List of Olympians killed in World War II

A total of 411 Olympians are known to have been killed during World War II.

Name Country Sport(s) Games Medals Ref Silvano Abbà Modern Pentathlon 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Bronze József Aczél Football 1924 Summer Olympics Stefan Adamczak Athletics 1924 Summer Olympics Herbert Adamski Rowing 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Gold Estella Agsteribbe Gymnastics 1928 Summer Olympics 1 Gold Iwao Aizawa Athletics 1928 Summer Olympics Abdurahman Ali Swimming 1932 Summer Olympics Arno Almqvist Modern Pentathlon, Swimming 1912 Summer Olympics Virgilius Altmann Cycling 1936 Summer Olympics Erich Altosaar Basketball 1936 Summer Olympics Max Amann Water Polo 1928 Summer Olympics Artur Amon Basketball 1936 Summer Olympics Géo André Athletics 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924 Summer Olympics 1 Silver & 1 Bronze Jan Ankerman Hockey 1928 Summer Olympics 1 Silver Izuo Anno Athletics 1932 Summer Olympics Isakas Anolikas Cycling 1924, 1928 Summer Olympics Shigeo Arai Swimming 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Gold & 1 Bronze Kalle Arantola Military Ski Patrol 1936 Winter Olympics Hikoroku Arimoto Gymnastics 1936 Summer Olympics Albert Arnheiter Rowing 1912 Summer Olympics Jochen Balke Swimming 1936 Summer Olympics Ernst Balz Sculpture 1936 Summer Olympics Józef Baran-Bilewski Athletics 1928 Summer Olympics Luigi Barbesino Football 1912 Summer Olympics Franz Barsicke Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Franz Bartl Handball 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Silver Helmut Barysz Swimming 1936 Summer Olympics Julije Bauer Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Adolf Baumgarten Boxing 1936 Summer Olympics Artur Bäumle Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Karl Bechler Athletics 1908 Summer Olympics Martin Beckmann Athletics 1906 Intercalated Games Heinrich Bender Rowing 1936 Summer Olympics Emil Benecke Water polo 1928, 1936 Summer Olympics Alick Bevan Cycling 1936 Summer Olympics Tjapko van Bergen Rowing 1928 Summer Olympics Franz Berghammer Handball 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Silver Michelangelo Bernasconi Rowing 1928 Summer Olympics Hans Bernhardt Cycling 1928 Summer Olympics 1 Bronze Herberts Bērtulsons Alpine skiing 1936 Winter Olympics Hasso von Bismarck Bobsleigh 1932 Winter Olympics Kazimierz Bocheński Swimming 1936 Summer Olympics Kārlis Bone Football 1924 Summer Olympics Werner Böttcher Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Helmut Bonnet Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Béchir Bouazzat Modern pentathlon 1936 Summer Olympics Heinz Brandt Equestrian 1936 Summer Olympics József Braun Football 1924 Summer Olympics Franciszek Brożek Shooting 1924 Summer Olympics Kęstutis Bulota Speed skating 1928 Winter Olympics Roger Bureau Ice hockey 1928, 1936 Winter Olympics Wojciech Bursa Shooting 1936 Summer Olympics Giuseppe Castelli Athletics 1928, 1932 Summer Olympics Simplicio de Castro Boxing 1936 Summer Olympics Ugo Ceccarelli Modern pentathlon 1936 Summer Olympics Sulo Cederström Shooting 1936 Summer Olympics Antoni Cejzik Decathlon 1924, 1928 Summer Olympics Chen Zhenhe Football 1936 Summer Olympics Conrad Cherry Rowing 1936 Summer Olympics Don Collinge Fencing 1936 Summer Olympics George Cooke Rowing 1932 Summer Olympics Frank Courtney Rowing 1932 Summer Olympics Rudi Cranz Alpine skiing 1936 Winter Olympics Jacinto Ciria Cruz Basketball 1936 Summer Olympics Ferenc Csík Swimming 1936 Summer Olympics Frank Cuhel Athletics 1928 Summer Olympics Modeste Cuypers Fencing 1928 Summer Olympics Czesław Cyraniak Boxing 1936 Summer Olympics Krystyna Dąbrowska Art 1936 Summer Olympics Paweł Dadlez Art 1936 Summer Olympics Georg Dascher Handball 1936 Summer Olympics René, Baron de Lunden Bobsleigh 1936 Winter Olympics 1 Gold Émile De Schepper Fencing 1920 Summer Olympics Eugen Deutsch Fencing 1936 Summer Olympics Émilien Devic Football 1912 Summer Olympics Tivadar Dienes-Öhm Polo 1936 Summer Olympics Jānis Dimza Athletics 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics Henryk Dobrzański Equestrian 1928 Summer Olympics Foy Draper Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Gold Peter Dulley Rowing 1924 Summer Olympics Emile Duson Field