China vs South Africa Olympic Medals
All-time medal tallies and results for every Summer and Winter Games, side by side.
Olympic Medals
China
330
Gold
262
Silver
227
Bronze
819
Total Medals
☀ Summer: 727
❄ Winter: 92
South Africa
28
Gold
37
Silver
32
Bronze
97
Total Medals
☀ Summer: 97
❄ Winter: 0
Medals by Games Year — Gold, Silver, Bronze & Total
Stacked bars show gold, silver, and bronze each Games year (Summer + Winter combined). Lines track total medals per country.
Medals vs Population & GDP (by Games Year)
Each point is one Olympic year: medals won that year divided by that year’s population or GDP (not all-time totals). Years before our historical series (~1973) are omitted.
Medals per 10M People
Medals per $100B GDP
All-Time Totals — Head to Head
Gold Medals (All-Time)
Silver Medals (All-Time)
Bronze Medals (All-Time)
Total Medals (All-Time)
Summer Games — Medals by Olympics
| Games |
China
|
South Africa
|
|---|---|---|
| G S B · Total | G S B · Total | |
| 2024 | 40 · 27 · 24 · 91 | 1 · 3 · 2 · 6 |
| 2020 | 38 · 32 · 19 · 89 | 1 · 2 · 0 · 3 |
| 2016 | 26 · 18 · 26 · 70 | 2 · 6 · 2 · 10 |
| 2012 | 39 · 31 · 22 · 92 | 4 · 1 · 1 · 6 |
| 2008 | 48 · 22 · 30 · 100 | 0 · 1 · 0 · 1 |
| 2004 | 32 · 17 · 14 · 63 | 1 · 3 · 2 · 6 |
| 2000 | 28 · 16 · 14 · 58 | 0 · 2 · 3 · 5 |
| 1996 | 16 · 22 · 12 · 50 | 3 · 1 · 1 · 5 |
| 1992 | 16 · 22 · 16 · 54 | 0 · 2 · 0 · 2 |
| 1988 | 5 · 11 · 12 · 28 | — |
| 1984 | 15 · 8 · 9 · 32 | — |
| 1960 | — | 0 · 1 · 2 · 3 |
| 1956 | — | 0 · 0 · 4 · 4 |
| 1952 | — | 2 · 4 · 4 · 10 |
| 1948 | — | 2 · 2 · 2 · 6 |
| 1936 | — | 0 · 1 · 0 · 1 |
| 1932 | — | 2 · 0 · 3 · 5 |
| 1928 | — | 1 · 0 · 2 · 3 |
| 1924 | — | 1 · 1 · 1 · 3 |
| 1920 | — | 3 · 4 · 3 · 10 |
| 1912 | — | 4 · 2 · 0 · 6 |
| 1908 | — | 1 · 1 · 0 · 2 |
Winter Games — Medals by Olympics
| Games |
China
|
South Africa
|
|---|---|---|
| G S B · Total | G S B · Total | |
| 2026 | 5 · 4 · 6 · 15 | — |
| 2022 | 9 · 4 · 2 · 15 | — |
| 2018 | 1 · 6 · 2 · 9 | — |
| 2014 | 3 · 4 · 2 · 9 | — |
| 2010 | 5 · 2 · 4 · 11 | — |
| 2006 | 2 · 4 · 5 · 11 | — |
| 2002 | 2 · 2 · 4 · 8 | — |
| 1998 | 0 · 6 · 2 · 8 | — |
| 1994 | 0 · 1 · 2 · 3 | — |
| 1992 | 0 · 3 · 0 · 3 | — |
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Data compiled from World Bank, IMF, Global Firepower, SIPRI, Numbeo, and Pew Research.
Last updated June 2026.
Sources & methodology