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List of Olympians
A total of 143 Olympians are known to have been killed during World War I .A
Name
CountryB
Sport(s)
Games
Medals
Ref
Andrey Akimov
Russian Empire (RU1)
Football
1912 Summer Olympics
Gordon Alexander
Great Britain (GBR)
Fencing
1912 Summer Olympics
Laurie Anderson
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
William Anderson
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1906 Intercalated Games
Henry Ashington
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
Louis Bach
France (FRA)
Football
1900 Summer Olympics
Silver
Fritz Bartholomae
Germany (GER)
Rowing
1912 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Béla Békessy
Hungary (HUN)
Fencing
1912 Summer Olympics
Silver
Isaac Bentham
Great Britain (GBR)
Water polo
1912 Summer Olympics
Gold
Renon Boissière
France (FRA)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
Henri Bonnefoy
France (FRA)
Shooting
1908 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Hermann Bosch
Germany (GER)
Football
1912 Summer Olympics
Jean Bouin
France (FRA)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Silver, bronze
Hanns Braun
Germany (GER)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Silver (x2), bronze
Karl Braunsteiner
Austria (AUT)
Football
1912 Summer Olympics
Kurt Bretting
Germany (GER)
Swimming
1912 Summer Olympics
Wilhelm Brülle
Germany (GER)
Gymnastics
1912 Summer Olympics
Heinrich Burkowitz
Germany (GER)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
Edmund Bury
Great Britain (GBR)
Racquets
1908 Summer Olympics
Silver
George Butterfield
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics
Oswald Carver
Great Britain (GBR)
Rowing
1908 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Joseph Caullé
France (FRA)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
Ralph Chalmers
Great Britain (GBR)
Fencing
1908 Summer Olympics
Noel Chavasse
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics
Geoffrey Coles
Great Britain (GBR)
Shooting
1908 Summer Olympics
Bronze
André Corvington
Haiti (HAI)
Fencing
1900 Summer Olympics
Percy Courtman
Great Britain (GBR)
Swimming
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Harry Crank
Great Britain (GBR)
Diving
1908 Summer Olympics
Robert Davies
Great Britain (GBR)
Shooting
1912 Summer Olympics
Louis de Champsavin
France (FRA)
Equestrianism
1900 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Georges de la Nézière
France (FRA)
Athletics
1896 Summer Olympics
Bertrand Marie de Lesseps
France (FRA)
Fencing
1908 Summer Olympics
Ismaël de Lesseps
France (FRA)
Fencing
1908 Summer Olympics
Jean de Mas Latrie
France (FRA)
Fencing, modern pentathlon
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Félix Debax
France (FRA)
Fencing
1900 Summer Olympics
Alex Decoteau
Canada (CAN)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
Oszkár Demján
Hungary (HUN)
Swimming
1912 Summer Olympics
Charles Devendeville
France (FRA)
Swimming, water polo
1900 Summer Olympics
Gold
Joseph Dines
Great Britain (GBR)
Football
1912 Summer Olympics
Gold
Herman Donners
Belgium (BEL)
Water polo
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Silver, bronze
Jimmy Duffy
Canada (CAN)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
Hugh Durant
Great Britain (GBR)
Modern pentathlon, shooting
1912 Summer Olympics
Bronze (x2)
George Fairbairn
Great Britain (GBR)
Rowing
1908 Summer Olympics
Silver
René Fenouillière
France (FRA)
Football
1908 Summer Olympics
Léon Flameng
France (FRA)
Cycling
1896 Summer Olympics
Gold, silver, bronze
Alfred Flaxman
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics
Herbert Gayler
Great Britain (GBR)
Cycling
1912 Summer Olympics
Thomas Gillespie
Great Britain (GBR)
Rowing
1912 Summer Olympics
Silver
Henry Goldsmith
Great Britain (GBR)
Rowing
1912 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Lajos Gönczy
Hungary (HUN)
Athletics
1900 Summer Olympics , 1904 Summer Olympics , 1906 Intercalated Games
Silver, bronze
Carl Goßler
Germany (GER)
Rowing
1900 Summer Olympics
Gold
Jaroslav Hainz
Bohemia (BOH)
Tennis
1912 Summer Olympics
Juho Halme
Finland (FIN)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Wyndham Halswelle
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1906 Intercalated Games , 1908 Summer Olympics
Gold, silver, bronze
George Hawkins
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics
Harold Hawkins
Great Britain (GBR)
Shooting
1908 Summer Olympics
Silver
Cecil Healy
Australia (AUS) , Australasia (ANZ)
Swimming
1906 Intercalated Games , 1912 Summer Olympics
Gold, silver, bronze
Max Herrmann
Germany (GER)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
George Hutson
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
Bronze (x2)
Albert Jenicot
France (FRA)
Football
1908 Summer Olympics
Walther Jesinghaus
Germany (GER)
Gymnastics
1912 Summer Olympics
Ernest Keeley
South Africa (RSA)
Shooting
1912 Summer Olympics
Frederick Kelly
Great Britain (GBR)
Rowing
1908 Summer Olympics
Gold
Paul Kenna
Great Britain (GBR)
Equestrianism
1912 Summer Olympics
Alister Kirby
Great Britain (GBR)
Rowing
1912 Summer Olympics
Gold
Frederick Kitching
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics
Adolf Kofler
Austria (AUT)
Cycling
1912 Summer Olympics
Georg Krogmann
Germany (GER)
Football
1912 Summer Olympics
Nikolai Kynin
Russian Empire (RU1)
Football
1912 Summer Olympics
Ivan Laing
Great Britain (GBR)
Hockey
1908 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Octave Lapize
