On the morning of Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympics South Africa sits in a very credible 11th position on the medal standings:
| Country | Gold | Silv | Brnz | Total | |
| 1 |
 United States of America |
21 | 10 | 13 | 44 |
| 2 |
 People’s Republic of China |
20 | 14 | 9 | 43 |
| 3 |
 Great Britain |
10 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 |
 Republic of Korea |
9 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 |
 France |
8 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 |
 Germany |
5 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 |
 Italy |
4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 |
 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 |
 Kazakhstan |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 |
 Russian Federation |
3 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| 11 |
 South Africa |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 |
 New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 |
 Japan |
2 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
| 14 |
 Cuba |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 |
 Netherlands |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
The South African medal winners so far are:
Swimming:
Gold Medals (Cameron van der Burgh and Chad Le Clos)
Silver Medal (Chad Le Clos)
Rowing:
Gold Medal (Sizwe Ndlovu, John Smith, Matthew Brittain and James Thompson)
