Art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics explained

Art competitions were held as part of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.^[1]

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.^[2]

Medal summary

Architecture	none awarded	Plan for a stadium	Stadium for Monte Carlo
Literature	"Jeux Olympiques"	"Euryale"	"Vers le Dieu d'Olympie"
Literature	"Jeux Olympiques"	"Sword Songs"	"Ode to the Tailteann Games"
Music	none awarded	none awarded	none awarded
Painting	"Corner", "Départ", and "Rugby"	"The Liffey Swim"	"Patineurs"
Sculpture	"Discobole Finlandais"	"Vers l'olympiade"	Boxer
Sculpture	"Discobole Finlandais"	"Vers l'olympiade"	Sports medals

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,^[3] and these totals are not included in the IOC's medal table for the 1924 Games.^[4]

Events summary

Architecture

The following architects took part:^[5]

Rank	Name	Country
1	not awarded
2
3
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC

Literature

The following writers took part:^[6]

Rank	Name	Country
1
2
2
3
3
AC
AC	Miami Belle Louis
AC
AC
AC
AC

Rank	Name	Country
AC	Smart
AC
AC	A. Christory
AC	A. Godinat
AC	A. Schmitt
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC	H. Vincent

Rank	Name	Country
AC
AC	I. Couturier
AC	Jacques Gazeau
AC	J. Ryan
AC	L. Alvar da Silva
AC	L. A. Fernández
AC
AC
AC
AC

Music

The following composers took part:^[7]

Rank	Name	Country
1	not awarded
2	not awarded
3	not awarded
AC	Gerry
AC
AC
AC	J. Richard
AC
AC
AC
AC

Painting

The following painters took part:^[8]

Rank	Name	Country
1
2
3
AC	Therese Elsen
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC	R. G. P. Baron
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC

Rank	Name	Country
AC
AC
AC
AC	R. M. A. Guimbert
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC

Rank	Name	Country
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC		Russia
AC		Russia
AC
AC
AC	R. A. M. Guilmart

Sculpture

The following sculptors took part:^[9]

Rank	Name	Country
1
2
3
3
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC

Rank	Name	Country
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC

Rank	Name	Country
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC	Constant Vez
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC		Russia
AC
AC	F. Kroly
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC

Sources

Book: Les Jeux de la VIII^e Olympiade Paris 1924 - Rapport Officiel . (ed.) M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français . Librairie de France . Paris . fr . 601–612 . 2008-03-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085129/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf. 10 April 2008 . live.
Web site: Olympic Art Competition 1924 Paris . Olympic Games Museum . Wagner, Juergen . 2008-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501121223/http://www.olympic-museum.de/art/1924.htm . 1 May 2008 . dead .
In Search of the Lost Champions of the Olympic Art Contests . Kramer . Bernhard . Journal of Olympic History . 12 . 2 . May 2004 . 29–34 . 2008-03-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20080410082301/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv12n2/johv12n2m.pdf. 10 April 2008 . live.

Notes and References

Web site: Art Competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics . Olympedia . 22 July 2020 . 22 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200722181113/https://www.olympedia.org/games/8/sports/ART . dead .
News: Kurt Kohlstedt: Pentathlon of the Muses . 27 December 2021 . . December 21, 2021.
Web site: Olympic Athletes - Biographies, Medals & More.
Web site: Olympic Games - Organising Committees.
Web site: Art Competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics: Architecture, Open . Olympedia . 22 July 2020.
Web site: Art Competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics: Literature, Open . Olympedia . 22 July 2020.
Web site: Art Competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics: Music, Open . Olympedia . 22 July 2020.
Web site: Art Competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics: Painting, Open . Olympedia . 22 July 2020.
Web site: Art Competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics: Sculpturing, Open . Olympedia . 22 July 2020.