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395,941 medals, every one searchable. Filter by nation, championship, event and year, count a country’s haul edition by edition, or set two championships side by side.

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Republic of South Africa ’s medals at every Universiade

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Turkey · Balkan Athletics Championships

Cuba · Pan American Games

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All-time haul

90 medals

28 gold 29 silver 33 bronze

Relays count once.

On the podium

16 of 32 editions since 1959 · every one since 1993

First medal

1993 Buffalo · Louis Fouche (1970), javelin throw gold

First gold

1993 Buffalo · Louis Fouche (1970), javelin throw

Best edition

Kazan 2013 11 medals, 5 of them gold

All-time table

14th of 101 nations, ranked by golds

Every edition, 1959–2027

One dot per medal · empty column = no medal · click a year

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Edition by edition

Year	Edition	Medals	G	S	B	Total
2025	Bochum 32nd edition		4	2	4	10
2023	Chengdu 31st edition		2	2	6	10
2019	Naples 30th edition		1	6	4	11
2017	Taipei 29th edition		0	4	0	4
2015	Gwangju 28th edition		2	1	3	6
2013	Kazan 27th edition		5	4	2	11
2011	Shenzhen 26th edition		2	2	2	6
2009	Belgrade 25th edition		2	2	4	8
2007	Bangkok 24th edition		1	2	1	4
2005	Izmir 23rd edition		1	0	2	3
2003	Daegu 22nd edition		2	1	2	5
2001	Beijing 21st edition		1	0	1	2
1999	Palma de Mallorca 20th edition		1	1	2	4
1997	Sicily 19th edition		2	1	0	3
1995	Fukuoka 18th edition		1	1	0	2
1993	Buffalo 17th edition		1	0	0	1
1991	Sheffield 16th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1989	Duisburg 15th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1987	Zagreb 14th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1985	Kobe 13th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1983	Edmonton 12th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1981	Bucharest 11th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1979	Mexico City ↗ 10th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1977	Sofia 9th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1975	Rome 8th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1973	Moscow 7th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1970	Turin 6th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1967	Tokyo 5th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1965	Budapest 4th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1963	Porto Alegre 3rd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1961	Sofia 2nd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1959	Turin 1st edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
Total	16 of 32 editions on the podium		28	29	33	90