List of Olympians killed in World War II

A total of 411 Olympians are known to have been killed during World War II.^[1]^[2]

Name	Country^A	Sport(s)	Games	Medals	Ref
Silvano Abbà	Italy	Modern Pentathlon	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Bronze
József Aczél	Hungary	Football	1924 Summer Olympics
Stefan Adamczak	Poland	Athletics	1924 Summer Olympics
Herbert Adamski	Germany	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Gold
Estella Agsteribbe	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1928 Summer Olympics	1 Gold
Iwao Aizawa	Japan	Athletics	1928 Summer Olympics
Abdurahman Ali	Philippines	Swimming	1932 Summer Olympics
Arno Almqvist	Russia	Modern Pentathlon, Swimming	1912 Summer Olympics
Virgilius Altmann	Austria	Cycling	1936 Summer Olympics
Erich Altosaar	Estonia	Basketball	1936 Summer Olympics
Max Amann	Germany	Water Polo	1928 Summer Olympics
Artur Amon	Estonia	Basketball	1936 Summer Olympics
Géo André	France	Athletics	1908, 1912, 1920, 1924 Summer Olympics	1 Silver & 1 Bronze
Jan Ankerman	Netherlands	Hockey	1928 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Izuo Anno	Japan	Athletics	1932 Summer Olympics
Isakas Anolikas	Lithuania	Cycling	1924, 1928 Summer Olympics
Shigeo Arai	Japan	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Gold & 1 Bronze
Kalle Arantola	Finland	Military Ski Patrol	1936 Winter Olympics
Hikoroku Arimoto	Japan	Gymnastics	1936 Summer Olympics
Albert Arnheiter	Germany	Rowing	1912 Summer Olympics
Jochen Balke	Germany	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Ernst Balz	Germany	Sculpture	1936 Summer Olympics
Józef Baran-Bilewski	Poland	Athletics	1928 Summer Olympics
Luigi Barbesino	Italy	Football	1912 Summer Olympics
Franz Barsicke	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Franz Bartl	Austria	Handball	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Helmut Barysz	Poland	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Julije Bauer	Yugoslavia	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Adolf Baumgarten	Germany	Boxing	1936 Summer Olympics
Artur Bäumle	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Karl Bechler	Germany	Athletics	1908 Summer Olympics
Martin Beckmann	Germany	Athletics	1906 Intercalated Games
Heinrich Bender	Germany	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics
Emil Benecke	Germany	Water polo	1928, 1936 Summer Olympics
Alick Bevan	Great Britain	Cycling	1936 Summer Olympics
Tjapko van Bergen	Netherlands	Rowing	1928 Summer Olympics
Franz Berghammer	Austria	Handball	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Michelangelo Bernasconi	Italy	Rowing	1928 Summer Olympics
Hans Bernhardt	Germany	Cycling	1928 Summer Olympics	1 Bronze
Herberts Bērtulsons	Latvia	Alpine skiing	1936 Winter Olympics
Hasso von Bismarck	Germany	Bobsleigh	1932 Winter Olympics
Kazimierz Bocheński	Poland	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Kārlis Bone	Latvia	Football	1924 Summer Olympics
Werner Böttcher	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Helmut Bonnet	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Béchir Bouazzat	France	Modern pentathlon	1936 Summer Olympics
Heinz Brandt	Germany	Equestrian	1936 Summer Olympics
József Braun	Hungary	Football	1924 Summer Olympics
Franciszek Brożek	Poland	Shooting	1924 Summer Olympics
Kęstutis Bulota	Lithuania	Speed skating	1928 Winter Olympics
Roger Bureau	Belgium	Ice hockey	1928, 1936 Winter Olympics
Wojciech Bursa	Poland	Shooting	1936 Summer Olympics
Giuseppe Castelli	Italy	Athletics	1928, 1932 Summer Olympics
Simplicio de Castro	Philippines	Boxing	1936 Summer Olympics
Ugo Ceccarelli	Italy	Modern pentathlon	1936 Summer Olympics
Sulo Cederström	Finland	Shooting	1936 Summer Olympics
Antoni Cejzik	Poland	Decathlon	1924, 1928 Summer Olympics
Chen Zhenhe	China	Football	1936 Summer Olympics
Conrad Cherry	Great Britain	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics
