147 deaths on this day in history.
| Date of death | Athlete | NOC(s) | Sport(s) | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 December 1919 | Henri Fournier |  FRA |
MCS | 1900 |
| 18 December 1927 | Harry Barrett |  GBR |
ATH | 1908—1912 |
| 18 December 1933 | Clark Hinman |  USA |
USF | 1904 |
| 18 December 1934 | Robin Dalglish | GBR |
FEN | 1920—1924 |
| 18 December 1936 | Hans Leutelt |  CZE TCH |
CRD | 1936 |
| 18 December 1936 | Ewald Persson |  SWE |
WRE | 1912 |
| 18 December 1936 | Nicolaas van der Waay |  NED |
PNT | 1928 |
| 18 December 1937 | Chris Jones | GBR |
WPO | 1920 |
| 18 December 1939 | Izuo Anno |  JPN |
ATH | 1932 |
| 18 December 1939 | Bruno Liljefors | SWE |
PNT | 1932 |
| 18 December 1939 | Soesoe van Oostrom Soede | NED |
WPO | 1936 |
| 18 December 1939 | Heinrich Rienössl |  AUT |
LIT | 1936 |
| 18 December 1940 | Gé Bohlander | NED |
WPO | 1920—1924 |
| 18 December 1940 | Haralds Hāne |  LAT RUS |
ATH | 1912 |
| 18 December 1941 | Wilhelm Rietschel |  GER |
SKL | 1936 |
| 18 December 1943 | Viktor Flessl | AUT |
ROW | 1928 |
| 18 December 1944 | Alexander Cudmore | USA |
FBL | 1904 |
| 18 December 1945 | Tommy Hammond | GBR |
ATH | 1908—1912 |
| 18 December 1948 | Charles Bennett | GBR |
ATH | 1900 |
| 18 December 1948 | Pierre Gaudermen | FRA |
SAL | 1936 |
| 18 December 1950 | Melchior, Marquis de Polignac | FRA |
ATT/LIT/MUS/SKL | 1914—1952 |
| 18 December 1951 | Reynolds Beal | USA |
PNT | 1932 |
| 18 December 1951 | Johan Bergman | SWE |
SWM | 1896 |
| 18 December 1951 | Arthur Olsen |  NOR |
BOX | 1920 |
| 18 December 1952 | Charles Guiette |  BEL |
HOC | 1920 |
| 18 December 1952 | Vilhelm Gylche |  DEN |
ATH | 1912 |
| 18 December 1952 | Charles Kuhn |  SUI |
EJP | 1928 |
| 18 December 1952 | Branimir Porobić |  SRB YUG |
FBL | 1920 |
| 18 December 1956 | Alphonse Thomann | FRA |
CTR | 1900 |
| 18 December 1957 | Harry Castlen | USA |
ATH | 1904 |
| 18 December 1957 | Max Nauta | NED |
PNT | 1924 |
| 18 December 1957 | Jan Plaček | CZETCH |
FBL | 1920 |
| 18 December 1957 | Thomas Refsum | NOR |
SHO | 1912 |
| 18 December 1958 | Hans Bredmose | DEN |
GAR | 1908 |
| 18 December 1958 | Oscar Ohlson-Tillmark | SWE |
EVE | 1928 |
| 18 December 1958 | Roberto Rospigliosi |  PER |
BKB | 1936 |
| 18 December 1958 | Harvey Wood | GBR |
HOC | 1908 |
| 18 December 1960 | Trygve Schjøtt | NOR |
SAL | 1920 |
| 18 December 1961 | Janne Dahl | SWE |
ATH | 1912 |
| 18 December 1965 | Walter Birch | GBR |
BOB | 1928 |
| 18 December 1965 | Ture Wersäll | SWE |
TOW | 1906 |
| 18 December 1966 | Robin Lavine |  RSA |
SHO | 1956 |
| 18 December 1967 | Hendrik Verheijen | NED |
WLF | 1928 |
| 18 December 1969 | Charles Dvorak | USA |
ATH | 1900—1904 |
| 18 December 1969 | Sergey Yuryevich | RUS |
SKL | 1924 |
| 18 December 1970 | Rudolf Jehle |  LIE |
SHO | 1936 |
| 18 December 1971 | Vladeta Ristić | SRBYUG |
ROW | 1948 |
| 18 December 1972 | Fermín Uriarte |  URU |
