110 deaths on this day in history.
| Date of death | Athlete | NOC(s) | Sport(s) | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 December 1914 | Antoine Rue |  FRA |
FEN | 1900 |
| 26 December 1915 | Philipp Ernst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst |  GER |
1895—1896 | |
| 26 December 1917 | Gaston Alibert | FRA |
FEN | 1900—1908 |
| 26 December 1917 | Giuseppe Caimi |  ITA |
FBL | 1912 |
| 26 December 1924 | Étienne Phélippon | FRA |
FEN | 1900 |
| 26 December 1932 | Vladimír Vávra |  CZE TCH |
WRE | 1928 |
| 26 December 1933 | Lightfoot |  CAN |
LAX | 1904 |
| 26 December 1939 | Aatami Tanttu |  FIN |
WRE | 1912 |
| 26 December 1941 | Gösta von Hennigs |  SWE |
PNT | 1932 |
| 26 December 1944 | Alex Villaplane | FRA |
FBL | 1928 |
| 26 December 1946 | Franjo Bučar |  YUG |
1919—1946 | |
| 26 December 1947 | Elias Katz | FIN |
ATH | 1924 |
| 26 December 1949 | Frank Kehoe |  USA |
DIV/SWM/WPO | 1904 |
| 26 December 1957 | Michael O'Connor |  IRL |
SWM/WPO | 1924—1928 |
| 26 December 1958 | Oscar Eriksson | SWE |
SHO | 1920 |
| 26 December 1958 | Irving Labeaume | USA |
ATH | 1904 |
| 26 December 1964 | Johnny Helgesen |  NOR |
FBL | 1920 |
| 26 December 1965 | Daniël Bouckaert |  BEL |
EVL | 1920 |
| 26 December 1965 | John Cregan | USA |
ATH | 1900 |
| 26 December 1965 | Thomas Warner |  GBR |
BOB | 1928 |
| 26 December 1966 | Christopher Dahl | NOR |
SAL | 1924 |
| 26 December 1966 | Pieter Roelofsen |  NED |
ROW | 1932 |
| 26 December 1969 | Gunnar Söderlindh | SWE |
GAR | 1920 |
| 26 December 1970 | Lillian Board | GBR |
ATH | 1968 |
| 26 December 1970 | Menotti Jakobsson | SWE |
NCB/SJP | 1924 |
| 26 December 1972 | Gra Rueb | NED |
SKL | 1928 |
| 26 December 1974 | Frank Hussey | USA |
ATH | 1924 |
| 26 December 1974 | Armand Marcelle | FRA |
ROW | 1928 |
| 26 December 1974 | József Marton |  HUN |
ATH | 1928 |
| 26 December 1974 | Salustiano de Olozaga |  CUB |
FEN | 1924 |
| 26 December 1974 | Knudåge Riisager |  DEN |
MUS | 1928 |
| 26 December 1974 | Robert Sanders | USA |
MUS | 1936 |
| 26 December 1974 | Oskar Schmidt |  SUI |
IHO | 1936 |
| 26 December 1975 | Pierre Hentges |  LUX |
GAR | 1912—1968 |
| 26 December 1976 | Hugo Daini | ITA |
SKL | 1948 |
| 26 December 1976 | Gottfried Hermann |  AUT |
GAR | 1936—1948 |
| 26 December 1979 | Volmer Otzen | DEN |
DIV | 1924 |
| 26 December 1979 | Vladimir Safronov |  RUS URS |
BOX | 1956 |
| 26 December 1979 | John Savidge | GBR |
ATH | 1952 |
| 26 December 1980 | Edward Ajado |  NGR |
ATH | 1952—1956 |
| 26 December 1981 | Robert Laisné | FRA |
PNT | 1928 |
| 26 December 1981 | Irene Mullen | CAN |
SWM | 1932 |
| 26 December 1982 | Bill Adam | GBR |
ATT/LIT/MUS/PNT/SKL | 1948 |
| 26 December 1983 | Rudolf Andreassen | NOR |
BOX | 1936 |
| 26 December 1983 | Honoré Chevrier | CAN |
BOX | 1928 |
| 26 December 1984 | Lloyd Johnson | GBR |
ATH | 1936—1948 |
| 26 December 1984 | John Sittig | USA |
ATH | 1928 |
| 26 December 1985 | Paul Austin | USA |
ROW | 1936 |
| 26 December 1985 | Špiro Grubišić |  CROYUG |
ROW | 1936 |
| 26 December 1986 | Carlo Dani | ITA |
FBL | 1928 |
| 26 December 1986 | Håkon Gundersen | NOR |
FBL | 1936 |
| 26 December 1986 | Niilo Orama | FIN |
SAL | 1948 |
| 26 December 1987 | Rade Sunara | CROYUG |
ROW | 1936 |
| 26 December 1988 | Franco Ciampitti | ITA |
LIT | 1936 |