hockey 1928 Summer Olympics Zdzisław Dziadulski Equestrian 1924 Summer Olympics Heywood L. Edwards Wrestling 1928 Summer Olympics Eduard Eelma Football 1924 Summer Olympics Gerhard Egger Equestrian 1936 Summer Olympics Hans Eller Rowing 1932 Summer Olympics Eduard Ellmann Football 1924 Summer Olympics František Erben Gymnastics 1900 Summer Olympics Linn Farish Rugby 1924 Summer Olympics Sergei Filippov Football 1912 Summer Olympics Billy Fiske Bobsleigh 1928, 1932 Winter Olympics Robert Fleig Rowing 1920 Summer Olympics Viktor Flessl Rowing 1928 Summer Olympics Walter Flinsch Rowing 1928 Summer Olympics Hans Fokker Sailing 1928 Summer Olympics Miroslav Forte Gymnastics 1936 Summer Olympics Hans Freese Swimming 1936 Summer Olympics Stefan Fryc Football 1924 Summer Olympics Metod Gaberšček Canoeing 1936 Summer Olympics Peter Hunter Gaskell Rowing 1936 Summer Olympics Jenő Gáspár Athletics 1924 Summer Olympics Alexander van Geen Modern pentathlon 1936 Summer Olympics Günter Gehmert Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Josef Genschieder Cycling 1936 Summer Olympics Wolfgang Goedecke Rowing 1928 Summer Olympics Otoniel Gonzaga Shooting 1936 Summer Olympics Alfred Graaf Boxing 1936 Summer Olympics Félix Grimonprez Field hockey 1928, 1936 Summer Olympics Josef Gumpold Nordic combined 1936 Winter Olympics Nemesio de Guzman Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Ru van der Haar Field hockey 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Bronze Frederick Habberfield Cycling 1924 Summer Olympics Emil Hagelberg Modern pentathlon 1920, 1924 Summer Olympics David Haig-Thomas Rowing 1932 Summer Olympics Saul Hallap Weightlifting 1924 Summer Olympics Helmut Hamann Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Hannes Hansen Handball 1936 Summer Olympics Rudolf Harbig Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Walter Hasenfus Canoeing 1936 Summer Olympics Josef Hasenöhrl Rowing 1936 Summer Olympics Franz Haslberger Ski jumping 1936 Winter Olympics Kurt Hasse Equestrian 1936 Summer Olympics Hermann Heibel Swimming 1936 Summer Olympics Albert Heijnneman Athletics 1920 Summer Olympics Fritz Hendrix Athletics 1932 Summer Olympics Julius Hirsch Football 1912 Summer Olympics Tommy Hitchcock Jr. Polo 1924 Summer Olympics 1 Silver Jadwiga Hładki Art 1932 Summer Olympics Gunnar Höckert Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Gold Hans Hoffmann Cycling 1936 Summer Olympics Christian Holzenberg Canoeing 1936 Summer Olympics Xaver Hörmann Canoeing 1936 Summer Olympics Gösta Horn Diving 1928 Summer Olympics Václav Hošek Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Robert Huber Rowing 1928 Summer Olympics Milutin Ivković Football 1928 Summer Olympics Mozes Jacobs Gymnastics 1928 Summer Olympics Adolf Jäger Football 1912 Summer Olympics Kalle Jalkanen Cross-country skiing 1936 Winter Olympics Edmund Jankowski Rowing 1928 Summer Olympics Akilles Järvinen Athletics 1928, 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics Kalle Järvinen Athletics 1928, 1932 Summer Olympics Józef Jaworski Athletics 1924, 1928 Summer Olympics Jerzy Jełowicki Art 1936 Summer Olympics René Joannes-Powell Athletics 1920, 1924, 1928 Summer Olympics Birger Johansson Canoeing 1936 Summer Olympics Emil Juracka Handball 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Silver Henry Jurado Wrestling 1936 Summer Olympics Harald Kaarman Football 1924 Summer Olympics Endre Kabos Fencing 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics 3 Golds & 1 Bronze Josef Kahl Ski jumping 1936 Winter Olympics Eddy Kahn Equestrian 1936 Summer Olympics Kalle Kainuvaara DivingModern pentathlon 1912, 1920 Summer Olympics Ted Kara Boxing 1936 Summer Olympics Władysław Karaś Shooting 1936 Summer Olympics Martin Karl Rowing 1936 Summer Olympics Otto Kaundynia Handball (coach) 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Gold Tatsugo Kawaishi Swimming 1932 Summer Olympics Zdzisław Kawecki Equestrian 1936 Summer Olympics Reinhold Kesküll Athletics 1924 Summer Olympics Lauri Kettunen FencingModern pentathlon 1928, 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics Ferdinand Kiefler Handball 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Silver Alfred Kienzle Water Polo 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Silver Jaan Kikkas Weightlifting 