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