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Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
2016 Summer Olympics	Athletics	RSA			Wayde van Niekerk
	400 metres, Men (Olympic)		1	Gold
2020 Summer Olympics	Athletics	RSA			Wayde van Niekerk
	400 metres, Men (Olympic)		5 h3 r2/3
	4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)	South Africa	DNS
2024 Summer Olympics	Athletics	RSA			Wayde van Niekerk
	200 metres, Men (Olympic)		=7h3 r3/4

Olympic Records

Records may have been broken subsequently during the same competition.

Games	Date	Sport	Event	Phase	Mark	Pos
2016 Summer Olympics	14 August 2016	Athletics	400 metres, Men	Final Round	43.03 WR	1

Other participations

Games	Role	NOC	As
2016 Summer Olympics	Flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony	RSA	Wayde van Niekerk

Olympic family relations

• Cousin of Cheslin Kolbe
• Half-brother of Kayla Swarts

List mentions

• Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Athletics Championships (2–1–0 2015 Beijing gold: 400 m; 2017 London gold: 400 m, silver: 200 m)
• Listed in Current Olympic Record Holders in Athletics (400 m 43.03 (2016))
• Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Universiade (0–0–1 2013 Kazan ATH bronze: 4×400 m relay)
• Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the British Empire/Commonwealth Games (0–1–0 2014 Glasgow ATH silver: 400 m)
• Listed in Current World Record Holders in Athletics (400 m 43.03 (2016 at the Olympics))