# List of Olympic medalists in art competitions

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". 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. 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".
During their first three appearances, the art competitions were grouped into five broad categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. The Dutch Organizing Committee for the 1928 Summer Olympics split these into subcategories in the hopes of increasing participation. Although it was a successful strategy, the 1932 Summer Olympics eliminated several of these subcategories, which led to fewer entries in the broader categories. For the 1936 Summer Olympics, the German government proposed the addition of a film contest to the program, which was rejected.
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. Concerns were also raised about the professionalism of the event, since only amateurs were allowed to participate in the sporting tournaments, 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.
In 1952, art competition medals were removed from the official national medal counts. 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. Diggelmann is tied with Denmark's Josef Petersen, who won second prize three times in literature, for the number 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, 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. Two individuals, Walter W. Winans and Alfréd Hajós, won medals in both athletic and art competitions.

## Architecture
### Mixed architecture

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

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 (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

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 | 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

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 |
| 1924 Paris | Géo-Charles (FRA) Jeux Olympiques | 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 | Felix Dhünen-Sondinger (GER) The Runner | Bruno Fattori (ITA) Profili Azzuri | Hans Stoiber (AUT) The Discus |
| 1948 London | Aale Tynni (FIN) Laurel of Hellas | Ernst van Heerden (RSA) Six Poems | Gilbert Prouteau (FRA) Rythme du Stade |

## Music
### Mixed 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

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 | Zbigniew Turski (POL) Olympic Symphony | Kalervo Tuukkanen (FIN) Karhunpyynti | Erling Brene (DEN) Viguer |

### 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 Cantata, 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 | 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

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

Olympic medalists in drawing and water colors :
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1928 Amsterdam | 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 | Walter Battiss (RSA) Seaside Sport |

### 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 | Joseph Golinkin (USA) Leg Scissors | Janina Konarska (POL) Stadium | Joachim Karsch (GER) Stabwechsel |
| 1936 Berlin | Alex Diggelmann (SUI) Arosa I Placard | Alfred Hierl (GER) International Automobile Race on the Avis | Stanisław Ostoja-Chrostowski (POL) Yachting Club Certificate |
| 1948 London | none awarded | Alex Diggelmann (SUI) World Championship for Cycling Poster | Alex Diggelmann (SUI) World Championship for Ice Hockey Poster |

### Paintings

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

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 | Konstantinos Dimitriadis (GRE) Discobole Finlandais | Frantz Heldenstein (LUX) Vers l'olympiade | Jean René Gauguin (DEN) Le Boxeur |
| 1924 Paris | Konstantinos Dimitriadis (GRE) Discobole Finlandais | Frantz Heldenstein (LUX) Vers l'olympiade | 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 | Józef Klukowski (POL) Sport Sculpture II | Frederick William MacMonnies (USA) Lindbergh Medal | 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
### 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 |