Don Collinge	Canada	Fencing	1936 Summer Olympics
George Cooke	New Zealand	Rowing	1932 Summer Olympics
Frank Courtney	Canada	Rowing	1932 Summer Olympics
Rudi Cranz	Germany	Alpine skiing	1936 Winter Olympics
Jacinto Ciria Cruz	Philippines	Basketball	1936 Summer Olympics
Ferenc Csík	Hungary	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Frank Cuhel	United States	Athletics	1928 Summer Olympics
Modeste Cuypers	Belgium	Fencing	1928 Summer Olympics
Czesław Cyraniak	Poland	Boxing	1936 Summer Olympics
Krystyna Dąbrowska	Poland	Art	1936 Summer Olympics
Paweł Dadlez	Poland	Art	1936 Summer Olympics
Georg Dascher	Germany	Handball	1936 Summer Olympics
René, Baron de Lunden	Belgium	Bobsleigh	1936 Winter Olympics	1 Gold
Émile De Schepper	Belgium	Fencing	1920 Summer Olympics
Eugen Deutsch	Germany	Fencing	1936 Summer Olympics
Émilien Devic	France	Football	1912 Summer Olympics
Tivadar Dienes-Öhm	Hungary	Polo	1936 Summer Olympics
Jānis Dimza	Latvia	Athletics	1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Henryk Dobrzański	Poland	Equestrian	1928 Summer Olympics
Foy Draper	United States	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Gold
Peter Dulley	Great Britain	Rowing	1924 Summer Olympics
Emile Duson	Netherlands	Field hockey	1928 Summer Olympics
Zdzisław Dziadulski	Poland	Equestrian	1924 Summer Olympics
Heywood L. Edwards	United States	Wrestling	1928 Summer Olympics
Eduard Eelma	Estonia	Football	1924 Summer Olympics
Gerhard Egger	Austria	Equestrian	1936 Summer Olympics
Hans Eller	Germany	Rowing	1932 Summer Olympics
Eduard Ellmann	Estonia	Football	1924 Summer Olympics
František Erben	Bohemia	Gymnastics	1900 Summer Olympics
Linn Farish	United States	Rugby	1924 Summer Olympics
Sergei Filippov	Russia	Football	1912 Summer Olympics
Billy Fiske	United States	Bobsleigh	1928, 1932 Winter Olympics
Robert Fleig	France	Rowing	1920 Summer Olympics
Viktor Flessl	Austria	Rowing	1928 Summer Olympics
Walter Flinsch	Germany	Rowing	1928 Summer Olympics
Hans Fokker	Netherlands	Sailing	1928 Summer Olympics
Miroslav Forte	Yugoslavia	Gymnastics	1936 Summer Olympics
Hans Freese	Germany	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Stefan Fryc	Poland	Football	1924 Summer Olympics
Metod Gaberšček	Yugoslavia	Canoeing	1936 Summer Olympics
Peter Hunter Gaskell	Great Britain	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics
Jenő Gáspár	Hungary	Athletics	1924 Summer Olympics
Alexander van Geen	Netherlands	Modern pentathlon	1936 Summer Olympics
Günter Gehmert	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Josef Genschieder	Austria	Cycling	1936 Summer Olympics
Wolfgang Goedecke	Germany	Rowing	1928 Summer Olympics
Otoniel Gonzaga	Philippines	Shooting	1936 Summer Olympics
Alfred Graaf	Germany	Boxing	1936 Summer Olympics
Félix Grimonprez	France	Field hockey	1928, 1936 Summer Olympics
Josef Gumpold	Germany	Nordic combined	1936 Winter Olympics
Nemesio de Guzman	Philippines	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Ru van der Haar	Netherlands	Field hockey	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Bronze
Frederick Habberfield	Great Britain	Cycling	1924 Summer Olympics
Emil Hagelberg	Finland	Modern pentathlon	1920, 1924 Summer Olympics
David Haig-Thomas	Great Britain	Rowing	1932 Summer Olympics
Saul Hallap	Estonia	Weightlifting	1924 Summer Olympics
Helmut Hamann	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Hannes Hansen	Germany	Handball	1936 Summer Olympics
Rudolf Harbig	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Walter Hasenfus	United States	Canoeing	1936 Summer Olympics
Josef Hasenöhrl	Austria	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics
Franz Haslberger	Germany	Ski jumping	1936 Winter Olympics
Kurt Hasse	Germany	Equestrian	1936 Summer Olympics
Hermann Heibel	Germany	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Albert Heijnneman	Netherlands	Athletics	1920 Summer Olympics