| 26 December 1989 | William Wyatt | GBR |
WLF | 1924 |
| 26 December 1990 | Nicholas André |  RSA |
BOX | 1956 |
| 26 December 1990 | Gert Schuster | GER FRG |
FBL | 1952 |
| 26 December 1991 | Tom Neumeier | NED |
ROW | 1948 |
| 26 December 1992 | Ted Howard-Vyse | GBR |
EVE | 1936 |
| 26 December 1993 | René Fonjallaz | SUI |
BOB | 1928—1932 |
| 26 December 1993 | Erkki Savolainen | FIN |
BOX | 1936 |
| 26 December 1993 | Nikolay Seryy | URS |
GAR | 1952 |
| 26 December 1994 | Hannes Koch |  GDRGER |
ATH | 1960 |
| 26 December 1994 | Paul de Lavallaz | SUI |
FBL | 1928 |
| 26 December 1994 | Edwin Wedge | USA |
SSK | 1932 |
| 26 December 1996 | Olle Tandberg | SWE |
BOX | 1936 |
| 26 December 1997 | Rajmund Badó | HUN |
WRE | 1924—1928 |
| 26 December 1999 | Lance Pugh | CAN |
CRD/CTR | 1948 |
| 26 December 1999 | Rajaratnam Selvanayagam |  MAL |
HOC | 1956 |
| 26 December 2000 | Guy-Pierre Volpert | FRA |
IHO | 1936 |
| 26 December 2002 | Lou Laurie | USA |
BOX | 1936 |
| 26 December 2002 | Ilrey Oliver |  JAM |
ATH | 1984 |
| 26 December 2002 | Heinz Raack | GER |
HOC | 1936 |
| 26 December 2003 | Joanna de Tuscan | USA |
FEN | 1936 |
| 26 December 2003 | Alain-François Lehoerff | FRA |
SAL | 1964 |
| 26 December 2003 | Poul Otto | DEN |
ATH | 1936 |
| 26 December 2004 | Don Nygord | USA |
SHO | 1984—1988 |
| 26 December 2005 | Mikuláš Athanasov | TCH SVK |
WRE | 1952 |
| 26 December 2005 | John Cooke | USA |
ROW | 1956 |
| 26 December 2005 | Yury Ilyasov | RUSURS |
ATH | 1952 |
| 26 December 2005 | Vyacheslav Platonov | RUSURS EUN |
VVO | 1980—1992 |
| 26 December 2006 | Ivar Formo | NOR |
CCS | 1972—1976 |
| 26 December 2007 | Jekabs Vilsons |  LAT |
CRD | 1936 |
| 26 December 2008 | Jaroslav Fikejz | CZETCH |
ATH | 1948 |
| 26 December 2008 | Eberhard Kneisl | AUT |
ALP | 1948 |
| 26 December 2008 | Amos Matteucci | ITA |
ATH | 1952 |
| 26 December 2009 | Ernesto Hartkopf |  ARG |
EJP | 1960 |
| 26 December 2009 | Peder Lunde, Sr. | NOR |
SAL | 1952—1956 |
| 26 December 2009 | Feodosy Vanin | RUSURS |
ATH | 1952 |
| 26 December 2011 | Raymundo dos Santos |  BRA |
BKB | 1952 |
| 26 December 2012 | Hugh Lambie |  AUS |
ROW | 1948 |
| 26 December 2012 | Garibaldo Nizzola | ITA |
WRE | 1948—1960 |
| 26 December 2013 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | ARG |
ATH | 1948—1952 |
| 26 December 2013 | Phil Rochow | AUS |
ARF | 1956 |
| 26 December 2014 | Lars-Erik Gustafsson | SWE |
ATH | 1964 |
| 26 December 2016 | Madeleine Front | FRA |
ALP | 1956 |
| 26 December 2016 | József Katona | HUN |
SWM | 1960—1964 |
| 26 December 2016 | Antonio Martínez |  PHI |
BKB | 1952 |
| 26 December 2016 | Fernando Rojas |  MEX |
BKB | 1948—1952 |
| 26 December 2017 | Gerd Cintl | GERFRG |
ROW | 1960 |
| 26 December 2019 | Ángel Pontarolo | ARG |
ROW | 1960 |
| 26 December 2021 | Javier Cáceres |  PER |
SHO | 1964 |
| 26 December 2021 | Desmond Tutu | RSA |
2002 | |
| 26 December 2021 | Barclay Wade | AUS |
ROW | 1964 |
| 26 December 2023 | Robert Maldegen | USA |
WRE | 1948 |
| 26 December 2023 | Lesley McNaught-Mändli | SUI |
EJP | 1992—2000 |
| 26 December 2023 | Wolfgang Schäuble | GER |
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| 26 December 2024 | Yoshitaka Egawa |  JPN |
BKB | 1964 |
| 26 December 2024 | Janet Wanja |  KEN |
VVO | 2004 |
| 26 December 2025 | Bob Gaudreau, Sr. | USA |
IHO | 1968 |
