List of Olympic medalists in art competitions

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Photograph of Pierre de Coubertin
Under the pseudonyms Georges Hohrod and Martin Eschbach, IOC founder Pierre de Coubertin won a gold medal in the literature category at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

There were 146 medalists in the art competitions that were part of the Olympic Games from 1912 until 1948. These art competitions were considered an integral part of the movement by International Olympic Committee (IOC) founder Pierre de Coubertin and necessary to recapture the complete essence of the Ancient Olympic Games. Their absence before the 1912 Summer Olympics, according to journalism professor Richard Stanton, stems from Coubertin "not wanting to fragment the focus of his new and fragile movement".[1] Art competitions were originally planned for inclusion in the 1908 Summer Olympics but were delayed after that edition's change in venue from Rome to London following the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.[2] By the 1924 Summer Olympics they had grown to be considered internationally relevant and potentially "a milestone in advancing public awareness of art as a whole".[3]

During their first three appearances, the art competitions were grouped into five broad categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpturing. The Dutch Organizing Committee for the 1928 Summer Olympics split these into subcategories in the hopes of increasing participation.[4] Although it was a successful strategy, the 1932 Summer Olympics eliminated several of these subcategories, which led to fewer entries in the broader categories.[5] For the 1936 Summer Olympics, the German government proposed the addition of a film contest to the program, which was rejected.[6]

Following a final appearance at the 1948 Summer Olympics, art competitions were removed from the Olympic program. Planners of the 1952 Summer Olympics opposed their inclusion on logistical grounds, claiming that the lack of an international association for the event meant that the entire onus of facilitation was placed on the local organizing committee.[7] Concerns were also raised about the professionalism of the event, since only amateurs were allowed to participate in the sporting tournaments,[8] and the growing commercialization of the competitions, as artists had been permitted to sell their submissions during the course of the Games since 1928. In 1952 an art festival and exhibition was held concurrent with the Games, a tradition that has been maintained in all subsequent Summer Olympics.[9]

The IOC does not track medalists in Olympic art competitions in its database and thus the prize winners are only officially recorded in the original Olympic reports. Judges were not required to distribute first, second, and third place awards for every category, and thus certain events lack medalists in these placements. Since participants were allowed multiple submissions, it was also possible for artists to win more than one in a single event, as Alex Diggelmann of Switzerland did in the graphic arts category of the 1948 edition.[10] Diggelmann is tied with Denmark's Josef Petersen, who won second prize three times in literature, for the amount of medals captured in the art competitions. Luxembourg's Jean Jacoby is the only individual to win two gold medals, doing so in painting in 1924 and 1928. Of the 146 medalists, 11 were women and only Finnish author Aale Tynni was awarded gold. Germany was the most successful nation, with eight gold, seven silver, and nine bronze medals,[11] although one was won by Coubertin himself, a Frenchman. He submitted his poem Ode to Sport under the pseudonyms Georges Hohrod and Martin Eschbach, as if it were a joint-entry, and won first prize in the 1912 literature category. The original report credits this medal to Germany.[12] Two individuals, Walter W. Winans[13] and Alfréd Hajós, won medals in both athletic and art competitions.[14]

Architecture

Mixed architecture

Photograph of Alfréd Hajós
Alfréd Hajós was one of two individuals to win medals in sport and art competitions.
Olympic medalists in mixed architecture
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Stockholm  Eugène-Edouard Monod & Alphonse Laverrière (SUI)
Building-plan of a modern Stadium		 none awarded none awarded
1920 Antwerp none awarded  Holger Sinding-Larsen (NOR)
Project pour une Ecole de Gymnastique		 none awarded
1924 Paris none awarded  Alfréd Hajós & Dezső Lauber (HUN)
Plan d'un Stade		  Julien Médecin (MON)
Stade pour Monte-Carlo

Mixed architecture, architectural designs

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Jan Wils, 1928 gold medalist in architectural designs
Olympic medalists in mixed architecture, architectural designs
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam  Jan Wils (NED)
Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam		  Ejnar Mindedal Rasmussen (DEN)
Swimming pool at Ollerup		  Jacques Lambert (FRA)
Stadium at Versailles
1932 Los Angeles  Gustave Saacké, Pierre Bailly, & Pierre Montenot (FRA)
Design for a "Cirque pour Toros"		  John Russell Pope (USA)
Design for the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, New Haven, Conn.		  Richard Konwiarz (GER)
Design for a "Schlesierkampfbahn" in the Sport Park of Breslau
1936 Berlin  Hermann Kutschera (AUT)
Skiing Stadium		  Werner March[note 1] (GER)
Reich Sport Field		  Hermann Stiegholzer & Herbert Kastinger (AUT)
Sporting Center in Vienna
1948 London  Adolf Hoch (AUT)
Skisprungschanze auf dem Kobenzl		  Alfred Rinesch (AUT)
Watersports Centre in Carinthia		  Nils Olsson (SWE)
Baths and Sporting Hall for Gothenburg

