A total of 143 Olympians are known to have been killed during World War I.[1][2]A
See also
editNotes
editA.^ This includes Hermann von Bönninghausen and Paul Berger, who both died following the war of complications from their war injuries.[1][144]
B.^ The country the individual competed for at the time.
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