FBL | 1924 |
| 18 December 1973 | Pentti Taskinen |  FIN |
BTH | 1960 |
| 18 December 1974 | Edmond Luguet | FRA |
CRD/CTR | 1906 |
| 18 December 1975 | George Fissler | USA |
SWM | 1932 |
| 18 December 1975 | Toivo Hörkkö | FIN |
CRD | 1924 |
| 18 December 1975 | Gottfrid Lindgren | SWE |
WRE | 1920 |
| 18 December 1975 | Ted Wachtmeister | SWE |
ROW | 1912 |
| 18 December 1976 | Sergio Méndez |  ESA |
FBL | 1968 |
| 18 December 1977 | Hans Brenner | SUI |
SWM | 1936 |
| 18 December 1979 | Max Foltynski |  AHO |
FBL | 1928 |
| 18 December 1979 | Arturo Mas |  ESP |
SAL | 1924 |
| 18 December 1981 | Juan Miles |  ARG |
POL | 1924 |
| 18 December 1982 | Lennart Christensen | DEN |
SHO | 1972 |
| 18 December 1982 | Bernard Malivoir | FRA |
ROW | 1952 |
| 18 December 1984 | Valerijonas Balčiūnas |  LTU |
FBL | 1924 |
| 18 December 1984 | Émile Finsterwald | SUI |
FSK | 1948—1960 |
| 18 December 1984 | Puck van Heel | NED |
FBL | 1928 |
| 18 December 1985 | Miroslav Bartůšek | CZETCH |
SWM | 1948 |
| 18 December 1985 | Josef Klapuch | CZETCH |
WRE | 1936 |
| 18 December 1985 | Jef Lowagie | BEL |
CRD | 1928—1936 |
| 18 December 1986 | Ulrico Girardi |  ITA |
BOB | 1956 |
| 18 December 1986 | Jules Migeot | BEL |
ATH | 1920—1924 |
| 18 December 1987 | Leslie Harley |  AUS |
BOX | 1936 |
| 18 December 1988 | Ottó Boros |  HUN |
WPO | 1956—1964 |
| 18 December 1988 | José González |  MEX |
EVE | 1964 |
| 18 December 1988 | Fritz Schaumburg | GER |
ATH | 1936 |
| 18 December 1988 | Paul Sievert | GER |
ATH | 1932 |
| 18 December 1989 | Enar Josefsson | SWE |
CCS | 1952 |
| 18 December 1989 | Jack Kilpatrick | GBR |
IHO | 1936 |
| 18 December 1989 | Boyty Staudt |  LUX |
SWM/WPO | 1928—1936 |
| 18 December 1989 | Jean Strauss | LUX |
CSP | 1936 |
| 18 December 1989 | Giuseppe Volpi | ITA |
SAL | 1936 |
| 18 December 1992 | Howard Cann | USA |
ATH | 1920 |
| 18 December 1993 | Carl Malling | DEN |
HOC | 1928—1936 |
| 18 December 1993 | Guy Sabrou | FRA |
ATT | 1948 |
| 18 December 1993 | Ferdinando Smerghetto | ITA |
ROW | 1952 |
| 18 December 1994 | Bruno Parovel | ITA |
ROW | 1932 |
| 18 December 1995 | Yelena Miroshina | RUS URS EUN |
DIV | 1988—1992 |
| 18 December 1995 | António Roquete |  POR |
FBL | 1928 |
| 18 December 1995 | Kálmán Sóvári | HUN |
WRE | 1936—1952 |
| 18 December 1996 | József Mácsár | HUN |
ATH | 1964 |
| 18 December 1997 | Lennart Andersson | SWE |
ATH | 1936 |
| 18 December 1998 | Åke Jönsson | SWE |
FBL | 1952 |
| 18 December 1998 | Ingar Nordlund | NOR |
SSK | 1952 |
| 18 December 1999 | Jan Bouwman | NED |
SWM | 1960 |
| 18 December 1999 | Armenak Yaltyryan |  ARMURS |
WRE | 1952 |
| 18 December 2000 | Pedro Consuegra | ARG |
WPO | 1960 |
| 18 December 2000 | José D'Andrea | ARG |
FEN | 1948—1952 |
| 18 December 2000 | Lajos Dunai | HUN |
FBL | 1968 |
| 18 December 2001 | Kira Ivanova | RUSURS |
FSK | 1980—1988 |
| 18 December 2001 | Fyodor Shutkov | RUSURS |
SAL | 1952—1968 |
