South Africa at the 1924 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the 1924 Summer Olympics
IOC code	RSA
NOC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Paris
Competitors	30 in 7 sports
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
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The Union of South Africa competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 30 competitors, all men, took part in 25 events in 7 sports.

Medalists

Further information: 1924 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	William Smith	Boxing	Men's bantamweight	20 July
Silver	Sydney Atkinson	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	9 July
Bronze	Cecil McMaster	Athletics	Men's 10 km walk	13 July

Athletics

Main article: Athletics 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

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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.

Road cycling

Cyclist	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Henry Kaltenbrunn	Time trial	6:41:34.4	11

Track cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	First round		First repechage		Quarterfinals		Second repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Henry Kaltenbrunn	50 km	N/A										Unknown	8–36

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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

Sailor	Event	Qualifying				Final
		Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Rupert Ellis-Brown	Olympic monotype	3	5	N/A		did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Seven sport shooters represented South Africa in 1924.

Shooter	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Eric Halley	600 m free rifle	84	14
David Smith	600 m free rifle	67	59
John Stiray	600 m free rifle	74	48
James Trembath	600 m free rifle	73	51
George Church Eric Halley Leslie Laing David Smith Melville Wallace	Team free rifle	590	9

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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	—	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	Brugnon / 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

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database