| Art Competitions were held at the Olympics 1912 to 1948. The winners of the competitions were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals, similar to the winners of the athletic competitions. The events were inspired by Pierre de Coubertin, who wished to meld the competitions in sports with competitions in the arts. The art competions were dropped from the Olympic program because of the difficulty of determining the amateur status of the artists. |
ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Designs:
| 1928 | 1st | Jan Wils | NED | Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam |
| 2nd | Ejnar Mindedal Rasmussen | DEN | Swimming pool in Ollerup | |
| 3rd | Jacques Georges Lambert | FRA | The Versailles Stadium | |
| 1932 | 1st | Gustave Saacke + | FRA | Circus for Bullfights |
| Pierre Montenot + | ||||
| Pierre Bailly | ||||
| 2nd | John Russel Pope | USA | Design for the Payne Whitney | |
| 3rd | Richard Konwiarz | GER | Plan of Silesian race course | |
| 1936 | 1st | Hermann Kutschera | AUT | Skiing Stadium |
| 2nd | Werner March | GER | Reich Stadium | |
| 3rd | Herbert Kastinger + | AUT | Vienna Racing Courses | |
| Hermann Stiegholzer | ||||
| 1948 | 1st | Adolf Hoch | AUT | Ski jumping hill on the Kobenzl |
| 2nd | Alfred Rinesch | AUT | Water Sports Centre in Carinthia | |
| 3rd | Nils Olsson | SWE | Bath and Sporting Hall in Göteborg |
Designs for Town Planning:
| 1912 | 1st | Eugène-Edouard Monod + | SUI | Building plan of a modern stadium |
| Alphonse Laverriére | ||||
| 2nd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 3rd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 1920 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | Holger Sinding-Larsen | NOR | Building plan of a physical culture school | |
| 3rd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 1924 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | Dezö Lauber + | HUN | Plan of stadium | |
| Alfréd Hajós | ||||
| 3rd | Julien Médecin | MON | Stadium for Monte Carlo | |
| 1928 | 1st | Adolf Hensel | GER | The Nuremburg Stadium |
| 2nd | Jacques Georges Lambert | FRA | The Versailles Stadium | |
| 3rd | Max Läuger | GER | The Hamburg City Park | |
| 1932 | 1st | John Hughes | GBR | Design for a sports and recreation centre with stadium for the city of Liverpool |
| 2nd | Jens Hovmoller Klemmensen | DEN | Design for a stadium and public park | |
| 3rd | André Verbeke | BEL | Design for a Marathon Park | |
| 1936 | 1st | Werner March + | GER | Reich Stadium |
| Walter March | ||||
| 2nd | Charles Downing Lay | USA | Marine Park in Brooklyn | |
| 3rd | Theodor Nußbaum | GER | Köln Town Plan and Sport Establishments | |
| 1948 | 1st | Yrjö Lorentz Lindegren | FIN | Athletic Centr in Varkau |
| 2nd | Edy Knupfer + | SUI | Swiss Federal Sport and Gymnastics Training Centre | |
| Werner Schindler | ||||
| 3rd | Heikki Ilmari Niemeläinen | FIN | Athletic Centre in Kemi |
SCULPTURE
Medals:
| 1928 | 1st | Edwin Grienauer | AUT | Medals |
| 2nd | Christiaan Hohannes van Hoef | NED | Olympic Medals | |
| 3rd | Edwin Scharff | GER | Plaque | |
| 1932 | 1st | Józef Klukowski | POL | Sport Sculpture |
| 2nd | Frederick William Mac Monnies | USA | Lindbergh Medal | |
| 3rd | Robert Tait McKenzie | CAN | Shield of the Athletes | |
| 1936 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | Luciano Mercante | ITA | Medals | |
| 3rd | Jozue Dupon | BEL | Rding Plaques | |
| 1948 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | Oscar Thiede | AUT | Eight Sports Plaques | |
| 3rd | Edwin Grienauer | AUT | Trophy for Rowing Competition |
Relief's:
| 1936 | 1st | Emil Sutor | GER | Hurdle Runners |
| 2nd | Jósef Klukowski | POL | Football | |
| 3rd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 1948 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 3rd | Rosamund Fletcher | GBR | The end of the covert |
Sculpture:
| 1912 | 1st | Walter Winans | USA | An American Trotter |
| 2nd | Georges Dubois | FRA | Model of the entrance to a modern stadium | |
| 3rd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 1920 | 1st | Albéric Collin | BEL | Strength |
| 2nd | Simon Goossens | BEL | Skaters | |
| 3rd | Alphonse De Cuyper | Bel | Shot Putter | |
| 1924 | 1st | Konstantions Dimitriadis | GRE | Finnish Discus Thrower |
| 2nd | Francois Heldenstein | LUX | Toward the Olympic Games | |
| 3rd | Claude-Léon Mascaux | FRA | Seven Sport Medals | |
| 3rd | Jean Rene Gauguin | DEN | Boxer | |
| 1928 | 1st | Paul Landowski | FRA | Boxer |
| 2nd | Milo Martin | SUI | Athlete at Rest | |