| 18 December 2002 | Mahmoud Fayad |  EGY |
WLF | 1948 |
| 18 December 2002 | Antoine Shousha | EGY |
SHO | 1952 |
| 18 December 2003 | Ergilio Hato | AHO |
FBL | 1952 |
| 18 December 2003 | Dick Wahlstrom | USA |
ROW | 1952 |
| 18 December 2004 | Marcel Pasche | SUI |
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| 18 December 2005 | Bill Coulthard |  CAN |
BKB | 1952 |
| 18 December 2005 | Belita Jepson-Turner | GBR |
FSK | 1936 |
| 18 December 2005 | Frederick Owusu |  GHA |
ATH | 1960—1984 |
| 18 December 2006 | René Bonich |  CUB |
ATH | 1932 |
| 18 December 2007 | Carl Graff-Wang | NOR |
HBL | 1972 |
| 18 December 2007 | John Güttke | SWE |
BTH | 1964 |
| 18 December 2007 | Archie Slaten | USA |
BOX | 1952 |
| 18 December 2008 | Salah Sha'rawi | EGY |
WPO | 1948—1952 |
| 18 December 2009 | Marc Deuquet | FRA |
EJP | 1972 |
| 18 December 2009 | Del Saint John | AUT |
IHO | 1964—1968 |
| 18 December 2011 | Marijan Žužej |  CROYUG |
WPO | 1956—1960 |
| 18 December 2012 | Branko Kralj | CROYUG |
FBL | 1952 |
| 18 December 2013 | Harry Boland |  IRL |
BKB | 1948 |
| 18 December 2013 | Gilberto Gramellini | ITA |
WRE | 1960 |
| 18 December 2013 | Konstantin Melgunov | RUSURS |
SAL | 1952—1968 |
| 18 December 2014 | Ginny Baxter | USA |
FSK | 1952 |
| 18 December 2014 | John Beedell | CAN |
CSP | 1960 |
| 18 December 2014 | Ante Žanetić | CROYUG |
FBL | 1960 |
| 18 December 2015 | Martin Jære | NOR |
CCS | 1948 |
| 18 December 2015 | Donato Rivas | URU |
BKB | 1984 |
| 18 December 2015 | Umberto Trippa | ITA |
WRE | 1952—1960 |
| 18 December 2016 | Sata Isobe | JPN |
VVO | 1964 |
| 18 December 2016 | Margit Tóth | HUN |
GAR | 1976 |
| 18 December 2016 | Heinz Ulzheimer | GER FRG |
ATH | 1952 |
| 18 December 2016 | Joan Upton | GBR |
ATH | 1948 |
| 18 December 2017 | Manuel Roa |  CHI |
FBL | 1952 |
| 18 December 2017 | Hannelore Weygand | GERFRG |
EDR | 1956 |
| 18 December 2018 | Shinobu Sekine | JPN |
JUD | 1972 |
| 18 December 2018 | Bill Slater | GBR |
FBL | 1952 |
| 18 December 2018 | Raimo Vartia | FIN |
BKB | 1964 |
| 18 December 2019 | Abdullah Khodabandeh |  IRI |
WRE | 1964 |
| 18 December 2019 | Jagdev Singh Rai |  IND |
HOC | 1992 |
| 18 December 2020 | Charlie Brooker | CAN |
IHO | 1956 |
| 18 December 2021 | Rolf Bastel |  GDR |
WPO | 1968 |
| 18 December 2021 | Ladislav Falta | CZETCH |
SHO | 1964—1972 |
| 18 December 2023 | Norman Arthur | GBR |
EVE | 1960 |
| 18 December 2023 | David Maxwell | GBR |
ROW | 1972—1976 |
| 18 December 2024 | Patrick, Baron Connolly-Carew | IRL |
EJP/EVE | 1972—1996 |
| 18 December 2024 | Vladimir Dorokhov | RUSURS |
VVO | 1976—1980 |
| 18 December 2024 | Sergey Olizarenko | URS UKR |
ATH | 1980 |
| 18 December 2024 | Klaus Wolfermann | FRG |
ATH | 1968—1972 |
| 18 December 2025 | František Bočko | TCH SVK |
GAR | 1968—1992 |
| 18 December 2025 | Stanislav Moskvin | RUSURS |
CTR | 1960—1968 |
| 18 December 2025 | Miroslav Vondřička | TCH |
BKB | 1992 |