Town planning

Photograph of Charles Downing Lay
Charles Downing Lay, 1936 silver medalist in designs for municipal planning
Olympic medalists in town planning
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam  Alfred Hensel (GER)
Stadium at Nuremberg		  Jacques Lambert (FRA)
Stadium at Versailles		  Max Laeuger (GER)
Municipal park at Hamburg
1932 Los Angeles  John Hughes (GBR)
Design for a Sports and Recreation Center with Stadium, for the City of Liverpool		  Jens Klemmensen (DEN)
Design for a Stadium and Public Park		  André Verbeke (BEL)
Design for a "Maraton Park"
1936 Berlin[15]  Werner March & Walter March (GER)
Reich Sport Field		  Charles Downing Lay (USA)
Marine park, Brooklyn		  Theo Nussbaum (GER)
Municipal Planning and Sporting Centre in Cologne
1948 London  Yrjö Lindegren (FIN)
The Centre of Athletics in Varkaus, Finland.		  Werner Schindler & Edy Knupfer (SUI)
Swiss Federal Sports and Gymnastics Training Centre		  Ilmari Niemeläinen (FIN)
The Athletic Centre in Kemi, Finland.

Literature

Mixed literature

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Oliver St. John Gogarty, 1924 bronze medalist in literature
Photograph of Kazimierz Wierzyński
Kazimierz Wierzyński, 1928 gold medalist in lyric and speculative works
Olympic medalists in mixed literature
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Stockholm  Georges Hohrod & Martin Eschbath (GER)
Ode to sport		 none awarded none awarded
1920 Antwerp  Raniero Nicolai (ITA)
Canzoni Olimpioniche		  Theodore Andrea Cook (GBR)
Olympic Games of Antwerp		  Maurice Bladel (BEL)
La Louange des Dieux
1924 Paris  Géo-Charles (FRA)
Jeux Olympiques		  Margaret Stuart (GBR)
Sword Songs		  Charles Gonnet (FRA)
Vers le Dieu d’Olympie
 Josef Petersen (DEN)
Euryale		  Oliver St. John Gogarty (IRL)
Ode pour les Jeux de Tailteann
1932 Los Angeles  Paul Bauer (GER)
Am Kangehenzonga		  Josef Petersen (DEN)
The Argonauts		 none awarded

Dramatic works

Olympic medalists in dramatic works
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam none awarded  Lauro De Bosis (ITA)
Icaro		 none awarded

Epic works

Olympic medalists in epic works
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam  Ferenc Mező (HUN)
L’histoire des Jeux Olympiques		  Ernst Weiss (GER)
Boetius von Orlamünde		  Carel Scharten & Margo Scharten-Antink (NED)
De Nar uit de Maremmen
1936 Berlin  Urho Karhumäki (FIN)
Avoveteen		  Wilhelm Ehmer (GER)
For the Top of the World		  Jan Parandowski (POL)
Dysk Olimijski
1948 London  Giani Stuparich (ITA)
La Grotta		  Josef Petersen (DEN)
The Olympic Champion		  Éva Földes (HUN)
The Well of Youth

Lyric and speculative works

Olympic medalists in lyric and speculative works
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam  Kazimierz Wierzyński (POL)
Laur Olimpijski		  Rudolf G. Binding (GER)
Reitvorschrift fur eine Geliebte		  Johannes Weltzer (DEN)
Symphonia Heroïca
1936 Berlin[16]  Felix Dhünen-Sondinger (GER)
The Runner		  Bruno Fattori (ITA)
Profili Azzuri		  Hans Stoiber (AUT)
The Discus
1948 London[17]  Aale Tynni (FIN)
Laurel of Hellas		 22x20px Ernst van Heerden (RSA)
Six Poems		  Gilbert Prouteau (FRA)
Rythme du Stade

Music

Mixed music

Photograph of Josef Suk
Josef Suk, 1932 silver medalist in music
Olympic medalists in mixed music
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Stockholm  Riccardo Barthelemy (ITA)
Triumphal March		 none awarded none awarded
1920 Antwerp  Georges Monier (BEL)
Olympique		  Oreste Riva (ITA)
Epinicion		 none awarded
1932 Los Angeles none awarded  Josef Suk (TCH)
Into a New Life		 none awarded

Compositions for orchestra

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Werner Egk, 1936 gold medalist in compositions for orchestra
Olympic medalists in compositions for orchestra
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam none awarded none awarded  Rudolph Simonsen (DEN)
Symphony No. 2 "Hellas"
1936 Berlin  Werner Egk (GER)
Olympic Festive Music		  Lino Liviabella (ITA)
The Victor		  Jaroslav Křička (TCH)
Mountain Suite
1948 London[18]  Zbigniew Turski (POL)
Olympic Symphony		  Kalervo Tuukkanen (FIN)
Karhunpyynti		  Erling Brene (DEN)
Viguer