Fritz Hendrix	Germany	Athletics	1932 Summer Olympics
Julius Hirsch	Germany	Football	1912 Summer Olympics
Tommy Hitchcock Jr.	United States	Polo	1924 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Jadwiga Hładki	Poland	Art	1932 Summer Olympics
Gunnar Höckert	Finland	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Gold
Hans Hoffmann	Germany	Cycling	1936 Summer Olympics
Christian Holzenberg	Germany	Canoeing	1936 Summer Olympics
Xaver Hörmann	Germany	Canoeing	1936 Summer Olympics
Gösta Horn	Sweden	Diving	1928 Summer Olympics
Václav Hošek	Czechoslovakia	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Robert Huber	Germany	Rowing	1928 Summer Olympics
Milutin Ivković	Yugoslavia	Football	1928 Summer Olympics
Mozes Jacobs	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1928 Summer Olympics
Adolf Jäger	Germany	Football	1912 Summer Olympics
Kalle Jalkanen	Finland	Cross-country skiing	1936 Winter Olympics
Edmund Jankowski	Poland	Rowing	1928 Summer Olympics
Akilles Järvinen	Finland	Athletics	1928, 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Kalle Järvinen	Finland	Athletics	1928, 1932 Summer Olympics
Józef Jaworski	Poland	Athletics	1924, 1928 Summer Olympics
Jerzy Jełowicki	Poland	Art	1936 Summer Olympics
René Joannes-Powell	Belgium	Athletics	1920, 1924, 1928 Summer Olympics
Birger Johansson	Finland	Canoeing	1936 Summer Olympics
Emil Juracka	Austria	Handball	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Henry Jurado	Philippines	Wrestling	1936 Summer Olympics
Harald Kaarman	Estonia	Football	1924 Summer Olympics
Endre Kabos	Hungary	Fencing	1932, 1936 Summer Olympics	3 Golds & 1 Bronze
Josef Kahl	Czechoslovakia	Ski jumping	1936 Winter Olympics
Eddy Kahn	Netherlands	Equestrian	1936 Summer Olympics
Kalle Kainuvaara	Finland	Diving Modern pentathlon	1912, 1920 Summer Olympics
Ted Kara	United States	Boxing	1936 Summer Olympics
Władysław Karaś	Poland	Shooting	1936 Summer Olympics
Martin Karl	Germany	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics
Otto Kaundynia	Germany	Handball (coach)	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Gold
Tatsugo Kawaishi	Japan	Swimming	1932 Summer Olympics
Zdzisław Kawecki	Poland	Equestrian	1936 Summer Olympics
Reinhold Kesküll	Estonia	Athletics	1924 Summer Olympics
Lauri Kettunen	Finland	Fencing Modern pentathlon	1928, 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Ferdinand Kiefler	Austria	Handball	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Alfred Kienzle	Germany	Water Polo	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Jaan Kikkas	Estonia	Weightlifting	1924 Summer Olympics
Desmond Kingsford	Great Britain	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics
Aaro Kiviperä	Finland	Modern pentathlon	1936 Summer Olympics
Kārlis Kļava	Latvia	Shooting	1936 Summer Olympics
Józef Klotz	Poland	Football	1924 Summer Olympics		^[3]
Józef Klukowski	Poland	Art	1932, 1936 Summer Olympics	1 Gold & 1 Silver
Artur Knautz	Germany	Handball	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Gold
Erland Koch	Germany	Shooting	1912 Summer Olympics
Karl Koch	Germany	Cycling	1928 Summer Olympics
Yasuhiko Kojima	Japan	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
August Kop	Netherlands	Field hockey	1928 Summer Olympics
Dora Köring	Germany	Tennis	1912 Summer Olympics
Elmar Korko	Estonia	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics
Kurt Körner	Germany	Ski jumping	1936 Winter Olympics
Heinz Körvers	Germany	Handball	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Gold
Lauri Koskela	Finland	Wrestling	1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Karl Kotratschek	Austria	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Aleksander Kowalski	Poland	Ice hockey	1928, 1932 Winter Olympics
Marian Kozłowski	Poland	Canoeing	1936 Summer Olympics
