record | |
| Swimming - Men's 200m Butterfly | Chad Le Clos | 1:52.96 | |
| Silver Medals | |||
| MEDAL | EVENT | ATHLETES | RESULT |
| Swimming - Men's 100m Butterfly | Chad Le Clos | 51.44 | |
| Track and Field - Women's 800m | Caster Semenya | 1:57.23 | |
| Bronze Medals | |||
| MEDAL | EVENT | ATHLETES | RESULT |
| Canoe - Sprint - Women's K1 500m | Bridgitte Hartley | 1:52.923 | |