Art competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Art competitions were held as part of the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the first time that art competitions were part of the Olympic program. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.

Art competitions were part of the Olympic program from 1912 to 1948, but were discontinued due to concerns about amateurism and professionalism. Since 1952, a non-competitive art and cultural festival has been associated with each Games.

Medal summary

Category Gold Silver Bronze
Architecture  Eugène-Edouard Monod and Alphonse Laverrière (SUI)
Building plan of a modern stadium		 none awarded none awarded
Literature  Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin[1] (FRA)
"Ode to Sport"		 none awarded none awarded
Music  Riccardo Barthelemy (ITA)
"Olympic Triumphal March"		 none awarded none awarded
Painting  Giovanni Pellegrini (ITA)
Three connected friezes representing "Winter Sports"		 none awarded none awarded
Sculpture  Walter Winans (USA)
Bronze statuette "An American trotter"		  Georges Dubois (FRA)
Model of the entrance to a modern stadium		 none awarded
  1. ↑ de Coubertin's entry was submitted by the pseudonym of "Georges Hohrod" and "Martin Eschbach" from Germany.

Medal table

At the time, medals were awarded to these artists, but art competitions are no longer regarded as official Olympic events by the International Olympic Committee. These events do not appear in the IOC medal database, and these totals are not included in the IOC's medal table for the 1912 Games.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)2002
2 France (FRA)1102
3  Switzerland (SUI)1001
 United States (USA)1001
Totals (4 nations)5106


References

  • (ed). Bergvall, Erik (December 1913). The Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 Official Report (PDF). Stockholm: Wahlström and Widstrand. pp. 806–811. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  • Wagner, Juergen. "Olympic Art Competition 1912". Olympic Games Museum. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  • Kramer, Bernhard (May 2004). "In Search of the Lost Champions of the Olympic Art Contests" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History. 12 (2): 29–34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  • "Stockholm 1912: Did you know?". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
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