Paul Kraus	Germany	Ski jumping	1936 Winter Olympics
Helmut Krause	Germany	Athletics	1928 Summer Olympics
Elli von Kropiwnicki	Austria	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Leonhard Kukk	Estonia	Weightlifting	1928 Summer Olympics
Ernst Künz	Austria	Football	1936 Summer Olympics
Willi Kürten	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Stanisław Kuryłłowicz	Poland	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics
Albert Kusnets	Estonia	Wrestling	1924, 1928 Summer Olympics
Janusz Kusociński	Poland	Athletics	1932 Summer Olympics	1 Gold
Aksel Kuuse	Estonia	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Harvey Lacelle	Canada	Boxing	1936 Summer Olympics
Frits Lamp	Netherlands	Athletics	1924 Summer Olympics
John Lander	Great Britain	Rowing	1928 Summer Olympics
Fritz Landertinger	Austria	Canoeing	1936 Summer Olympics
Johann Langmayr	Austria	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Martti Lappalainen	Finland	Cross-country skiing	1928, 1932 Winter Olympics
Karl Leban	Austria	Modern pentathlon Speed skating	1936 S, 1936 W
Gaston Le Clercq	Belgium	Athletics	1924 Summer Olympics
Julien Lehouck	Belgium	Athletics	1920 Summer Olympics
Wilhelm Leichum	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Albert Leidmann	Germany	Boxing	1928 Summer Olympics
František Leikert	Czechoslovakia	Diving	1936 Summer Olympics
Ludwig Leinberger	Germany	Football	1928 Summer Olympics
Hermann Lemp	Germany	Modern pentathlon	1936 Summer Olympics
Karel Lescrauwaet	Belgium	Boxing	1936 Summer Olympics
Herbert Leupold	Germany	Cross-country skiing	1936 Summer Olympics
Gusztáv Lifkai	Hungary	Field hockey	1936 Summer Olympics
David Lindsay	New Zealand	Swimming	1928 Summer Olympics
Rudolf Lippert	Germany	Equestrian	1928, 1936 Summer Olympics
Emil Lohbeck	Germany	Basketball	1936 Summer Olympics
Eugeniusz Lokajski	Poland	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Luz Long	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Silver	^[4]
Leszek Lubicz-Nycz	Poland	Fencing	1932 Summer Olympics	1 Bronze
Jaakko Luoma	Finland	Athletics	1924 Summer Olympics
Jeffrey MacDougall	Great Britain	Modern pentathlon	1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Gustav Mader	Austria	Bobsleigh	1928 Winter Olympics
Hans Maier	Germany	Rowing	1928, 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Jarl Malmgren	Finland	Football	1936 Summer Olympics
Clayton Mansfield	United States	Modern pentathlon	1936 Summer Olympics
François Marits	Netherlands	Shooting	1924 Summer Olympics
Antonio Marovelli	Italy	Gymnastics	1920 Summer Olympics
Hans Marr	Germany	Ski jumping	1936 Winter Olympics
Martti Marttelin	Finland	Athletics	1928 Summer Olympics
Antoni Maszewski	Poland	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Akira Matsunaga	Japan	Football	1936 Summer Olympics
D'Arcy McCrea	Ireland	Tennis	1924 Summer Olympics
Johan Meimer	Estonia	Athletics	1928 Summer Olympics
Visvaldis Melderis	Latvia	Basketball	1936 Summer Olympics
Willi Menne	Germany	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics
Ewald Menzl	Czechoslovakia	Bobsleigh	1936 Summer Olympics
Toni Merkens	Germany	Cycling	1936 Summer Olympics
Fernand Mermoud	France	Cross-country skiing	1936 Winter Olympics
Fritz Meßner	Germany	Field hockey	1936 Summer Olympics
Konrad Miersch	Germany	Modern pentathlon	1932 Summer Olympics
Jovan Mikić	Yugoslavia	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Josef Miner	Germany	Boxing	1936 Summer Olympics
Tsutomu Mitsudome	Japan	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics
Aleksander Mitt	Estonia	Speed skating	1928, 1932, 1936 Winter Olympics
Nicolaas Moerloos	Belgium	Gymnastics Weightlifting	1920, 1924 Summer Olympics
Ernst Moltzer	Netherlands	Sailing	1936 Summer Olympics
Élie Monnier	France	Shooting	1936 Summer Olympics
Eugen Mühlberger	Germany	Weightlifting	1928 Summer Olympics
