List of Olympians killed in World War II

A total of 403 Olympians are known to have been killed during World War II.[1]

Name	Country^A	Sport(s)	Games	Medals	Date	Place	Ref
Silvano Abbà	Italy (ITA)	Modern Pentathlon	1936 Summer Olympics	Bronze	24 August 1942	Izbushensky, near Stalingrad, Soviet Union	[2]
József Aczél	Hungary (HUN)	Football	1924 Summer Olympics		14 February 1945	Budapest, Hungary	[3]
Stefan Adamczak	Poland (POL)	Athletics	1924 Summer Olympics		September 1939	near Katowice, Poland	[4]
Herbert Adamski	Germany (GER)	Rowing	1936 Summer Olympics	Gold	11 August 1941	Szolty, Soviet Union	[5]
Estella Agsteribbe	Netherlands (HOL)	Gymnastics	1928 Summer Olympics	Gold	17 September 1943	Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland	[6]
Iwao Aizawa	Japan (JPN)	Athletics	1928 Summer Olympics		October 1945	New Bilibid camp, Muntinlupa, Philippines	[7]
Jadwiga Hładki	Poland (POL)	Art	1932 Summer Olympics		August 1944	Warsaw, German-occupied Poland	[8]
Gunnar Höckert	Finland (FIN)	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics	Gold	11 February 1940	Karelian Isthmus, Soviet Union	[9]
Alfred Kienzle	Germany (GER)	Water Polo	1936 Summer Olympics	Silver	4 September 1940	Reims, German-occupied France	[10]
Takeichi Nishi	Japan (JPN)	Equestrian	1932 Summer Olympics	Gold	22 March 1945	Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Japanese Empire	[11]
Luz Long	Germany (GER)	Athletics	1936 Summer Olympics	Silver	14 July 1943	Acate, Sicily, Fascist Italy	[12]

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Notes

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

References

1. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
2. "Silvano Abbà". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
3. "József Aczél". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
4. "Stefan Adamczak". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
5. "Herbert Adamski". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
6. "Stella Agsteribbe". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
7. "Iwao Aizawa". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
8. "Jadwiga Hładki". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
9. "Gunnar Höckert". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
10. "Alfred Kienzle". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
11. "Takeichi, Baron Nishi". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
12. "Blog | Luz Long, dall'argento dietro Jesse Owens alla morte in Sicilia. Una storia di amicizia e guerra". Il Fatto Quotidiano. 14 July 2018.