Solo and chorus compositions

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Kurt Thomas, 1936 silver medalist in solo and chorus compositions
Olympic medalists in solo and chorus compositions
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1936 Berlin  Paul Höffer (GER)
Olympic Vow		  Kurt Thomas (GER)
Olympic Cantana, 1936		  Harald Genzmer (GER)
The Runner

Instrumental and chamber

Olympic medalists in the instrumental and chamber event
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1948 London none awarded 22x20px Jean Weinzweig (CAN)
Divertimenti for Solo Flute and Strings		  Sergio Lauricella (ITA)
Toccata per Pianoforte

Vocal

Olympic medalists in the vocal event
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1948 London none awarded none awarded  Gabriele Bianchi (ITA)
Inno Olimpionico

Painting

Mixed painting

Photograph of Jack Butler Yeats
Jack Butler Yeats, 1924 silver medalist in painting
Olympic medalists in mixed painting
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Stockholm  Carlo Pellegrini (ITA)
Winter Sports		 none awarded none awarded
1920 Antwerp none awarded  Henriette Brossin de Mère-de Polanska (FRA)
L'Elan		  Alfred Ost (BEL)
Joueur de Football
1924 Paris  Jean Jacoby (LUX)
Etude de Sport		  Jack Butler Yeats (IRL)
Natation		  Johan van Hell (NED)
Patineurs

Drawings and water colors

Drawing of two men playing rugby
Rugby by Jean Jacoby, the winning entry in the 1928 drawings category
Olympic medalists in drawing and water colors
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam[19]  Jean Jacoby (LUX)
Rugby		  Alex Virot (FRA)
Gestes de Football		  Władysław Skoczylas (POL)
Posters
1932 Los Angeles  Lee Blair (USA)
Rodeo		  Percy Crosby (USA)
Jackknife		  Gerhard Westermann (NED)
Horseman
1936 Berlin none awarded  Romano Dazzi (ITA)
Four Sketches for Frescoes		  Sujaku Suzuki (JPN)
Classical Horse Racing in Japan

Engravings and etchings

Olympic medalists in engravings and etchings
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1948 London  Albert Decaris (FRA)
Swimming Pool		  John Copley (GBR)
Polo Players		 22x20px Walter Battiss (RSA)
Seaside Sport

Graphic works

Photograph of William Nicholson
William Nicholson, 1928 gold medalist in graphic works
Olympic medalists in graphic works
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam  William Nicholson (GBR)
Un Almanach de douze Sports		  Carl Moos (SUI)
Posters		  Max Feldbauer (GER)
Mailcoach
1932 Los Angeles[20]  Joseph Golinkin (USA)
Leg Scissors		  Janina Konarska (POL)
Stadium		  Joachim Karsch (GER)
Stabwechsel
1936 Berlin[21]  Alex Diggelmann (SUI)
Arosa I Placard		  Alfred Hierl (GER)
International Automobile Race on the Avis		  Stanisław Ostoja-Chrostowski (POL)
Yachting Club Certificate
1948 London[22] none awarded  Alex Diggelmann (SUI)
World Championship for Cycling Poster		  Alex Diggelmann (SUI)
World Championship for Ice Hockey Poster

Paintings

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David Wallin, 1932 gold medalist in painting
Olympic medalists in paintings
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam  Isaac Israëls (NED)
Cavalier Rouge		  Laura Knight (GBR)
Boxeurs		  Walther Klemm (GER)
Patinage
1932 Los Angeles  David Wallin (SWE)
At the Seaside of Arild		  Ruth Miller (USA)
Struggle		 none awarded
1936 Berlin none awarded  Rudolf Eisenmenger (AUT)
Runner at the Finishing Line		  Ryuji Fujita (JPN)
Ice Hockey
1948 London  Alfred Thomson (GBR)
London Amateur Championships		  Giovanni Stradone (ITA)
Le Pistard		  Letitia Marion Hamilton (IRL)
Meath Hunt Point-to-Point Races

Sculpturing

Mixed sculpturing

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Walter W. Winans was one of two individuals to win medals in sport and art competitions.
Painting of Frederick William MacMonnies
Frederick William MacMonnies, 1932 silver medalist in medals and reliefs
Photograph of Mahonri Young
Mahonri Young, 1932 gold medalist in statues
Olympic medalists in mixed sculpturing
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Stockholm  Walter W. Winans (USA)
An American trotter		  Georges Dubois (FRA)
Model of the entrance to a modern Stadium		 none awarded
1920 Antwerp  Albéric Collin (BEL)
La Force		  Simon Goossens (BEL)
Les Patineurs		  Alphons De Cuyper (BEL)
Lanceur de Poids et Coureur
1924 Paris  Kostas Dimitriadis (GRE)
Discobole Finlandais		  Frantz Heldenstein (LUX)
Vers l'olympiade		  Jean René Gauguin (DEN)
Le Boxeur
 Claude-Léon Mascaux (FRA)
Cadre de Medailles

