JEWISH OLYMPIC MEDALISTS
By Dr. George Eisen – published in International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
The following list of Jewish Olympic medalists was compiled by Dr. George Eisen, Executive Director and Associate Vice-President at Nazareth College of Rochester, New York.
Dr. Eisen is the author of many books, studies and articles, including the award-winning Children and Play in the Holocaust, Games Among the Shadows (University of Massachusetts Press, 1988), which has been translated into a multitude of languages; and Sport and Physical Education in Jewish History(Wingate Institute, Israel).
Dr. Eisen compiled the Bibliography of Sport and Leisure in Jewish History and Culture, and was primary consultant to the National Holocaust Museum (Washington, D.C.) special exhibition, The Nazi Olympics/Berlin 1936.
1896 Athens
Gold
Alfred Flatow, Germany
gymnastics, parallel bars
gymnastics, team parallel bars
gymnastics, team horizontal bar
Gustav Felix Flatow, Germany
gymnastics, team parallel bars
gymnastics, team horizontal bar
Alfred Hajos-Guttman, Hungary
swimming, 100-meter freestyle
swimming, 1,500-meter freestyle
Paul Neumann, Austria
swimming, 500-meter freestyle
Silver
Alfred Flatow, Germany
gymnastics, horizontal bar
Otto Herschmann, Austria
swimming, 100-meter freestyle