1924 Summer Olympics Desmond Kingsford Rowing 1936 Summer Olympics Aaro Kiviperä Modern pentathlon 1936 Summer Olympics Kārlis Kļava Shooting 1936 Summer Olympics Józef Klotz Football 1924 Summer Olympics Józef Klukowski Art 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Gold & 1 Silver Artur Knautz Handball 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Gold Erland Koch Shooting 1912 Summer Olympics Karl Koch Cycling 1928 Summer Olympics Yasuhiko Kojima Swimming 1936 Summer Olympics August Kop Field hockey 1928 Summer Olympics Dora Köring Tennis 1912 Summer Olympics Elmar Korko Rowing 1936 Summer Olympics Kurt Körner Ski jumping 1936 Winter Olympics Heinz Körvers Handball 1936 Summer Olympics 1 Gold Lauri Koskela Wrestling 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics Karl Kotratschek Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Aleksander Kowalski Ice hockey 1928, 1932 Winter Olympics Marian Kozłowski Canoeing 1936 Summer Olympics Paul Kraus Ski jumping 1936 Winter Olympics Helmut Krause Athletics 1928 Summer Olympics Elli von Kropiwnicki Swimming 1936 Summer Olympics Leonhard Kukk Weightlifting 1928 Summer Olympics Ernst Künz Football 1936 Summer Olympics Willi Kürten Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Stanisław Kuryłłowicz Rowing 1936 Summer Olympics Albert Kusnets Wrestling 1924, 1928 Summer Olympics Janusz Kusociński Athletics 1932 Summer Olympics 1 Gold Aksel Kuuse Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Harvey Lacelle Boxing 1936 Summer Olympics Frits Lamp Athletics 1924 Summer Olympics John Lander Rowing 1928 Summer Olympics Fritz Landertinger Canoeing 1936 Summer Olympics Johann Langmayr Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Martti Lappalainen Cross-country skiing 1928, 1932 Winter Olympics Karl Leban Modern pentathlonSpeed skating 1936 S, 1936 W Gaston Le Clercq Athletics 1924 Summer Olympics Julien Lehouck Athletics 1920 Summer Olympics Wilhelm Leichum Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Albert Leidmann Boxing 1928 Summer Olympics František Leikert Diving 1936 Summer Olympics Ludwig Leinberger Football 1928 Summer Olympics Hermann Lemp Modern pentathlon 1936 Summer Olympics Karel Lescrauwaet Boxing 1936 Summer Olympics Herbert Leupold Cross-country skiing 1936 Summer Olympics Gusztáv Lifkai Field hockey 1936 Summer Olympics David Lindsay Swimming 1928 Summer Olympics Rudolf Lippert Equestrian 1928, 1936 Summer Olympics Emil Lohbeck Basketball 1936 Summer Olympics Eugeniusz Lokajski Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Luz Long Athletics1936 Summer Olympics1 Silver Leszek Lubicz-Nycz Fencing 1932 Summer Olympics 1 Bronze Jaakko Luoma Athletics 1924 Summer Olympics Jeffrey MacDougall Modern pentathlon 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics Gustav Mader Bobsleigh 1928 Winter Olympics Hans Maier Rowing 1928, 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics Jarl Malmgren Football 1936 Summer Olympics Clayton Mansfield Modern pentathlon 1936 Summer Olympics François Marits Shooting 1924 Summer Olympics Antonio Marovelli Gymnastics 1920 Summer Olympics Hans Marr Ski jumping 1936 Winter Olympics Martti Marttelin Athletics 1928 Summer Olympics Antoni Maszewski Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Akira Matsunaga Football 1936 Summer Olympics D'Arcy McCrea Tennis 1924 Summer Olympics Johan Meimer Athletics 1928 Summer Olympics Visvaldis Melderis Basketball 1936 Summer Olympics Willi Menne Rowing 1936 Summer Olympics Ewald Menzl Bobsleigh 1936 Summer Olympics Toni Merkens Cycling 1936 Summer Olympics Fernand Mermoud Cross-country skiing 1936 Winter Olympics Fritz Meßner Field hockey 1936 Summer Olympics Konrad Miersch Modern pentathlon 1932 Summer Olympics Jovan Mikić Athletics 1936 Summer Olympics Josef Miner Boxing 1936 Summer Olympics Tsutomu Mitsudome Rowing 1936 Summer Olympics Aleksander Mitt Speed skating 1928, 1932, 1936 Winter Olympics Nicolaas Moerloos GymnasticsWeightlifting 1920, 1924 Summer Olympics Ernst Moltzer Sailing 1936 Summer Olympics Élie Monnier Shooting 1936 Summer Olympics Eugen Mühlberger Weightlifting 1928 Summer Olympics Michael Murach Boxing 1936 Summer Olympics Jack Murdoch Rowing 1928 Summer Olympics 1 Bronze Camillo Mussi Ice hockey 1936 Winter Olympics Eiichi Nakamura Field hockey 193