Federation · RSA
South Africa
Representation across the 52 published all-time lists. Counts use best-by-athlete rows only.
115
Athletes in lists
40
Lists with a RSA row
1
World records
#19
Rank by athletes listed
World records held
Current canonical records
Representation by list
South Africa athletes on each published all-time top 50
Men's 100m13/50Akani Simbine · 9.82 · #19
Women's 100m1/50Carina Horn · 10.98 · #159
Men's 200m14/50Clarence Munyai · 19.69 · #19
Women's 200m1/50Evette de Klerk · 22.06 · #58
Men's 400m8/50Wayde van Niekerk · 43.03 · #1
Women's 400m3/50Caster Semenya · 49.62 · #76
Men's 800m7/50Hezekiél Sepeng · 1:42.69 · #40
Women's 800m2/50Caster Semenya · 1:54.25 · #5
Men's 1500m4/50Tshepo Tshite · 3:31.35 · #124
Women's 1500m3/50Caster Semenya · 3:59.92 · #168
Men's 5000m2/50Adriaan Wildschutt · 12:56.67 · #112
Women's 5000m4/50Elana Meyer · 14:44.05 · #163
Men's 10,000m6/50Adriaan Wildschutt · 26:50.64 · #42
Women's 10,000m4/50Elana Meyer · 30:52.51 · #144
Men's 110mH2/50Antonio Alkana · 13.11 · #67
Women's 100mH1/50Marione Fourie · 12.49 · #61
Men's 400mH7/50Louis van Zyl · 47.66 · #41
Women's 400mH5/50Myrtle Bothma · 53.74 · #66
Men's 3000mSC1/50Ruben Ramolefi · 8:11.50 · #136
Men's High Jump1/50Jacques Freitag · 2.38 · #22
Women's High Jump3/50Hestrie Cloete · 2.06 · #7
Men's Pole Vault3/50Okkert Brits · 6.03 · #10
Men's Long Jump4/50Luvo Manyonga · 8.65 · #14
Women's Long Jump1/50Karen Mey · 6.93 · #127
Men's Triple Jump1/50Godfrey Khotso Mokoena · 17.35 · #138
Men's Shot Put3/50Janus Robberts · 21.97 · #41
Men's Discus3/50Frantz Kruger · 70.32 · #37
Men's Hammer1/50Chris Harmse · 80.63 · #89
Men's Javelin4/50Marius Corbett · 88.75 · #40
Women's Javelin3/50Sunette Viljoen · 69.35 · #8
Men's 5 km1/25 · 13:06 · #24
Men's 10 km8/50Maxime Chaumeton · 26:55 · #24
Women's 10 km5/50Glenrose Xaba · 31:12 · #275
Men's Half Marathon10/50Adriaan Wildschutt · 59:13 · #113
Women's Half Marathon4/50Elana Meyer · 1:06:44 · #132
Men's Marathon6/50Elroy Gelant · 2:05:36 · #215
Women's Marathon4/50Glenrose Xaba · 2:22:22 · #258
Men's 20 km Walk2/50Lebogang Shange · 1:19:18 · #156
Men's 35 km Walk1/50Wayne Snyman · 2:31:15 · #76
Women's 50 km Walk1/50Natalie Le Roux · 4:48:00 · #119
Each cell is one rank on the list; red cells are South Africa athletes.
Athletes
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| Athlete | Sex | Best list | Rank | Mark | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayde van Niekerk | M | Men's 400m | #1 | 43.03 | 14 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Caster Semenya | W | Women's 800m | #5 | 1:54.25 | 30 Jun 2018 | Paris |
| Hestrie Cloete | W | Women's High Jump | #7 | 2.06 | 31 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis |
| Sunette Viljoen | W | Women's Javelin | #8 | 69.35 | 9 Jun 2012 | New York City |
| Okkert Brits | M | Men's Pole Vault | #10 | 6.03 | 18 Aug 1995 | Köln |
| Luvo Manyonga | M | Men's Long Jump | #14 | 8.65 | 22 Apr 2017 | Potchefstroom |
| Akani Simbine | M | Men's 100m | #19 | 9.82 | 4 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis |
| Clarence Munyai | M | Men's 200m | #19 | 19.69 | 16 Mar 2018 | Pretoria |
| Zakhitine Nene | M | Men's 400m | #19 | 43.76 | 31 May 2025 | Nairobi |
| Jacques Freitag | M | Men's High Jump | #22 | 2.38 | 5 Mar 2005 | Oudtshoorn |