List of Olympians killed in World War I List of Olympians
A total of 143 Olympians are known to have been killed during World War I.[1][2]A
Name |
CountryB |
Sport(s) |
Games |
Medals |
Ref
|
Andrey Akimov |
Russian Empire (RU1) |
Football |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[3]
|
Gordon Alexander |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Fencing |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[4]
|
Laurie Anderson |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[5]
|
William Anderson |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1906 Intercalated Games |
|
[6]
|
Henry Ashington |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[7]
|
Louis Bach |
France (FRA) |
Football |
1900 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[8]
|
Fritz Bartholomae |
Germany (GER) |
Rowing |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[9]
|
Béla Békessy |
Hungary (HUN) |
Fencing |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[10]
|
Isaac Bentham |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Water polo |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[11]
|
Renon Boissière |
France (FRA) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[12]
|
Henri Bonnefoy |
France (FRA) |
Shooting |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[13]
|
Hermann Bosch |
Germany (GER) |
Football |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[14]
|
Jean Bouin |
France (FRA) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
Silver, bronze |
[15]
|
Hanns Braun |
Germany (GER) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
Silver (x2), bronze |
[16]
|
Karl Braunsteiner |
Austria (AUT) |
Football |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[17]
|
Kurt Bretting |
Germany (GER) |
Swimming |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[18]
|
Wilhelm Brülle |
Germany (GER) |
Gymnastics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[19]
|
Heinrich Burkowitz |
Germany (GER) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[20]
|
Edmund Bury |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Racquets |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[21]
|
George Butterfield |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[22]
|
Oswald Carver |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Rowing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[23]
|
Joseph Caullé |
France (FRA) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[24]
|
Ralph Chalmers |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Fencing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[25]
|
Noel Chavasse |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[26]
|
Geoffrey Coles |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Shooting |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[27]
|
André Corvington |
Haiti (HAI) |
Fencing |
1900 Summer Olympics |
|
[28]
|
Percy Courtman |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Swimming |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[29]
|
Harry Crank |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Diving |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[30]
|
Robert Davies |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Shooting |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[31]
|
Louis de Champsavin |
France (FRA) |
Equestrianism |
1900 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[32]
|
Georges de la Nézière |
France (FRA) |
Athletics |
1896 Summer Olympics |
|
[33]
|
Bertrand Marie de Lesseps |
France (FRA) |
Fencing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[34]
|
Ismaël de Lesseps |
France (FRA) |
Fencing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[35]
|
Jean de Mas Latrie |
France (FRA) |
Fencing, modern pentathlon |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[36]
|
Félix Debax |
France (FRA) |
Fencing |
1900 Summer Olympics |
|
[37]
|
Alex Decoteau |
Canada (CAN) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[38]
|
Oszkár Demján |
Hungary (HUN) |
Swimming |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[39]
|
Charles Devendeville |
France (FRA) |
Swimming, water polo |
1900 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[40]
|
Joseph Dines |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Football |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[41]
|
Herman Donners |
Belgium (BEL) |
Water polo |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
Silver, bronze |
[42]
|
Jimmy Duffy |
Canada (CAN) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[43]
|
Hugh Durant |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Modern pentathlon, shooting |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Bronze (x2) |
[44]
|
George Fairbairn |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Rowing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[45]
|
René Fenouillière |
France (FRA) |
Football |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[46]
|
Léon Flameng |
France (FRA) |
Cycling |
1896 Summer Olympics |
Gold, silver, bronze |
[47]
|
Alfred Flaxman |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[48]
|
Herbert Gayler |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Cycling |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[49]
|
Thomas Gillespie |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Rowing |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[50]
|
Henry Goldsmith |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Rowing |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[51]
|
Lajos Gönczy |
Hungary (HUN) |
Athletics |
1900 Summer Olympics, 1904 Summer Olympics, 1906 Intercalated Games |
Silver, bronze |
[52]
|
Carl Goßler |
Germany (GER) |
Rowing |
1900 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[53]
|
Jaroslav Hainz |
Bohemia (BOH) |
Tennis |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[54]
|
Juho Halme |
Finland (FIN) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[55]
|
Wyndham Halswelle |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1906 Intercalated Games, 1908 Summer Olympics |
Gold, silver, bronze |
[56]
|
George Hawkins |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[57]
|
Harold Hawkins |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Shooting |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[58]
|
Cecil Healy |
Australia (AUS), Australasia (ANZ) |
Swimming |
1906 Intercalated Games, 1912 Summer Olympics |
Gold, silver, bronze |
[59]
|
Max Herrmann |
Germany (GER) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[60]
|
George Hutson |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Bronze (x2) |
[61]
|
Albert Jenicot |
France (FRA) |
Football |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[62]
|
Walther Jesinghaus |
Germany (GER) |
Gymnastics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[63]
|
Ernest Keeley |
South Africa (RSA) |
Shooting |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[64]
|
Frederick Kelly |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Rowing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[65]
|
Paul Kenna |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Equestrianism |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[66]
|
Alister Kirby |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Rowing |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[67]
|
Frederick Kitching |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[68]
|
Adolf Kofler |
Austria (AUT) |
Cycling |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[69]
|
Georg Krogmann |
Germany (GER) |
Football |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[70]
|
Nikolai Kynin |
Russian Empire (RU1) |
Football |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[71]
|
Ivan Laing |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Hockey |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[72]
|
Octave Lapize |
France (FRA) |
