South Africa at the 1904 Summer Olympics

South Africa at the
1904 Summer Olympics
IOC codeRSA
(ZAF used at these Games)
NOCSANOC not yet formed
in St. Louis
Competitors8 in 2 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1904 Olympic Marathon participants, Len Taunyane (left) and Jan Mashiani of the Tswana ethnicity

The future Union of South Africa, 4 British colonies (Cape Colony, Colony of Natal, Orange River Colony, and Transvaal Colony) with a Boer delegation from the “Anglo-Boer War Historical Libretto”, competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States. It was first time to compete at the Summer Olympics, including 2 Tswanas, the first ever Black Africans to compete.