Date | Image | Name | Nationality | Age | Events | Cause |
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15 Jul 1912 | | Francisco Lázaro | Portugal | 24 | Marathon | Collapsed during the 1912 Olympic marathon due to dehydration and high body temperature. [1] |
18 Aug 1931 | | Eric Krenz | United States | 25 | Discus throw | Drowning. [2] |
15 Apr 1933 | | George Saling | United States | 23 | 110 metres hurdles | Car crash. [3] |
30 Jun 1946 | | Donato Pavesi | Italy | 57 | 10 kilometres walk | Died while racewalking during a race held in his honor. [4] |
15 Sep 1950 | | Jaakko Jouppila | Finland | 27 | Shot put | Murder-suicide of his wife. [5] |
11 Nov 1950 | | Les McKeand | Australia | 26 | Triple jump, javelin throw | Car crash. [6] |
26 Aug 1951 | | Jakob Jutz | Switzerland | 35-36 | Marathon | Suffered heart failure while running the 1951 Swiss Marathon Championships. [7] |
2 Aug 1960 | | Bob Gutowski | United States | 25 | Pole vault | Car accident. [8] |
11 Dec 1962 | | Jorma Valkama | Finland | 34 | Long jump | Car crash. [9] |
9 Jan 1968 | | Kōkichi Tsuburaya | Japan | 27 | Marathon | Suicide. [10] |
23 Nov 1968 | | Aurelio Janet | Cuba | 23 | Javelin throw | Car crash. [11] |
22 Dec 1969 | | Rolf Hoppe | Chile | 24 | Javelin throw | Car accident. [12] |
8 Dec 1971 | | A. K. M. Miraj Uddin | Bangladesh | 23 | Pole vault, long jump, 110 metres hurdles | Disappearance after capture by Pakistani army. [13] |
17 Feb 1973 | | Ezra Burnham | Barbados | 25 | 400 metres | Car accident. [14] |
30 May 1975 | | Steve Prefontaine | United States | 24 | 5000 metres, 10,000 metres, mile | Car accident. [15] |
29 Dec 1976 | | Ivo Van Damme | Belgium | 24 | 800 metres, 1500 metres | Car accident. [16] |
7 Jun 1977 | | Jim Buchanan | Canada | 21 | Long jump | Car accident. [17] |
26 Aug 1977 | | Tadeusz Zieliński | Poland | 31 | 3000 metres steeplechase | Car accident. [18] |
Jul 1981 | | Dele Udo | Nigeria | 24 | 400 metres | Killed by a Nigerian police officer following an argument. [19] |
27 Sep 1981 | | Bronisław Malinowski | Poland | 30 | 3000 metres steeplechase | Car accident. [20] |
12 Nov 1984 | | Christopher Brathwaite | Trinidad and Tobago | 36 | 100 metres, 200 metres | Murdered by a sniper. [21] |
29 May 1990 | | Mohamed Shah Alam | Bangladesh | 27 | 100 metres, 200 metres | Motorcycle accident. [22] |
23 Aug 1990 | | Yutaka Kanai | Japan | 30 | 10,000 metres | Car crash. [23] |
| Tomoyuki Taniguchi [ ja ] | Japan | 29 | Marathon |
1 Sep 1992 | | Desta Asgedom | Ethiopia | 20 | 1500 metres, 800 metres | Struck by a pickup truck, ruled a suicide. [24] |
6 Apr 1993 | | Miguel Ángel Gómez | Spain | 24 | 200 metres | Motorcycle accident. [25] |
29 Mar 1994 | | Paul Spangler | United States | 95 | 1500 metres to Marathon | Masters world record holder died on his daily 7 mile training run [26] |
13 Aug 1994 | | Simon Robert Naali | Tanzania | 28 | Marathon | Died from hit-and-run injuries. [27] |
1 Oct 1994 | | Oluyemi Kayode | Nigeria | 26 | 200 metres | Car crash. [28] |
18 Sep 1995 | | Oleh Tverdokhlib | Ukraine | 25 | 400 metres hurdles | Electric shock |
29 Jul 1996 | | Georgi Dakov | Bulgaria | 28 | High jump | Car accident. [29] |
8 Aug 1998 | | Walter Merlo | Italy | 33 | Long-distance running | Fell from the Corno Stella mountain. [30] |
7 Sep 2000 | | Hyginus Anugo | Nigeria | 22 | 400 metres | Car crash. [31] |
31 Mar 2001 | | Diego García | Spain | 39 | Marathon | Sudden cardiac death during a training run. [32] |
4 Aug 2003 | | Pål Arne Fagernes | Norway | 29 | Javelin throw | Car accident. [33] |
25 Dec 2004 | | Ian Syster | South Africa | 28 | Marathon | Drowning after car accident. [34] |
14 Aug 2004 | | Robert Howard | United States | 28 | Triple jump | Murder-suicide of his wife. [35] |