Michael Murach	Germany	Boxing	1936 Summer Olympics
Jack Murdoch	Canada	Rowing	1928 Summer Olympics	1 Bronze
Camillo Mussi	Italy	Ice hockey	1936 Winter Olympics
Eiichi Nakamura	Japan	Field hockey	1932 Summer Olympics
Helmut Naudé	Germany	Modern pentathlon	1932 Summer Olympics
Takeichi Nishi	Japan	Equestrian	1932 Summer Olympics	1 Gold
Jules Noël	France	Athletics	1928, 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Mauri Noroma	Finland	Gymnastics	1928, 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Amador Obordo	Philippines	Basketball	1936 Summer Olympics
Sueo Ōe	Japan	Gymnastics	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Bronze
Kurt Oleska	Germany	Basketball	1936 Summer Olympics
Heinrich Paal	Estonia	Football	1924 Summer Olympics
Charley Paddock	United States	Athletics	1920, 1924, 1928 Summer Olympics	2 Golds & 2 Silvers
Edmund Pader	Austria	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Karl Panos	Austria	Gymnastics	1936 Summer Olympics
Fritz Pellkofer	Germany	Cycling	1928 Summer Olympics
Arvo Peussa	Finland	Athletics	1924 Summer Olympics
Remo Piana	Italy	Basketball	1936 Summer Olympics
Werner Plath	Germany	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Otto Pohla	Estonia	Wrestling	1928 Summer Olympics
Siegfried Powolny	Austria	Handball	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Siegfried Purner	Austria	Handball	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Willi Reinfrank	Germany	Weightlifting	1928 Summer Olympics
Toivo Reingoldt	Finland	Swimming	1932 Summer Olympics
Wilhelm Rietschel	Germany	Art	1936 Summer Olympics
Frederick Riley	Great Britain	Football	1936 Summer Olympics
Marsilio Rossi	Italy	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Georgina Roty	France	Swimming	1928 Summer Olympics
Richard Sahla	Germany	Equestrian	1928 Summer Olympics
Giyo Saito	Japan	Swimming	1924 Summer Olympics
Heinz Sames	Germany	Speed skating	1936 Winter Olympics
Felix Scheder-Bieschin	Germany	Sailing	1936 Summer Olympics
Hans Scheele	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Adolf Scheffknecht	Austria	Gymnastics	1936 Summer Olympics
Günther von Scheven	Germany	Art	1936 Summer Olympics
Heinz Schlauch	Germany	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Alfred Schmalzer	Austria	Handball	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Eugen Schnalek	Austria	Cycling	1936 Summer Olympics
Hans Schönrath	Germany	Boxing	1928 Summer Olympics
Koos Schouwenaar	Netherlands	Rowing	1928 Summer Olympics
Jakob Schüller	Germany	Athletics	1928 Summer Olympics
Arthur Tell Schwab	Switzerland	Athletics	1924, 1928, 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Ludwig Schweickert	Germany	Wrestling	1936 Summer Olympics
Karl Schwitalle	Germany	Weightlifting	1936 Summer Olympics
Jos Seckel	Netherlands	Art	1928, 1932 Summer Olympics
Werner Seelenbinder	Germany	Wrestling	1936 Summer Olympics
Katsumi Shibata	Japan	Field hockey	1932 Summer Olympics
Evald Sikk	Estonia	Wrestling	1936 Summer Olympics
Otto Silber	Estonia	Football	1924 Summer Olympics
Farid Simaika	Egypt	Diving	1928 Summer Olympics
Harry Simmons	Great Britain	Athletics	1928 Summer Olympics
Tadeusz Sokołowski	Poland	Equestrian	1936 Summer Olympics
Bruno Sorich	Italy	Rowing	1924 Summer Olympics	1 Bronze
Werner Spannagel	Germany	Boxing	1932 Summer Olympics
Sonny Spencer	Great Britain	Athletics	1924 Summer Olympics
Leon Sperling	Poland	Football	1924 Summer Olympics
Marian Spojda	Poland	Football	1924 Summer Olympics
Tomasz Stankiewicz	Poland	Cycling	1924 Summer Olympics
Hugo Strauß	Germany	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics
Ludwig Stubbendorff	Germany	Equestrian	1936 Summer Olympics
Karl Sudrich	Austria	Fencing	1936 Summer Olympics
Gustav Sule	Estonia	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Bunta Suzuki	Japan	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Fusashige Suzuki	Japan	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Hildegarde Švarce	Latvia	Figure skating	1936 Winter Olympics
