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Encyclopedia > Olympic medallists in art competitions

Below is a list of the Olympic medallists in art competitions. See Olympic medallists for winners in other sports, and Art competitions at the Olympic Games for more background information on art competitions at the Olympic Games. Artistic Gymnastics (men) Artistic Gymnastics (women) Athletics (men) Athletics (women) Baseball Basketball Biathlon Boxing Figure skating Sailing Swimming (men) Swimming (women) Tennis See also Olympic Games IOC country codes list of prizes, medals, and awards Art competitions Ice Hockey Categories: | | ... Art competitions were held from 1912 to 1948 at the Olympic Games. ... Venus de Milo exhibited in the Louvre museum, France. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ...


For each year, the medal winners are listed on the first row, the names of their works of art are listed on the second row. The works' titles are listed in English, as not all original names are known. For the country abbreviations used, refer to IOC country codes. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allocates three-letter country codes to all National Olympic Committees and other groups competing in the Olympic Games. ...

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Architecture

Architecture

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Eugène Monod & Alphone Laverrière (SUI)
Building plan of a modern stadium		 — —
1920 — Holger Sinding-Larsen (NOR)
Project for a gymnastics school		 —
1924 — Alfréd Hajós & Dezső Lauber (HUN)
Plan for Budapest Swimming Stadium		 Julien Médecin (MON)
Stadium for Monte Carlo
1928 Jan Wils (NED)
Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam		 Einar Mindedal Rasmussen (DEN)
Swimming pool at Ollerup		 Jacques Lambert (FRA)
Stadium at Versailles
1932 Gustave Saacke, Pierre Bailey & Pietter Montenot
Arena for bulls, Paris		 John Russell Pope (USA)
Design for Payne Whitney Gymnasium		 Richard Konwiartz (GER)
Design for Schlesierkampfbahn, Breslau
1936 Hermann Kutschera (AUT)
Skistadium		 Werner March (GER)
National sports field		 Hermann Stieglholzer & Herbert Kastinger (AUT)
Fighting site in Vienna
1948 Adolf Hoch (AUT)
Ski jumping hill on the Kobenzl		 Alfred Rinesch (AUT)
Watersports centre in Karinthia		 Nils Olsson (SWE)
Baths and sporting hall in Gothenburg

Alfréd Hajós (February 2, 1878 – November 12, 1955) was an Hungarian swimmer and architect. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Categories: Stub | 1891 births | 1972 deaths | Dutch architects ... The Jefferson Memorial, built 1939 — 1943 John Russell Pope (April 24, 1874 – August 27, 1937) was an architect most known for his designs of the Jefferson Memorial (completed in 1943) and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art (completed in 1941) in Washington, DC. Pope was born in... Werner March was one of Adolph Hitlers architects, his most famouse work was Berlins olypmic stadium. ...

Town planning

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Adolf Hensel (GER)
Stadium at Nuremberg		 Jacques Lambert (FRA)
Stadium at Versailles		 Max Lauger (GER)
Municipal park at Hamburg
1932 John Hughes (GBR)
Design for sports & recreation center with Stadium for Liverpool		 Jens Houmøller Klemmensen (DEN)
Design for a stadium and public park		 André Verbeke (BEL)
Design for a marathon park
1936 Werner March (GER)
National sports field		 Charles Downing Lay
Marine park, Brooklyn		 Theodor Nussbaum (GER)
Cologne city plan for sports facilities
1948 Yrjö Lindegren (FIN)
The centre of athletics in Varkaus		 Werner Schindler & Eduard Knupfer (SUI)
Swiss federal sports and gymnastics training center		 Ilmari Niemelainen (FIN)
Athletic centre in Kemi

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Literature

Literature

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Pierre de Coubertin (FRA)
Ode to sport		 — —
1920 Raniero Nicolai (ITA)
Olympic songs		 Andrea Theodore Cook (GBR)
Olympic Games of Antwerp		 Maurice Bladel (BEL)
Praise of the gods
1924 Géo Charles (FRA)
The Olympic Games		 Margaret Stuart (GBR)
Sword songs		 Charles Gonnet (FRA)
About the Olympic god
Josef Petersen (DEN)
Euryale		 Oliver Gogarty (IRL)
Ode to the Tailteann Games
1932 Paul Bauer (GER)
The struggle with the Himalaya		 Josef Petersen (DEN)
The Argonauts		 —

Baron Pierre de Coubertin Pierre de Coubertin (January 1, 1863 – September 2, 1937), born as Pierre de Frédy, was a French pedagogue and historian, but is best known as the founder of the modern Olympic Games. ... Margaret Stuart (or Stewart) {c. ... Josef Petersen (16 September, 1881–22 November, 1973) was Danish author, known for many novels with historical, often Antique or Medieval motifs written from 1910 to 1949. ... Oliver St John Gogarty (August 17, 1878-September 22, 1957) was an Irish physician and surgeon, who was also a poet and writer, one of the most prominent Dublin wits, and for some time a political figure of the Irish Free State. ... Josef Petersen (16 September, 1881–22 November, 1973) was Danish author, known for many novels with historical, often Antique or Medieval motifs written from 1910 to 1949. ...

Dramatic

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1928 — Lauro de Bosis (ITA)
Icarus		 —
1948 — — —

Epic

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Ferenc Mezo (HUN)
History of the Olympic Games		 Ernst Weiss (GER)
Boetius von Orlamunde		 Carel Scharten & Margo Scharten-Antink (NED)
The clown from the Maremmen
1936 Urho Karhumäki (FIN)
Avoveteen		 Wilhelm Ehmer (GER)
For the top of the world		 Jan Parandowski (POL)
The Olympic disk
1948 Giani Stuparich (ITA)
The cave		 Josef Petersen (DEN)
The Olympic champion		 Eva Foldes (HUN)
The well of youth

Jan Parandowski (born May 11, 1895, in Lwów, Poland - died September 26, 1978 in Warsaw) was a Polish writer, essayist, and translator. ... Josef Petersen (16 September, 1881–22 November, 1973) was Danish author, known for many novels with historical, often Antique or Medieval motifs written from 1910 to 1949. ...

Lyric

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Kazimierz Wierzyński (POL)
Olympic honour		 Rudolf Binding (GER) Riding prescriptions for a loved one Johan Weltzer (DEN)
Symphonia heroica
1936 Felix Dhunen-Sondinger (GER)
The runner		 Bruno Fattori (ITA)
Azure profiles		 Hans Stoiber (AUT)
The discus
1948 Aale Tynni (FIN)
Laurel of Hellas		 Etienne van Heerden (RSA)
Six poems		 Gilbert Prouteau (FRA)
Rhythym of the stadium

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Art competitions at the Olympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1151 words)
The art competitions were abandoned in 1954 because artists were contended to be professionals, while Olympic athletes were required to be amateurs.
At the final Olympic art competition, the three categories were applied arts and crafts, engravings/etchings, and oils/water colours.
The oldest Olympic medallist outside the art competitions is Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn, who won his last medal at age 72.
olympic games - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (4398 words)
The Olympics were of fundamental religious importance, contests alternating with sacrifices and ceremonies honouring both Zeus (whose colossal statue stood at Olympia), and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia famous for his legendary chariot race, in whose honor the games were held.
The Olympic Flame is lighted in Olympia and brought to the host city by runners carrying the torch in relay.
The growth of the Olympics also means that some less popular (modern pentathlon) or expensive (white water canoeing) sports have to fear for their place on the Olympic programme.
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