| 3rd | Renée Sintenis | GER | Footballer | |
| 1932 | 1st | Mahonri Mackintosh Young | USA | Knockout |
| 2nd | Miltiades Manno | HUN | Wrestling | |
| 3rd | Jakub Obrovsky | TCH | Odyseus | |
| 1936 | 1st | Farpi Vignoli | ITA | Two-wheeled Racing Car |
| 2nd | Arno Breker | GER | Decathlonist | |
| 3rd | Stig Blomberg | SWE | Wrestling Children | |
| 1948 | 1st | Gustaf Nordahl | SWE | Homage to Ling |
| 2nd | Chinatanomi Kar | GBR | The Stag | |
| 3rd | Hubert Yencesse | FRA | Swimmer |
PAINTINGS AND GRAPHIC ART
Applied Graphics:
| 1936 | 1st | Alex Walter Diggelmann | SUI | Poster "Arosa I" |
| 2nd | Alfred Hierl | GER | International Avus Race | |
| 3rd | Stanislaw Ostoja-Chrostowski | POL | Yachting Club Charter | |
| 1948 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | Alex Walter Diggelmann | SUI | Poster for World Cycling Championships | |
| 3rd | Alex Walter Diggelmann | SUI | Poster for Ice Hockey World Championships |
Drawings and Water-Colors:
| 1928 | 1st | Jean Jacoby | LUX | Rugby |
| 2nd | Alexandre Virot | FRA | Football Player | |
| 3rd | Wladyslaw Skoczylas | POL | Archer | |
| 1932 | 1st | Lee Blair | USA | Rugby |
| 2nd | Percy Crosby | USA | Jackknife | |
| 3rd | Gerhardus Westermann | NED | Horseman | |
| 1936 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | Romano Dazzi | ITA | Four Fresco Patterns | |
| 3rd | Shujaku Suzuki | JPN | Classic horse race in Japan |
Other Graphics Arts:
| 1928 | 1st | William Nicholson | GBR | Twelve branches of sport carved in wood |
| 2nd | Carl Moos | SUI | Poster "Athletics" | |
| 3rd | Max Feldbauer | GER | Mailcoach | |
| 1932 | 1st | Joseph Webster Golinkin | USA | Leg Scissors |
| 2nd | Janina Konarska | POL | Stadium | |
| 3rd | Joachim Karsch | GER | Baton passing | |
| 1936 | not held | |||
| 1948 | 1st | Albert Decaris | FRA | Swimming pool |
| 2nd | John Copley | GBR | Polo players | |
| 3rd | Walter Battiss | RSA | Seaside sport |
Paintings:
| 1912 | 1st | Giovanni Pellegrini | ITA | Winter Sports |
| 2nd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 3rd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 1920 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | Henriette Brossin de Polanska | FRA | The Jump | |
| 3rd | Alfred Ost | BEL | Football Player | |
| 1924 | 1st | Jean Jacoby | LUX | Three sport studies |
| 2nd | Jack Butler Yeats | IRL | Swimming | |
| 3rd | Johannes van Hell | NED | Skating | |
| 1928 | 1st | Isaäc Israels | NED | The Red Rider |
| 2nd | Laura Knight | GBR | Boxers | |
| 3rd | Walther Klemm | GER | Skating | |
| 1932 | 1st | David Wallin | SWE | At the Seaside of Arld |
| 2nd | Ruth Miller | USA | Struggle | |
| 3rd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 1936 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | Rudolf Herman Eisenmenger | AUT | Runner in the Finish | |
| 3rd | Tsuguharu Fujita | JPN | Ice Hockey | |
| 1948 | 1st | Alfred Reginald Thomson | GBR | London Amateur Championships |
| 2nd | Giovanni Stradone | ITA | Cyclist | |
| 3rd | Letitia Hamilton | IRL | Meath Hunt Point to Point Race |
LITERATURE
Dramatic Works:
| 1928 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | Lauro Adolfo De Bossis | ITA | Icarus | |
| 3rd | no prize was awarded |
Epic Works:
| 1928 | 1st | Ferenc Mezö | HUN | History of the Olympic Games |
| 2nd | Ernst Weiß | GER | Boetius von Orlamünde | |
| 3rd | Carel Theodorus Scharten + | NED | The Fool in the Maremmen | |
| Margo Scharten-Antink | ||||
| 1932 | not held | |||
| 1936 | 1st | Urho Karhumäki | FIN | Into Free Water |
| 2nd | Wilhelm Ehmer | GER | Around the Peak of the World | |
| 3rd | Jan Parandowski | POL | The Olympic Discus | |
| 1948 | 1st | Gianni Stuparich | ITA | The Cave |
| 2nd | Joseph Petersen | DEN | The Olympic Champion | |
| 3rd | Eva Földes | HUN | The Will of Youth |
Literature - All Kinds:
| 1912 | 1st | Pierre Frédi Baron de Coubertin | FRA | Ode to Sport |
| 2nd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 3rd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 1920 | 1st | Raniero Nicolai | ITA | Olympic Songs |
| 2nd | Andrea Theodore Cook | GBR | Olympic Games of Antwerp | |
| 3rd | Maurice Bladel | BEL | The Praise of the Gods | |
| 1924 | 1st | Geo-Charles | FRA | The Olympic Games |
| 2nd | Joseph Petersen | DEN | Euryale | |
| 2nd | Margaret Stuart | GBR | Fencers` Song | |
| 3rd | Oliver Gogarty | IRL | Ode to the Tailteann Games | |
| 3rd | Charles Anthoine Gonnet | FRA | Face to Face with Olympia`s God | |
| 1932 | 1st | Paul Bauer | GER | The Struggle with the Himalaya |
