List of Olympians killed in World War I

A total of 143 Olympians are known to have been killed during World War I.

Name Country Sport(s) Games Medals RefAndrey Akimov Football 1912 Summer Olympics Gordon Alexander Fencing 1912 Summer Olympics Laurie Anderson Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics William Anderson Athletics 1906 Intercalated Games Henry Ashington Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics Louis Bach Football 1900 Summer Olympics Fritz Bartholomae Rowing 1912 Summer Olympics Béla Békessy Fencing 1912 Summer Olympics Isaac Bentham Water polo 1912 Summer Olympics Renon Boissière Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics Henri Bonnefoy Shooting 1908 Summer Olympics Hermann Bosch Football 1912 Summer Olympics Jean Bouin Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Hanns Braun Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Karl Braunsteiner Football 1912 Summer Olympics Kurt Bretting Swimming 1912 Summer Olympics Wilhelm Brülle Gymnastics 1912 Summer Olympics Heinrich Burkowitz Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics Edmund Bury Racquets 1908 Summer Olympics George Butterfield Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics Oswald Carver Rowing 1908 Summer Olympics Joseph Caullé Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics Ralph Chalmers Fencing 1908 Summer Olympics Noel Chavasse Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics Geoffrey Coles Shooting 1908 Summer Olympics André Corvington Fencing 1900 Summer Olympics Percy Courtman Swimming 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Harry Crank Diving 1908 Summer Olympics Robert Davies Shooting 1912 Summer Olympics Louis de Champsavin Equestrianism 1900 Summer Olympics Georges de la Nézière Athletics 1896 Summer Olympics Bertrand Marie de Lesseps Fencing 1908 Summer Olympics Ismaël de Lesseps Fencing 1908 Summer Olympics Jean de Mas Latrie Fencing, modern pentathlon 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Félix Debax Fencing 1900 Summer Olympics Alex Decoteau Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics Oszkár Demján Swimming 1912 Summer Olympics Charles Devendeville Swimming, water polo 1900 Summer Olympics Joseph Dines Football 1912 Summer Olympics Herman Donners Water polo 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Jimmy Duffy Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics Hugh Durant Modern pentathlon, shooting 1912 Summer Olympics George Fairbairn Rowing 1908 Summer Olympics René Fenouillière Football 1908 Summer Olympics Léon Flameng Cycling 1896 Summer Olympics Alfred Flaxman Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics Herbert Gayler Cycling 1912 Summer Olympics Thomas Gillespie Rowing 1912 Summer Olympics Henry Goldsmith Rowing 1912 Summer Olympics Lajos Gönczy Athletics 1900 Summer Olympics, 1904 Summer Olympics, 1906 Intercalated Games Carl Goßler Rowing 1900 Summer Olympics Jaroslav Hainz Tennis 1912 Summer Olympics Juho Halme Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Wyndham Halswelle Athletics 1906 Intercalated Games, 1908 Summer Olympics George Hawkins Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics Harold Hawkins Shooting 1908 Summer Olympics Cecil Healy , Swimming 1906 Intercalated Games, 1912 Summer Olympics Max Herrmann Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics George Hutson Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics Albert Jenicot Football 1908 Summer Olympics Walther Jesinghaus Gymnastics 1912 Summer Olympics Ernest Keeley Shooting 1912 Summer Olympics Frederick Kelly Rowing 1908 Summer Olympics Paul Kenna Equestrianism 1912 Summer Olympics Alister Kirby Rowing 1912 Summer Olympics Frederick Kitching Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics Adolf Kofler Cycling 1912 Summer Olympics Georg Krogmann Football 1912 Summer Olympics Nikolai Kynin Football 1912 Summer Olympics Ivan Laing Hockey 1908 Summer Olympics Octave Lapize Cycling 1908 Summer Olympics Henry Leeke Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics Erich Lehmann Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics Feliks Leparsky Fencing 1912 Summer Olympics Georges Lutz Cycling 1908 Summer Olympics Wilhelm Lützow Swimming 1912 Summer Olympics William Lyshon Wrestling 1912 Summer Olympics Henry Macintosh Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics Duncan Mackinnon Rowing 1908 Summer Olympics Gilchrist Maclagan Rowing 1908 Summer Olympics Leopold Mayer Swimming 1906 Intercalated Games Alphonse Meignant Rowing 1912 Summer Olympics Robert Merz Football 1912 Summer Olympics Georg Mickler Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics Percival Molson Athletics 1904 Summer Olympics Alfred Motté Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics István Mudin Athletics 1906 Intercalated Games, 1908 Summer Olympics Edward Nash Equestrianism 1912 Summer Olympics Grigori Nikitin Football 1912 Summer Olympics Charles Oldaker Gymnastics 1908 Summer Olympics Harcourt Ommundsen Shooting 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Alan Patterson Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Árpád Pédery Gymnastics 1912 Summer Olympics Jacques Person Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics William Philo Boxing 1908 Summer Olympics Hermann Plaskuda Fencing 1912 Summer Olympics Léon Ponscarme Cycling 1900 Summer Olympics Bobby Powell Tennis 1908 Summer Olympics Kenneth Powell Athletics, tennis 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Reggie Pridmore Hockey 1908 Summer Olympics Joseph Racine Cycling 1912 Summer Olympics Thomas Raddall Shooting 1908 Summer Olympics Maurice Raoul-Duval Polo 1900 Summer Olympics Josef Rieder Cycling 1912 Summer Olympics John Robinson Hockey 1908 Summer Olympics Patrick Roche Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics Claude Ross Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics Albert Rowland Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics Maurice Salomez Athletics 1900 Summer Olympics Ronald Sanderson Rowing 1908 Summer Olympics Ludwig Sauerhöfer Wrestling 1912 Summer Olympics Heinrich Schneidereit Tug of war, weightlifting 1906 Intercalated Games André Six Swimming 1900 Summer Olympics Pierre Six Football 1908 Summer Olympics Michel Soalhat Athletics 1906 Intercalated Games John Somers-Smith Rowing 1908 Summer Olympics Eberhard Sorge Gymnastics 1912 Summer Olympics Alfred Staats Gymnastics 1912 Summer Olympics Jenő Szántay Fencing 1908 Summer Olympics Geoffrey Taylor Rowing 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Waldemar Tietgens Rowing 1900 Summer Olympics Dragutin Tomašević Athletics 1912 Summer Olympics Justin Vialaret Football 1908 Summer Olympics Charles Vigurs Gymnastics 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Hermann von Bönninghausen Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Bernhard von Gaza Rowing 1908 Summer Olympics Amon Ritter von Gregurich Fencing 1900 Summer Olympics Béla von Las-Torres Swimming 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Eduard von Lütcken Equestrianism 1912 Summer Olympics Friedrich Karl, Prince von Preußen Equestrianism 1912 Summer Olympics Edmond Wallace Fencing 1900 Summer Olympics Rudolf Watzl Wrestling 1906 Intercalated Games Arthur Wear Tennis 1904 Summer Olympics Arthur Wilde Shooting 1908 Summer Olympics Tony Wilding Tennis 1912 Summer Olympics Edward Williams Rowing 1908 Summer Olympics Arthur Wilson Rugby 1908 Summer Olympics Herbert Wilson Polo 1908 Summer Olympics Richard Yorke Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics Heinrich Ziegler Fencing 1912 Summer Olympics Béla Zulawszky Fencing 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics

See also List of international rugby union players killed in World War I

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.

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