Stanislaw Swietochowski	Poland	Athletics	1924 Summer Olympics
Jozef Szajba	Poland	Sailing	1936 Summer Olympics
Jozef Szawara	Poland	Rowing	1924 Summer Olympics
Henryk Szlązak	Poland	Wrestling	1936 Summer Olympics
Ilia Szrajbman	Poland	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Georges Tainturier	France	Fencing	1924, 1932 Summer Olympics	2 Golds
Harald Tammer	Estonia	Athletics Weightlifting	1920, 1924 Summer Olympics
Mutsuo Taniguchi	Japan	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Hugh Thomson	Canada	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
John Thornton	Great Britain	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Raymond Tixier	France	Field hockey	1936 Summer Olympics
Freddie Tomlins	Great Britain	Figure skating	1936 Winter Olympics
Martti Topelius-Tolamo	Finland	Athletics	1928, 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Rudolf Trenkwitz	Austria	Equestrian	1936 Summer Olympics
Masayoshi Uchida	Japan	Diving Swimming	1920 Summer Olympics
Tokutaro Ukon	Japan	Football	1936 Summer Olympics
Martti Uosikkinen	Finland	Gymnastics	1928, 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Ala Urban	Germany	Football	1936 Summer Olympics
Stanisław Urban	Poland	Rowing	1928, 1932 Summer Olympics
Eugen Uuemaa	Estonia	Athletics	1924 Summer Olympics
Aleksey Uversky	Russia	Football	1912 Summer Olympics
Ladislav Vácha	Czechoslovakia	Gymnastics	1920, 1924, 1928 Summer Olympics
Antal Vágó	Hungary	Football	1912 Summer Olympics
Johannes van der Vegte	Netherlands	Rowing	1920 Summer Olympics
Heino Veskila	Estonia	Basketball	1936 Summer Olympics
Tola Vologe	France	Field hockey	1936 Summer Olympics
Fidel Wagner	Germany	Nordic combined	1936 Winter Olympics
Karl Wahlmüller	Austria	Football	1936 Summer Olympics
Sadao Wakizaka	Japan	Field hockey	1936 Summer Olympics
Tapio Wartiovaara	Finland	Shooting	1936 Summer Olympics
Birger Wasenius	Finland	Speed skating	1936 Summer Olympics
Sigurd Wathne	Norway	Football	1920 Summer Olympics
Eddie Webster	Great Britain	Athletics	1924 Summer Olympics
Erwin Wegner	Germany	Athletics	1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Walter Werginz	Austria	Football	1936 Summer Olympics
Miguel White	Philippines	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Bronze
John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley	Great Britain	Polo	1908, 1920 Summer Olympics	1 Gold & 1 Silver
Hans Woellke	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Heinz Wöllner	Germany	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics
Paul Wormser	France	Fencing	1936 Summer Olympics
Matthias Wörndle	Germany	Cycling	1936 Summer Olympics
Jan Wrzosek	Poland	Shooting	1936 Summer Olympics
Mikhail Yakovlev	Russia	Football	1912 Summer Olympics
Teófilo Yldefonso	Philippines	Swimming	1928, 1932 Summer Olympics	2 Bronzes
Kiichi Yoshida	Japan	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Hans Zehetner	Austria	Handball	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Günther Zobernig	Austria	Swimming	1936 Summer Olympics
Mario Zorzi	Italy	Shooting	1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Feliks Żuber	Poland	Athletics	1928 Summer Olympics

Olympians who died in Nazi-occupied concentration camps

A total of 64 Olympians have been known to have died in Nazi-occupied concentration camps.^[5]

Name	Country^A	Sport(s)	Games	Medals
Stella Agsteribbe	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1928 Summer Olympics
László Bartók	Hungary	Rowing	1924, 1928 Summer Olympics
Thierry de Briey	Belgium	Equestrian	1920 Summer Olympics
Józef Broel-Plater	Poland	Bobsleigh	1928 Winter Olympics
Josef Charous	Czechoslovakia	Equestrian	1924, 1928 Summer Olympics
Cornelis Compter	Netherlands	Weightlifting	1928 Summer Olympics