| 2nd | Joseph Petersen | DEN | The Argonauts | |
| 3rd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 1936 | event discontinued |
Lyrics:
| 1928 | 1st | Kazimierz Wierzynski | POL | Olympic Laurels |
| 2nd | Rudolf Georg Binding | GER | Rider`s Instructions to his Lover | |
| 3rd | Christian Johannes Weltzer | DEN | Heroic Symphony | |
| 1932 | not held | |||
| 1936 | 1st | Felix Dhünen-Sondinger | GER | The Runner |
| 2nd | Bruno Fattori | ITA | Azzurri Faces | |
| 3rd | ||||
| 1948 | 1st | Aale Maria Tynni | FIN | Laurel of Hellas |
| 2nd | Ernst van Heerden | RSA | Six poems | |
| 3rd | Gilbert Prouteau | FRA | Rhytm of the Stadium |
MUSIC
Compositions for One Instrument:
| 1948 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | John Jacob Weinzweig | CAN | Divertimenti for soloflute and strings | |
| 3rd | Sergio Lauricella | ITA | Toccata for piano |
Compositions for Orchestra of All Kinds:
| 1928 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 3rd | Rudolph Hermann Simonsen | DEN | Symphony No. 2 "Hellas" | |
| 1932 | not held | |||
| 1936 | 1st | Werner Egk | GER | Festive
Music for the Olympiad |
| 2nd | Lino Liviabella | ITA | The Victor | |
| 3rd | Jaroslav Kricka | TCH | Mountain Melodies | |
| 1948 | 1st | Zbigniew Turski | POL | Olympic Symphony |
| 2nd | Kalervo Tuukkanen | FIN | Bear Hunt | |
| 3rd | Erling Brene | DEN | Vigour |
Compositions of Songs for Soloist or Choir,
with or Without Instrumental Accompaniment:
| 1936 | 1st | Paul Höffer | GER | Olympic Oath |
| 2nd | Kurt Thomas | GER | Cantata for the 1936 Olympiad | |
| 3rd | Harald Genzmer | GER | The Runner | |
| 1948 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 3rd | Gabriele Bianchi | ITA | Olympic Hymn |
Music - All Kinds:
| 1912 | 1st | Riccardo Barthelemy | ITA | Olympic Triumphal March |
| 2nd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 3rd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 1920 | 1st | Georges Monier | BEL | Olympic |
| 2nd | Oreste Riva | ITA | Olympic Triumphal March | |
| 3rd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 1924 - | 1928 | not held | ||
| 1932 | 1st | no prize was awarded | ||
| 2nd | Josef Suk | TCH | March "Into a New Life" | |
| 3rd | no prize was awarded | |||
| 1936 | event discontinued |
Merit for Aeronautics:
| 1936 | 1st | Hermann Schreiber | SUI | Gliding Flight over the Alps |
Merit for Alpinism:
| 1924 | 1st | Charles Granville Buce | GBR | Mount Everest Expedition of 1922 |
| 1932 | 1st | Toni Schmid + | GER | First Ascension of the |
| Franz Schmid | Matterhorn North Side | |||
| 1936 | 1st | Hettie Dyhrenfurth + | SUI | Himalaya Expedition of |
| Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth | 1930 and 1931 |
| Pl. | Nation | Abbr. | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Totals |
| 1. | Germany | GER | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 2. | Italy | ITA | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 3. | France | FRA | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 4. | Great Britain | GBR | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 5. | United States | USA | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 6. | Switzerland | SUI | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 7. | Austria | AUT | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 8. | Denmark | DEN | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 9. | Poland | POL | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 10. | Belgium | BEL | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 11. | The Netherlands | NED | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 12. | Finland | FIN | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 13. | Sweden | SWE | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14. | Hungary | HUN | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 15. | Luxembourg | LUX | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 16. | Ireland | IRL | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16. | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18. | Canada | CAN | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18. | South Africa | RSA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20. | Japan | JPN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21. | Greece | GRE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22. | Norway | NOR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23. | Monaco | MON | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | 53 | 49 | 151 |