27 May 2005 | | Piotr Gładki | Poland | 33 | Marathon | Car accident. [36] |
5 Jun 2005 | | Matic Šušteršič | Slovenia | 25 | 60 metres, 100 metres | Car accident along with two other Slovenian athletes, Patrik Cvetan (23) and Nejc Lipnik (17). [37] |
9 Sep 2006 | | Émilie Mondor | Canada | 25 | 5000 metres | Car crash. [38] |
21 Jan 2007 | | Maria Cioncan | Romania | 29 | 1500 metres | Car accident. [39] |
3 Nov 2007 | | Ryan Shay | United States | 28 | Marathon | Collapsed during the U.S. marathon trials for the 2008 Olympics, died due to heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia. [40] |
16 Jun 2008 | | Tom Compernolle | Belgium | 32 | 5000 metres | Car accident. [41] |
29 Aug 2010 | | Dejene Berhanu | Ethiopia | 29 | 5000 metres | Suicide. [42] |
11 Sep 2010 | | Taavi Peetre | Estonia | 27 | Shot put, discus throw | Boat accident. [43] |
15 May 2011 | | Samuel Wanjiru | Kenya | 24 | Marathon | Fall from balcony. [44] |
26 Jun 2012 | | Daniel Batman | Australia | 31 | 200 metres, 400 metres | Car crash. [45] |
5 Dec 2012 | | Yves Niaré | France | 35 | Shot put | Car crash. [46] |
19 Jan 2013 | | Abderrahim Goumri | Morocco | 36 | Marathon | Car crash; died one year into his doping ban. [47] |
10 Jul 2014 | | Peter Mutuku | Kenya | 20 | 3000 metres steeplechase | Car crash. [48] |
28 Jul 2014 | | Torrin Lawrence | United States | 25 | 400 metres | Car crash. [49] |
Oct 2015 | | Yuliya Balykina | Belarus | 31 | 100 metres | Murdered by boyfriend. [50] |
28 Aug 2017 | | David Torrence | Peru | 31 | 1500 metres, 5000 metres | Drowning. [51] |
8 Aug 2018 | | Nicholas Bett | Kenya | 28 | 400 metres hurdles | Car accident. [52] |
19 Aug 2019 | | Margarita Plavunova | Russia | 25 | 100 metres hurdles, 400 metres hurdles | Acute heart failure while jogging. [53] |
7 Jan 2020 | | Kennedy Njiru | Kenya | 32-33 | 3000 metres steeplechase | Car accident. [54] |
4 Feb 2020 | | Abadi Hadis | Ethiopia | 22 | 5000 metres, 10000 metres | Unspecified illness. [55] |
26 Feb 2020 | | Braian Toledo | Argentina | 26 | Javelin throw | Motorcycle crash. [56] |
24 Sep 2020 | | Ondřej Hodboď [ cs ] | Czech Republic | 19 | 3000 metres steeplechase | Suicide. [57] |
8 Nov 2020 | | Clevonte Lodge-Bean | Bermuda | 18 | 400 metres | Car crash. [58] |
22 May 2021 | | Liang Jing | China | 31 | Ultramarathon | Gansu ultramarathon disaster. [59] |
| Huang Guanjun | China | 33-34 |
26 Jun 2021 | | Abdalelah Haroun | Qatar | 24 | 400 metres | Car accident. [60] |
9 Aug 2021 | | Cameron Burrell | United States | 26 | 100 metres, long jump | Suicide. [61] |
13 Oct 2021 | | Agnes Tirop | Kenya | 25 | 10,000 metres, cross country | Stabbing. [62] |
Sep 2021 | | Jason Carty | Great Britain | 51 | 60 metres, 100 metres | Lung cancer. [63] |
22 Oct 2021 | | Álex Quiñónez | Ecuador | 32 | 200 metres, 100 metres | Murdered outside a shopping centre. [64] |
10 Jan 2022 | | Deon Lendore | Trinidad and Tobago | 29 | 400 metres | Car crash. [65] |
16 Apr 2022 | | Damaris Muthee | Bahrain | 28 | 5000 metres, cross country | Murdered. [66] |
24 Apr 2022 | | Kaushalya Madushani | Sri Lanka | 26 | 400 metres hurdles | Suicide. [67] |
23 Jan 2023 | | Edrissa Marong | Gambia | 27 | 800 metres | Unspecified illness. [68] |
23 Apr 2023 | | Tori Bowie | United States | 32 | 100 metres, long jump | Complications of childbirth. [69] |
23 Apr 2023 | | Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei | Kenya | 37 | Marathon | Road accident. [70] |
31 Aug 2023 | | Mbuleli Mathanga | South Africa | 29 | 5000 metres, 10000 metres, Half marathon | Apparent suicide. [71] |
31 Dec 2023 | | Benjamin Kiplagat | Uganda | 34 | 3000 metres steeplechase | Stabbed to death. [72] |
11 Feb 2024 | | Kelvin Kiptum | Kenya | 24 | Marathon | Car accident. [73] |
5 September 2024 | | Rebecca Cheptegei | Uganda | 33 | Marathon | Murdered. [74] |