| Athlete |
Nation(s) |
Sport(s) |
Role(s) |
Era |
Notes |
| Dirkie Binneman |
 RSA |
CRD |
Olympics |
1948 |
Drowned. |
| Henri Bouckaert |
 FRA |
ROW |
Olympics |
1900 |
Died in boat accident, when passenger ship Texas drowned in Gulf of Izmir. |
| Jul Braathe |
 NOR |
SHO |
Olympics / 1906 |
1906—1912 |
Drowned. |
| Don Cobley |
 GBR |
MPN |
Olympics |
1956—1960 |
Drowned while on holiday at his daughter's home in New Zealand. |
| Heinrich de Fries |
 GER |
ART |
Olympics |
1928 |
Drowned in Lake Glindow. |
| Félix Escobar |
 ARG |
ATH |
Olympics |
1924 |
According to his death certificate he died from asphyxiation by drowning, but further details not known. |
| Ivar Formo |
NOR |
CCS |
Olympics |
1972—1976 |
Drowned on a skating trip on Store Sandungen lake. |
| Hubert Gad |
 POL |
FBL |
Olympics |
1936 |
Drowned. |
| Jarl Hulldén |
 FIN |
SAL |
Olympics |
1912 |
Drowned while birding in the Inkoo archipelago and body disappeared in the Baltic Sea. |
| Art Hussey |
 USA |
GLF |
Olympics |
1904 |
Drowned on Trinity River, California, while crossing the river on boat in Taylor's Flat, the gold mining village, but now a ghost town. |
| Sayed Jaffar |
 IND |
HOC |
Olympics |
1932—1936 |
Was caught in seaweed and drowned when trying to retrieve a downed duck. |
| Kim Yeong-Sin |
 KOR |
BBL |
Non-Medal |
1984 |
Drowned. |
| Eric Krenz |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1928 |
Drowned in a boating accident. |
| Oskari Kumpu |
FIN |
WRE |
Olympics |
1912 |
Drowned swimming in Olonka river. |
| Ragnvald Maseng |
NOR |
SHO |
Olympics |
1912 |
Drowned when trying to cross the river Bjoreia at Hardangervidda. |
| Stefan Maurer |
 SUI |
CRD |
Olympics |
1984 |
Died in a diving accident. Found after having been missing for 10 days |
| Freddie McEvoy |
GBR |
BOB |
Olympics / Opening Flagbearer |
1936 |
Died trying to save his wife from drowning in a boating accident. |
| Hjalmar Mellander |
 SWE |
ATH |
1906 |
1906 |
Died while trying to rescue a person from drowning. |
| Alex Pullin |
 AUS |
SBD |
Olympics / Opening Flagbearer |
2010—2018 |
Drowned in a spearfishing accident. |
| Hans Schönrath |
GER |
BOX |
Olympics |
1928 |
Drowned when hospital ship "DS General von Steuben" was sunk. |
| Rich Weiss |
USA |
CSL |
Olympics |
1992—1996 |
Died in a drowning accident. |
| Jorge White |
 CRC |
FBL |
Olympics |
1980 |
Drowned at the mouth of Vizcaya River. |