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Empire and Commonwealth Games Champions

South Africa competed in the Empire Games from 1930 until 1958, after which it left the Commonwealth. South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth after 1994, and its athletes competed in the Commonwealth Games since then

Olympic Games medallists are listed here.  

1930 - Hamilton, Canada (1)

1934 - London (1)

1938 - Sydney (4)

1950 - Auckland (4)

1954 - Vancouver (14)

1958 - Cardiff (2)

1994 - Victoria (2)

1998 - Kuala Lumpur (2)

2002 - Manchester (21)

2006 - Melbourne (12)

2010 - Delhi (29)

2014 - Glasgow (24)

2018 - Brisbane (17)

2022 - Birmingham (11)

Enid Hayward

Enid was a Transvaal swimmer who won a silver medal at the 1934 Empire Games in Vancouver in the 4x110-yard freestyle relay.  Nothing else is known about her.

South African medal winners at the Commonwealth Games after readmission to international swimming in 1994.