Results for South Africa in 400 metres, Men

Olympic and Intercalated results only.

Games	Athlete/Team	Placement
1908 Summer Olympics	Eddie Duffy	DNS
	Bertie Phillips	DNS
	Doug Stupart	DNS
	Vincent Duncker	DNS
1912 Summer Olympics	George Patching	3 h3 r2/3
1920 Summer Olympics	Bevil Rudd	1	Gold
	Henry Dafel	6
	Clarence Oldfield	5 h1 r2/4
	Frank Irvine	4 h2 r1/4
1924 Summer Olympics	Toby Betts	5 h1 r3/4
	Clarence Oldfield	5 h2 r3/4
	George Dustan	DNS
	Howard Kinsman	DNS
1928 Summer Olympics	Howard Kinsman	DNS
	Billie Legg	DNS
	Aubrey Burton-Durham	DNS
1932 Summer Olympics	Willie Walters	4
	Danie Joubert	DNS
1936 Summer Olympics	Denis Shore	5 h1 r2/4
1948 Summer Olympics	Denis Shore	4 h2 r3/4
1952 Summer Olympics	Louis van Biljon	4 h3 r2/4
	Schalk Booysen	4 h12 r1/4
	John Anderton	5 h2 r1/4
1956 Summer Olympics	Malcolm Spence	6
1960 Summer Olympics	Malcolm Spence	3	Bronze
	Gordon Day	5 h1 r3/4
	Edgar Davis	5 h1 r2/4
1992 Summer Olympics	Bobang Phiri	7 h2 r3/4
1996 Summer Olympics	Arnaud Malherbe	5 h1 r2/4
	Bobang Phiri	6 h2 r2/4
	Hendrick Mokganyetsi	6 h4 r2/4
2000 Summer Olympics	Hendrick Mokganyetsi	6
	Arnaud Malherbe	8 h1 r2/4
2004 Summer Olympics	Marcus la Grange	3 h1 r1/3
2012 Summer Olympics	Oscar Pistorius	7 h2 r2/3
2016 Summer Olympics	Wayde van Niekerk	1	Gold
2020 Summer Olympics	Wayde van Niekerk	5 h3 r2/3
	Zakithi Nene	5 h2 r1/3
	Thapelo Phora	5 h6 r1/3
2024 Summer Olympics	Zakithi Nene	6h3 r3/4
	Lythe Pillay	7h2 r3/4