Bronisław Czech	Poland	Various skiing disciplines	1928, 1932, 1936 Winter Olympics
František Fišer	Czechoslovakia	Weightlifting	1924 Summer Olympics
Alfred Flatow	Germany	Athletics Gymnastics	1896 Summer Olympics
Gustav Flatow	Germany	Athletics Gymnastics	1896, 1900 Summer Olympics
Fritz Fleischer	Austria	Athletics	1912 Summer Olympics
János Garay	Hungary	Fencing	1924, 1928 Summer Olympics	1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Oszkár Gerde	Hungary	Fencing	1908, 1912 Summer Olympics	2 Gold
František Getreuer	Czechoslovakia	Water polo	1928 Summer Olympics
Isidore Goudeket	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1908 Summer Olympics
Győző Halmos	Hungary	Gymnastics	1912 Summer Olympics
Karel Hartmann	Czechoslovakia	Ice hockey	1920 Summer Olympics	1 Bronze
Oskar Hekš	Czechoslovakia	Athletics	1932 Summer Olympics
Otto Herschmann	Austria	Fencing Swimming	1896, 1912, 1924 Summer Olympics	2 Silver
Felix Hess	Netherlands	Art competitions	1928 Summer Olympics
Julius Hirsch	Germany	Football	1912 Summer Olympics
Pierre Hirsch	France	Tennis	1920 Summer Olympics
Milutin Ivković	Yugoslavia	Football	1928 Summer Olympics
Mozes Jacobs	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1928 Summer Olympics
Jiři Jesenský	Czechoslovakia	Fencing	1936 Summer Olympics
Roman Kantor	Poland	Fencing	1936 Summer Olympics
Józef Krudowski	Poland	Art competitions	1932 Summer Olympics
Julien Lehouck	Belgium	Athletics	1920 Summer Olympics
Elias Melkman	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1928 Summer Olympics
Lion van Minden	Netherlands	Fencing	1908 Summer Olympics
Abraham Mok	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1908 Summer Olympics
Bart Mollin	Belgium	Wrestling	1924 Summer Olympics
Jacob van Moppes	Netherlands	Wrestling	1908 Summer Olympics
Vojtech Neményi	Czechoslovakia	Water polo	1924 Summer Olympics
Józef Noji	Poland	Athletics	1928 Summer Olympics
Lea Nordheim	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1928 Summer Olympics
Simon Okker	Netherlands	Fencing	1908 Summer Olympics
Abraham de Oliveira	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1908 Summer Olympics
František Pecháček	Czechoslovakia	Gymnastics	1920 Summer Olympics
Attila Petschauer	Hungary	Fencing	1928, 1932 Summer Olympics	2 Golds & 1 Silver
Ans Polak	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1928 Summer Olympics
Marcel Pourchier	France	Military ski patrol	1928 Winter Olympics
Jiři Reitmann	Czechoslovakia	Water polo	1924 Summer Olympics
Paolo Salvi	Italy	Gymnastics	1912, 1920 Summer Olympics	2 Gold
Richard Schoenmaker	Netherlands	Fencing	1908 Summer Olympics
Werner Seelenbinder	Germany	Wrestling	1936 Summer Olympics
Jonas Slier	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1908 Summer Olympics
András Székely	Hungary	Swimming	1932 Summer Olympics
Bogdan Tošovic	Yugoslavia	Water polo	1936 Summer Olympics
Ernest Toussaint	Luxembourg	Boxing	1936 Summer Olympics
Alexei Uversky	Russia	Football	1912 Summer Olympics
Martial Van Schelle	Belgium	Bobsleigh Swimming	1920, 1924, 1928, 1936 Winter Olympics
Edmond Vanwaes	Belgium	Rowing	1912 Summer Olympics
Pierre Versteegh	Netherlands	Equestrian	1928, 1932, 1936 Summer Olympics
Lorenzo Vitria	Spain	Boxing	1924 Summer Olympics
Karl Wahlmuller	Austria	Football	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Hans van Walsem	Netherlands	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics
Rémi Weil	France	Diving Swimming	1920, 1924 Summer Olympics
Árpád Weisz	Hungary	Football	1924 Summer Olympics
Gerardus van der Wel	Netherlands	Athletics	1920 Summer Olympics
Walter Werginz	Austria	Football	1936 Summer Olympics	1 Silver
Israel Wijnschenk	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1928 Summer Olympics

Notes

A.^The country the individual competed for at the time.

References

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