Since the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, Jewish athletes have taken part in both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. The following is a list of Jewish athletes who have won an Olympic medal in the modern games.
Under the criteria of this list, Olympic medalists must have or had at least one Jewish parent and must have identified as Jewish. If the player has converted to another religion before their Olympic achievements, they should not be listed. Similarly, if the player has converted to Judaism before their Olympic achievements, they should be included; if they converted afterwards, they should not be listed here.
Summer Olympics
1896 Athens Gold Alfred Flatow, Germany, gymnastics parallel bars gymnastics, team parallel bars gymnastics, team horizontal bar
Gustav Felix Flatow, Germany, gymnastics team parallel bars team horizontal bar
Alfréd Hajós, Hungary, swimming 100-meter freestyle 1,500-meter freestyle
Paul Neumann, Austria, swimming 500-meter freestyle
Silver Alfred Flatow, Germany, gymnastics horizontal bar Otto Herschmann, Austria, swimming 100-meter freestyle
1900 Paris Gold Meyer Prinstein, USA, athletics triple jump
Silver Jean Bloch, France soccer Henri Cohen, Belgium water polo Meyer Prinstein, USA, athletics long jump Otto Wahle, Austria, swimming 1000-meter freestyle 200-meter obstacle race
Bronze Siegfried Flesch, Austria, fencing individual saber
1904 St. Louis Gold Samuel Berger, USA, boxing heavyweight Meyer Prinstein, USA, athletics long jump triple jump
Silver Daniel Frank, USA, athletics long jump Philip Hess, USA lacrosse Albert Lehman, USA lacrosse
Bronze Otto Wahle, Austria, swimming 400-meter freestyle
1908 London Gold Dezsö Földes, Hungary, fencing team saber Jenő Fuchs, Hungary, fencing individual saber team saber Oszkár Gerde, Hungary, fencing team saber Alexandre Lippmann, France, fencing team épée Jean Stern, France, fencing team épée Richard Weisz, Hungary, Greco-Roman wrestling heavyweight Lajos Werkner, Hungary, fencing team saber
Silver Harald Bohr, Denmark soccer Alexandre Lippmann, France, fencing individual épée József Munk, Hungary, swimming 4x200-meter freestyle relay Edgar Seligman, Great Britain, fencing team épée Harry Simon, USA, shooting free rifle Barney Solomon, Great Britain (Ireland) rugby Bert Solomon, Great Britain (Ireland) rugby Imre Zachar, Hungary, swimming 4x200-meter freestyle relay
Bronze Odon Bodor, Hungary, athletics 1,600-meter relay Clare Jacobs, USA, athletics pole vault Otto Scheff, Austria, swimming 400-meter freestyle
1912 Stockholm Gold Dezsö Földes, Hungary, fencing team saber Jenö Fuchs, Hungary, fencing individual saber team saber Oszkár Gerde, Hungary, fencing team saber David Jacobs, Great Britain, athletics 4×100 m relay Jacques Ochs, Belgium, fencing team épée Gaston Salmon, Belgium, fencing team épée Lajos Werkner, Hungary, fencing team saber
Silver Albert Bogen, Austria, fencing team saber Samu Foti, Hungary, gymnastics team combined exercises Imre Gellert, Hungary, gymnastics team combined exercises Abel Kiviat, USA, athletics 1,500-meter run Alvah Meyer, USA, athletics 100-meter dash Ivan Osiier, Denmark, fencing individual épée Felix Pipes, Austria, tennis men's doubles Edgar Seligman, Great Britain, fencing team épée
Bronze
Margarete Adler, Austria, swimming 4x100-meter freestyle relay Otto Herschmann, Austria, fencing team saber Klara Milch, Austria, swimming 4x100-meter freestyle relay Josephine Sticker, Austria, swimming 4x100-meter freestyle relay
1920 Antwerp Gold Samuel Mosberg, USA, boxing lightweight
Silver Gerard Blitz, Belgium water polo Maurice Blitz, Belgium water polo Samuel Gerson, USA, freestyle wrestling featherweight Alexandre Lippmann, France, fencing individual épée
Bronze Gerard Blitz, Belgium, swimming 100-meter backstroke Moe Herscovitch, Canada, boxing middleweight Alexandre Lippmann, France, fencing team épée Frederick Meyer, USA, freestyle wrestling heavyweight