France (FRA)
Cycling
1908 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Henry Leeke
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics
Erich Lehmann
Germany (GER)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
Feliks Leparsky
Russian Empire (RU1)
Fencing
1912 Summer Olympics
Georges Lutz
France (FRA)
Cycling
1908 Summer Olympics
Wilhelm Lützow
Germany (GER)
Swimming
1912 Summer Olympics
Silver
William Lyshon
United States (USA)
Wrestling
1912 Summer Olympics
Henry Macintosh
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
Gold
Duncan Mackinnon
Great Britain (GBR)
Rowing
1908 Summer Olympics
Gold
Gilchrist Maclagan
Great Britain (GBR)
Rowing
1908 Summer Olympics
Gold
Leopold Mayer
Austria (AUT)
Swimming
1906 Intercalated Games
Alphonse Meignant
France (FRA)
Rowing
1912 Summer Olympics
Robert Merz
Austria (AUT)
Football
1912 Summer Olympics
Georg Mickler
Germany (GER)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
Percival Molson
Canada (CAN)
Athletics
1904 Summer Olympics
Alfred Motté
France (FRA)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
István Mudin
Hungary (HUN)
Athletics
1906 Intercalated Games , 1908 Summer Olympics
Silver, bronze
Edward Nash
Great Britain (GBR)
Equestrianism
1912 Summer Olympics
Grigori Nikitin
Russian Empire (RU1)
Football
1912 Summer Olympics
Charles Oldaker
Great Britain (GBR)
Gymnastics
1908 Summer Olympics
Harcourt Ommundsen
Great Britain (GBR)
Shooting
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Silver (x2)
Alan Patterson
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Árpád Pédery
Hungary (HUN)
Gymnastics
1912 Summer Olympics
Silver
Jacques Person
Germany (GER)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
William Philo
Great Britain (GBR)
Boxing
1908 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Hermann Plaskuda
Germany (GER)
Fencing
1912 Summer Olympics
Léon Ponscarme
France (FRA)
Cycling
1900 Summer Olympics
Bobby Powell
Canada (CAN)
Tennis
1908 Summer Olympics
Kenneth Powell
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics, tennis
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Reggie Pridmore
Great Britain (GBR)
Hockey
1908 Summer Olympics
Gold
Joseph Racine
France (FRA)
Cycling
1912 Summer Olympics
Thomas Raddall
Great Britain (GBR)
Shooting
1908 Summer Olympics
Maurice Raoul-Duval
France (FRA)
Polo
1900 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Josef Rieder
Germany (GER)
Cycling
1912 Summer Olympics
John Robinson
Great Britain (GBR)
Hockey
1908 Summer Olympics
Gold
Patrick Roche
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics
Claude Ross
Australasia (ANZ)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
Albert Rowland
Australasia (ANZ)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics
Maurice Salomez
France (FRA)
Athletics
1900 Summer Olympics
Ronald Sanderson
Great Britain (GBR)
Rowing
1908 Summer Olympics
Gold
Ludwig Sauerhöfer
Germany (GER)
Wrestling
1912 Summer Olympics
Heinrich Schneidereit
Germany (GER)
Tug of war, weightlifting
1906 Intercalated Games
Gold, bronze (x2)
André Six
France (FRA)
Swimming
1900 Summer Olympics
Silver
Pierre Six
France (FRA)
Football
1908 Summer Olympics
Michel Soalhat
France (FRA)
Athletics
1906 Intercalated Games
John Somers-Smith
Great Britain (GBR)
Rowing
1908 Summer Olympics
Gold
Eberhard Sorge
Germany (GER)
Gymnastics
1912 Summer Olympics
Alfred Staats
Germany (GER)
Gymnastics
1912 Summer Olympics
Jenő Szántay
Hungary (HUN)
Fencing
1908 Summer Olympics
Geoffrey Taylor
Canada (CAN)
Rowing
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Bronze (x2)
Waldemar Tietgens
Germany (GER)
Rowing
1900 Summer Olympics
Gold
Dragutin Tomašević
Serbia (SRB)
Athletics
1912 Summer Olympics
Justin Vialaret
France (FRA)
Football
1908 Summer Olympics
Charles Vigurs
Great Britain (GBR)
Gymnastics
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Hermann von Bönninghausen
Germany (GER)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Bernhard von Gaza
Germany (GER)
Rowing
1908 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Amon Ritter von Gregurich
Hungary (HUN)
Fencing
1900 Summer Olympics
Béla von Las-Torres
Hungary (HUN)
Swimming
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Silver
Eduard von Lütcken
Germany (GER)
Equestrianism
1912 Summer Olympics
Silver
Friedrich Karl, Prince von Preußen
Germany (GER)
Equestrianism
1912 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Edmond Wallace
France (FRA)
Fencing
1900 Summer Olympics
Rudolf Watzl
Austria (AUT)
Wrestling
1906 Intercalated Games
Gold, bronze
Arthur Wear
United States (USA)
Tennis
1904 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Arthur Wilde
Great Britain (GBR)
Shooting
1908 Summer Olympics
Tony Wilding
Australasia (ANZ)
Tennis
1912 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Edward Williams
Great Britain (GBR)
Rowing
1908 Summer Olympics
Bronze
Arthur Wilson
Great Britain (GBR)
Rugby
1908 Summer Olympics
Silver
Herbert Wilson
Great Britain (GBR)
Polo
1908 Summer Olympics
Gold
Richard Yorke
Great Britain (GBR)
Athletics
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Heinrich Ziegler
Germany (GER)
Fencing
1912 Summer Olympics
Béla Zulawszky
Hungary (HUN)
Fencing
1908 Summer Olympics , 1912 Summer Olympics
Silver
See also
Notes
A.^ This includes Hermann von Bönninghausen and Paul Berger , who both died following the war of complications from their war injuries.
B.^ The country the individual competed for at the time.
References