South Africa at the 1924 Summer Olympics

In total, 30 athletes represented South Africa at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France across seven different sports.^[1]

South Africa won a total of three medals at the games after William Smith claimed gold in the boxing bantamweight category, Sydney Atkinson won silver in the men's 110 m hurdles and Cecil McMaster claimed bronze in the men's 10 km race walk.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	William Smith	Boxing	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

In total, one South African athlete participated in the art competitions – Fanie Eloff in the sculpture category.^[1]

In total, 11 South African athletes participated in the athletics events – Sydney Atkinson in the men's 110 m hurdles, Toby Betts in the men's 100 m, the men's 400 m and the men's 4 × 100 m relay, Clifford Davis in the men's 800 m and the men's 1,500 m, George Dunston in the men's 100 m, the men's 200 m and men's 4 × 100 m relay, Howard Kinsman in the men's 200 m and the men's 4 × 100 m relay, Cecil McMaster in the men's 10 km race walk, Clarence Oldfield in the men's 400 m and the men's 800 m, Harry Phillips in the men's marathon, Len Richardson in the men's 3,000 m steeplechase and the men's individual cross country, Lawrence Roberts in the men's high jump, Christiaan Steyn in the men's 4 × 100 m relay and Ernest Sutherland in the decathlon.^[1]

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
	1,500 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	3,000 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

In total, four South African athletes participated in the boxing events – Dick Beland in the lightweight category, Ernest Eustice in the featherweight category, Roy Ingram in the welterweight category and William H. Smith in the bantamweight category.^[1]

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

In total, one South African athlete participated in the cycling events – Henry Kaltenbrunn in the men's individual time trial and the men's 50 km.^[1]

In total, one South African athlete participated in the sailing events – Rupert Ellis-Brown in the Olympic monotype.^[1]

In total, seven South African athletes participated in the shooting events – Eric Halley and David Smith in the men's 600 m free rifle and the men's team free rifle, John Stiray and James Trembath in the men's 600 m free rifle and George Church, Leslie Laing and Melville Wallace in the men's team free rifle.^[1]