Gold

• Esther Brand
  Esther Brand
  Esther Cornelia Brand was a South African athlete, who was born as Esther van Heerden. She attended Maitland High School in Cape Town, South Africa. She mainly competed in the high jump, and won the gold medal for South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland.-References:*...
  
   — Athletics, Women's High Jump

• Joan Harrison
  Joan Harrison (swimmer)
  Joan Harrison is a South African swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, where she won the gold medal in the women's 100 m backstroke event.-Awards:...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke

Silver

• Daphne Hasenjager
  Daphne Hasenjager
  Daphne Lilian Evelyn Hasenjager was a South African athlete, who was born as Daphne Robb. She competed for South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 100 metres, where she won the silver medal splitting Australians Marjorie Jackson and Shirley Strickland.-References:...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

• Theunis van Schalkwyk
  Theunis van Schalkwyk
  Theunis Jacobus van Schalkwyk was a boxer from South Africa, silver medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.He was born in Krugersdorp, Gauteng.-References:...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight

• George Estman, Robert Fowler, Thomas Shardelow, and Alfred Swift
  Alfred Swift
  Alfred James Swift was a South African Olympic Athlete and cyclist.Swift was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on 25 June 1931. He was awarded provincial colours for Natal and then later for Transvaal...
  
   — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

• Raymond Robinson and Thomas Shardelow — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem

Bronze

• Willie Toweel
  Willie Toweel
  Willie Michael Toweel is a former boxer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.-Personal:...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Flyweight

• Leonard Leisching
  Leonard Leisching
  Leonard Leisching is a former boxer from South Africa, bronze medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.-References:...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Featherweight

• Andries Nieman
  Andries Nieman
  Andries Christiaan Niemann is a former boxer from South Africa, bronze medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.-References:...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

• Raymond Robinson — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Road Competition

• George Estman — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Alfred Swift
  Alfred Swift
  Alfred James Swift was a South African Olympic Athlete and cyclist.Swift was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on 25 June 1931. He was awarded provincial colours for Natal and then later for Transvaal...
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Robert Fowler — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

• Raymond Robinson
• Final — 1:13.0 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Raymond Robinson — 5th place

• Alfred Swift
  Alfred Swift
  Alfred James Swift was a South African Olympic Athlete and cyclist.Swift was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on 25 June 1931. He was awarded provincial colours for Natal and then later for Transvaal...
  
  , George Estman, Robert Fowler, and Thomas Shardelow
• Final — Lost to Italy (→ Silver Medal)

Diving

Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, four diving events were contested.-Medal summary:The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee, and appeared on the 1952 Official Report as springboard diving and high diving,...

• Willem Welgemoed
• Preliminary Round — 61.64 points (→ 22nd place)