1924 Paris Gold Harold Abrahams, Great Britain, athletics 100-meter dash Louis Clarke, USA, athletics 4X100-meter relay Jackie Fields, USA, boxing featherweight Elias Katz, Finland, athletics 3,000-meter team cross-country Alexandre Lippmann, France, fencing team épée
Silver Harold Abrahams, Great Britain, athletics 4X100-meter relay Gerard Blitz, Belgium water polo Maurice Blitz, Belgium water polo János Garay, Hungary, fencing team saber Alfréd Hajós, Hungary, Olympic art competition stadium design Elias Katz, Finland, athletics 3,000-meter individual steeplechase Dezső Lauber, Hungary, Olympic art competition stadium design
Bronze János Garay, Hungary, fencing individual saber Sidney Jelinek, USA, rowing coxed-fours Uberto De Morpurgo, Italy, tennis men's singles
1928 Amsterdam Gold Estella Agsteribbe, Netherlands, women's gymnastics team combined exercises János Garay, Hungary, fencing team saber Sándor Gombos, Hungary, fencing team saber Hans Haas, Austria, weightlifting lightweight Elka de Levie, Netherlands, women's gymnastics team combined exercises Ferenc Mező, Hungary, Olympic art competition epic works Helena Nordheim, Netherlands, women's gymnastics team combined exercises Attila Petschauer, Hungary, fencing team saber Anna Polak, Netherlands, women's gymnastics team combined exercises Bobbie Rosenfeld, Canada, athletics 4X100-meter relay Jud Simons, Netherlands, women's gymnastics team combined exercises
Silver Istvan Barta, Hungary water polo Lillian Copeland, USA, athletics discus throw Attila Petschauer, Hungary, fencing individual saber Fanny Rosenfeld, Canada, athletics 100-meter dash
Bronze Harold Devine, USA, boxing featherweight Harry Isaacs, South Africa, boxing bantamweight Samuel Rabin, Great Britain, freestyle wrestling middleweight Edward Smouha, Great Britain, athletics 4X100-meter relay
1932 Los Angeles Gold Istvan Barta, Hungary water polo Gyorgy Brody, Hungary water polo Lillian Copeland, USA, athletics discus throw George Gulack, USA, gymnastics flying rings Endre Kabos, Hungary, fencing team saber Attila Petschauer, Hungary, fencing team saber Miklós Sárkány, Hungary, water polo
Silver
Philip Erenberg, USA, gymnastics Indian clubs Hans Haas, Austria, weightlifting lightweight Peter Jaffe, Great Britain, yachting star-class Károly Kárpáti, Hungary, freestyle wrestling lightweight Abraham Kurland, Denmark, Greco-Roman wrestling lightweight Ruth Miller, USA, Olympic art competition graphic art
Bronze Nathan Bor, USA, boxing lightweight Nickolaus Hirschl, Austria freestyle wrestling, heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling, heavyweight Endre Kabos, Hungary, fencing individual saber Albert Schwartz, USA, swimming 100-meter freestyle László Szabados, Hungary, swimming 4x200-meter freestyle relay András Székely, Hungary, swimming 4x200-meter freestyle relay
1936 Berlin Gold Sam Balter, USA basketball György Bródy, Hungary water polo Robert Fein, Austria, weightlifting lightweight Endre Kabos, Hungary, fencing individual saber team saber Károly Kárpáti, Hungary, freestyle wrestling lightweight Miklós Sárkány, Hungary water polo
Silver Viktor Kalisch, Austria kayak pairs, 1000-meters Irving Meretzky, Canada basketball
Bronze Gerard Blitz, Belgium water polo
1948 London Gold
Frank Spellman, USA weightlifting, middleweight Henry Wittenberg, USA freestyle wrestling, light-heavyweight Wally Wolf, USA swimming, 4x200 freestyle relay
Silver Steve Seymour, USA athletics, javelin throw
Bronze Éva Földes, Hungary Olympic art competition, epic works Jim Fuchs, USA athletics, shot put George Worth, USA fencing, team saber
1952 Helsinki Gold Robert Antal, Hungary water polo Sándor Geller, Hungary soccer Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, gymnastics all-around individual exercises team combined exercises Boris Gurevitsch, USSR, Greco-Roman wrestling flyweight Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics floor exercises Claude Netter, France fencing, team foil Mikhail Perelman, USSR gymnastics, team combined exercises Yakov Punkin, USSR wrestling, Greco-Roman featherweight Eva Székely, Hungary swimming, 200-meter breaststroke Judit Temes, Hungary 4x100-meter relay Galina Urbanovich, USSR gymnastics, team all-around Wally Wolf, USA swimming, 4x200 freestyle relay
