Russia vs South Africa Olympic Medals

All-time medal tallies and results for every Summer and Winter Games, side by side.

Russia

South Africa

Olympic Medals

Russia

192 Gold

164 Silver

184 Bronze

540 Total Medals

☀ Summer: 422 ❄ Winter: 118

South Africa

28 Gold

37 Silver

32 Bronze

97 Total Medals

☀ Summer: 97 ❄ Winter: 0

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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)

192

Silver Medals (All-Time)

164

Bronze Medals (All-Time)

184

Total Medals (All-Time)

540

Summer Games — Medals by Olympics

Games	Russia	South Africa
	G S B · Total	G S B · Total
2024	—	1 · 3 · 2 · 6
2020	—	1 · 2 · 0 · 3
2016	19 · 17 · 20 · 56	2 · 6 · 2 · 10
2012	18 · 20 · 26 · 64	4 · 1 · 1 · 6
2008	24 · 13 · 23 · 60	0 · 1 · 0 · 1
2004	28 · 26 · 36 · 90	1 · 3 · 2 · 6
2000	32 · 28 · 29 · 89	0 · 2 · 3 · 5
1996	26 · 21 · 16 · 63	3 · 1 · 1 · 5
1992	—	0 · 2 · 0 · 2
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	Russia	South Africa
	G S B · Total	G S B · Total
2014	10 · 10 · 9 · 29	—
2010	2 · 5 · 6 · 13	—
2006	8 · 6 · 8 · 22	—
2002	5 · 4 · 4 · 13	—
1998	9 · 6 · 3 · 18	—
1994	11 · 8 · 4 · 23	—

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Data compiled from World Bank, IMF, Global Firepower, SIPRI, Numbeo, and Pew Research. Last updated June 2026. Sources & methodology