Olympic Champions 1896-1936
- the first 40 years -
This site is dedicated to the 2,006 men and 114 women who brought great pride to their nations when they became Olympic champions. Most may have passed on with the years but their achievements live on in Olympic history.
From James Connolly who triple-jumped to the first Gold medal on 6 April 1896 to the German riders who completed their courses on 16 August 1936, the early Olympic Games provided 1,138 occasions of drama, excitement and passion.
35 nations have produced Olympic champions during that time and their names and short biographies are recorded on the following pages:
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British India |
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Athletes are arranged in the order in which they achieved their first Gold medal (column "Year"). Two exceptions are Great Britain and USA, which are sorted first by sport, then time of first Gold medal, due to their large numbers of champions.
M/F indicates whether the individual is male or female.
Gold indicates the number of Gold medals the individual achieved in their Olympic career. 11 athletes went on to further Gold after 1936, and this is reflected in this figure (refer list below).
Some athletes have competed in several sports, but I have listed only the sport in which they had their greatest achievements.
Dates are shown as day.month.year
Athletes who achieved Gold either side of WW2:
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Name |
Sport |
Country |
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Jan Brzák-Felix |
Canoeing |
Czechoslovakia |
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André Jousseaume |
Equestrian |
France |
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René Bougnol |
Fencing |
France |
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Pál Kovács |
Fencing |
Hungary |
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László Rajcsányi |
Fencing |
Hungary |
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Aladár Gerevich |
Fencing |
Hungary |
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Ilona Elek |
Fencing |
Hungary |
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Tibor Berczelly |
Fencing |
Hungary |
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Edoardo Mangiarotti |
Fencing |
Italy |
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Manlio Di Rosa |
Fencing |
Italy |
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Earl Thomson |
Equestrian |
USA |
I would be grateful for any corrections and additional biographical information, pictures, stories, anecdotes etc.
This information was compiled by
Bernard Reber
Auckland, New Zealand
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