Medals

Olympic medalists in medals
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1936 Berlin none awarded  Luciano Mercante (ITA)
Medals		  Josue Dupon (BEL)
Equestrian Medals

Medals and plaques

Olympic medalists in medals and plaques
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1948 London none awarded  Oskar Thiede (AUT)
Eight Sports Plaques		  Edwin Grienauer (AUT)
Prize Rowing Trophy

Reliefs and medallions

Olympic medalists in reliefs and medallions
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam  Edwin Grienauer (AUT)
Médailles		  Chris van der Hoef (NED)
Médaille pour les Jeux Olympiques		  Edwin Scharff (GER)
Plaquette
1932 Los Angeles[23]  Józef Klukowski (POL)
Sport Sculpture II		  Frederick William MacMonnies (USA)
Lindbergh Medal		 22x20px R. Tait McKenzie (CAN)
Shield of the Athletes

Reliefs

Olympic medalists in reliefs
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1936 Berlin  Emil Sutor (GER)
Hurdlers		  Józef Klukowski (POL)
Ball		 none awarded
1948 London none awarded none awarded  Rosamund Fletcher (GBR)
The End of the Covert

Statues

Olympic medalists in statues
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam  Paul Landowski (FRA)
Boxer		  Milo Martin (SUI)
Athlète au repos		  Renée Sintenis (GER)
Footballeur
1932 Los Angeles  Mahonri Young (USA)
The Knockdown		  Miltiades Manno (HUN)
Wrestling		  Jakub Obrovský (TCH)
Odysseus
1936 Berlin  Farpi Vignoli (ITA)
Sulky Driver		  Arno Breker (GER)
Decathlon Athlete		  Stig Blomberg (SWE)
Wrestling Youths
1948 London  Gustaf Nordahl (SWE)
Homage to Ling		  Chintamoni Kar (GBR)
The Stag		  Hubert Yencesse (FRA)
Nageuse

Statistics

Multiple medalists

Multiple medalists in Olympic art competitions
Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Alex Diggelmann  Switzerland (SUI) 1936–1948 1 1 1 3
Josef Petersen  Denmark (DEN) 1924, 1932, 1948 0 3 0 3
Jean Jacoby  Luxembourg (LUX) 1924–1936 2 0 0 2
Józef Klukowski  Poland (POL) 1932–1936 1 1 0 2
Werner March  Germany (GER) 1928–1936 1 1 0 2
Edwin Grienauer  Austria (AUT) 1928, 1948 1 0 1 2
Jacques Lambert  France (FRA) 1928 0 1 1 2

Medals per year

Medals won by country by year
Nation 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 Total
 Austria (AUT) – – – 1 – 4 4 9
 Belgium (BEL) – 6 – – 1 1 – 8
 Canada (CAN) – – – – 1 – 1 2
 Denmark (DEN) – – 2 3 2 – 2 9
 Finland (FIN) – – – – – 1 4 5
 France (FRA) 1 1 3 2 3 – 3 13
 Great Britain (GBR) – 1 1 2 1 – 4 9
 Germany (GER) 1 – – 8 3 12 – 24
 Greece (GRE) – – 1 – – – – 1
 Hungary (HUN) – – 1 1 1 – 1 4
 Ireland (IRL) – – 2 – – – 1 3
 Italy (ITA) 2 2 – 1 – 5 4 14
 Japan (JPN) – – – – – 2 – 2
 Luxembourg (LUX) – – 2 1 – – – 3
 Monaco (MON) – – 1 – – – – 1
 Netherlands (NED) – – 1 4 1 – – 6
 Norway (NOR) – 1 – – – – – 1
 Poland (POL) – – – 2 2 3 1 8
 South Africa (RSA) – – – – – – 2 2
 Switzerland (SUI) 1 – – 2 – 1 3 7
 Sweden (SWE) – – – – 1 1 2 4
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) – – – – 2 1 – 3
 United States (USA) 1 – – – 7 1 – 9

References

General

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Specific

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  3. ↑ Stanton, p. 69.
  4. ↑ Stanton, p. 95.
  5. ↑ Stanton, p. 146.
  6. ↑ Stanton, p. 158.
  7. ↑ Stanton, p. 210.
  8. ↑ Stanton, p. 211.
  9. ↑ Stanton, p. 213.
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Notes

  1. ↑ Data provided by Bill Mallon to Sports Reference.com lists Walter March as a co-medalist.
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