Cycling |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[73]
|
Henry Leeke |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[74]
|
Erich Lehmann |
Germany (GER) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[75]
|
Feliks Leparsky |
Russian Empire (RU1) |
Fencing |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[76]
|
Georges Lutz |
France (FRA) |
Cycling |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[77]
|
Wilhelm Lützow |
Germany (GER) |
Swimming |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[78]
|
William Lyshon |
United States (USA) |
Wrestling |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[79]
|
Henry Macintosh |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[80]
|
Duncan Mackinnon |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Rowing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[81]
|
Gilchrist Maclagan |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Rowing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[82]
|
Leopold Mayer |
Austria (AUT) |
Swimming |
1906 Intercalated Games |
|
[83]
|
Alphonse Meignant |
France (FRA) |
Rowing |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[84]
|
Robert Merz |
Austria (AUT) |
Football |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[85]
|
Georg Mickler |
Germany (GER) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[86]
|
Percival Molson |
Canada (CAN) |
Athletics |
1904 Summer Olympics |
|
[87]
|
Alfred Motté |
France (FRA) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[88]
|
István Mudin |
Hungary (HUN) |
Athletics |
1906 Intercalated Games, 1908 Summer Olympics |
Silver, bronze |
[89]
|
Edward Nash |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Equestrianism |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[90]
|
Grigori Nikitin |
Russian Empire (RU1) |
Football |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[91]
|
Charles Oldaker |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Gymnastics |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[92]
|
Harcourt Ommundsen |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Shooting |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
Silver (x2) |
[93]
|
Alan Patterson |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[94]
|
Árpád Pédery |
Hungary (HUN) |
Gymnastics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[95]
|
Jacques Person |
Germany (GER) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[96]
|
William Philo |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Boxing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[97]
|
Hermann Plaskuda |
Germany (GER) |
Fencing |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[98]
|
Léon Ponscarme |
France (FRA) |
Cycling |
1900 Summer Olympics |
|
[99]
|
Bobby Powell |
Canada (CAN) |
Tennis |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[100]
|
Kenneth Powell |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics, tennis |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[101]
|
Reggie Pridmore |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Hockey |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[102]
|
Joseph Racine |
France (FRA) |
Cycling |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[103]
|
Thomas Raddall |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Shooting |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[104]
|
Maurice Raoul-Duval |
France (FRA) |
Polo |
1900 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[105]
|
Josef Rieder |
Germany (GER) |
Cycling |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[106]
|
John Robinson |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Hockey |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[107]
|
Patrick Roche |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[108]
|
Claude Ross |
Australasia (ANZ) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[109]
|
Albert Rowland |
Australasia (ANZ) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[110]
|
Maurice Salomez |
France (FRA) |
Athletics |
1900 Summer Olympics |
|
[111]
|
Ronald Sanderson |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Rowing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[112]
|
Ludwig Sauerhöfer |
Germany (GER) |
Wrestling |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[113]
|
Heinrich Schneidereit |
Germany (GER) |
Tug of war, weightlifting |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Gold, bronze (x2) |
[114]
|
André Six |
France (FRA) |
Swimming |
1900 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[115]
|
Pierre Six |
France (FRA) |
Football |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[116]
|
Michel Soalhat |
France (FRA) |
Athletics |
1906 Intercalated Games |
|
[117]
|
John Somers-Smith |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Rowing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[118]
|
Eberhard Sorge |
Germany (GER) |
Gymnastics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[119]
|
Alfred Staats |
Germany (GER) |
Gymnastics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[120]
|
Jenő Szántay |
Hungary (HUN) |
Fencing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[121]
|
Geoffrey Taylor |
Canada (CAN) |
Rowing |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
Bronze (x2) |
[122]
|
Waldemar Tietgens |
Germany (GER) |
Rowing |
1900 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[123]
|
Dragutin Tomašević |
Serbia (SRB) |
Athletics |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[124]
|
Justin Vialaret |
France (FRA) |
Football |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[125]
|
Charles Vigurs |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Gymnastics |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[126]
|
Hermann von Bönninghausen |
Germany (GER) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[127]
|
Bernhard von Gaza |
Germany (GER) |
Rowing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[128]
|
Amon Ritter von Gregurich |
Hungary (HUN) |
Fencing |
1900 Summer Olympics |
|
[129]
|
Béla von Las-Torres |
Hungary (HUN) |
Swimming |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[130]
|
Eduard von Lütcken |
Germany (GER) |
Equestrianism |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[131]
|
Friedrich Karl, Prince von Preußen |
Germany (GER) |
Equestrianism |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[132]
|
Edmond Wallace |
France (FRA) |
Fencing |
1900 Summer Olympics |
|
[133]
|
Rudolf Watzl |
Austria (AUT) |
Wrestling |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Gold, bronze |
[134]
|
Arthur Wear |
United States (USA) |
Tennis |
1904 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[135]
|
Arthur Wilde |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Shooting |
1908 Summer Olympics |
|
[136]
|
Tony Wilding |
Australasia (ANZ) |
Tennis |
1912 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[137]
|
Edward Williams |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Rowing |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Bronze |
[138]
|
Arthur Wilson |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Rugby |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[139]
|
Herbert Wilson |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Polo |
1908 Summer Olympics |
Gold |
[140]
|
Richard Yorke |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Athletics |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[141]
|
Heinrich Ziegler |
Germany (GER) |
Fencing |
1912 Summer Olympics |
|
[142]
|
Béla Zulawszky |
Hungary (HUN) |
Fencing |
1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics |
Silver |
[143]
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See also
Notes
A.^ This includes Hermann von Bönninghausen and Paul Berger, who both died following the war of complications from their war injuries.[1][144]
B.^ The country the individual competed for at the time.
References
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