Silver Leonid Gissen, USSR rowing, eight-oared shell with coxswain Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, gymnastics vault asymmetrical bars balance beam floor exercises team exercises with portable apparatus Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics team combined exercises Aleksandr Moiseyev, USSR basketball Grigory Novak, USSR weightlifting, middle-heavyweight Galina Urbanovich, USSR gymnastics, team portable apparatus Henry Wittenberg, USA freestyle wrestling, light-heavyweight
Bronze Jim Fuchs, USA athletics, shot put Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics asymmetrical bars team exercises with portable apparatus Herbert Klein, Germany swimming, 200 m breaststroke Judit Temes, Hungary swimming, 100-meter freestyle Lev Weinstein, USSR shooting, free rifle
1956 Melbourne Gold Isaac Berger, USA weightlifting, featherweight László Fábián, Hungary kayak pairs, 10,000-meters Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics asymmetrical bars floor exercises balance beam team exercise with portable apparatus Aliz Kertész, Hungary, gymnastics team exercise with portable apparatus Alfred Kuchevsky, USSR ice hockey Boris Razinsky, USSR soccer Leon Rotman, Romania, canoe 1,000-meter Canadian singles 10,000-meter Canadian singles Igor Rybak, USSR weightlifting, lightweight
Silver Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics individual combined exercises team combined exercises Aliz Kertész, Hungary gymnastics, team combined exercises Claude Netter, France fencing, team foil Eva Székely, Hungary Swimming, 200-meter breaststroke
Bronze Yves Dreyfus, France fencing, team épée Imre Farkas, Hungary canoe, 10,000-meter Canadian pairs Boris Goikhman, USSR water polo Armand Mouyal, France fencing, team épée David Tyschler, USSR fencing, team saber
1960 Rome Gold Leonid Geishtor, USSR canoe, Canadian pairs 1000m, Mark Midler, USSR fencing, team foil Irina Press, USSR track & field, 80 m hurdles Tamara Press, USSR track & field, shot-put Gyula Török, Hungary boxing, flyweight
Silver Isaac Berger, USA weightlifting, featherweight Boris Goikhman, USSR water polo Allan Jay, Great Britain, fencing individual épée team épée Jean Klein, France rowing, coxed-fours Guy Nosbaum, France rowing, coxed-fours Vladimir Portnoy, USSR, gymnastics team combined exercises Tamara Press, USSR track & field, discus
Bronze Albert Axelrod, USA fencing, individual foil Moysés Blás, Brazil basketball Imre Farkas, Hungary canoe, 1,000-meter Canadian pairs Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Hungary kayak, 500-meter pairs Robert Halperin, USA yachting, Star-class Vladimir Portnoy, USSR gymnastics, long horse vault Leon Rotman, Romania canoe, 1,000-meter Canadian singles David Segal, Great Britain athletics, 4x100-meter relay
1964 Tokyo Gold Gerry Ashworth, USA athletics, 4X100-meter relay Larry Brown, USA basketball Boris Dubrovskiy, USSR rowing, double sculls Tamás Gábor, Hungary fencing, team épée Irena Szewińska, Poland, athletics 4x100-meter relay Grigory Kriss, USSR fencing, individual épée Mark Midler, USSR fencing, team foil Georgy Mondzolevski, USSR volleyball Árpád Orbán, Hungary soccer Irina Press, USSR, track & field pentathlon Tamara Press, USSR, track & field shot-put discuss Mark Rakita, USSR fencing, team saber
Silver Nelli Abramova, USSR volleyball Isaac Berger, USA weightlifting, featherweight Irena Szewińska, Poland, athletics 200-meter dash long jump Marilyn Ramenofsky, USA swimming, 400-meter freestyle
Bronze Ārons Bogoļubovs, USSR judo, lightweight Jim Bregman, USA judo, middleweight Yves Dreyfus, France fencing, team épée
1968 Mexico City Gold Boris Gurevich, USSR freestyle wrestling middleweight Irena Szewińska, Poland, athletics 200-meter dash Valentin Mankin, USSR yachting, Finn class Georgy Mondzolevski, USSR Volleyball Mark Rakita, USSR fencing, team saber