Results for South Africa in 800 metres, Men

Olympic and Intercalated results only.

Games	Athlete/Team	Placement
1912 Summer Olympics	John Victor	3 h8 r1/3
1920 Summer Olympics	Bevil Rudd	3	Bronze
	Henry Dafel	AC h3 r2/3
	James Doig	7 h1 r2/3
1924 Summer Olympics	Clarence Oldfield	6 h1 r2/3
	Clifford Davis	4 h1 r1/3
1928 Summer Olympics	Danie Jacobs	DNS
1936 Summer Olympics	Clarke Scholtz	5 h3 r1/3
	Willie Botha	5 h5 r1/3
	William Lindeque	5 h6 r1/3
1996 Summer Olympics	Hezekiél Sepeng	2	Silver
	Johan Botha	7 h2 r2/3
	Marius van Heerden	3 h6 r1/3
2000 Summer Olympics	Hezekiél Sepeng	4
	Johan Botha	4 h2 r2/3
	Werner Botha	5 h3 r2/3
2004 Summer Olympics	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	2	Silver
	Hezekiél Sepeng	6
2008 Summer Olympics	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	6 h2 r2/3
	Samson Ngoepe	5 h5 r1/3
2012 Summer Olympics	André Olivier	5 h3 r2/3
2016 Summer Olympics	Reinhardt van Rensburg	5 h2 r2/3
	Jacob Rozani	5 h5 r1/3
2024 Summer Olympics	Edmund du Plessis	4h2 r3/4