Wiki143:Today's featured article/August 26, 2004

Alfréd Hajós is one of only two Olympians to have won medals in both sport and art competitions

Art competitions were held from 1912 to 1948 at the Olympic Games. The competitions were an idea of Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Movement. Medals were awarded in five areas: architecture, literature, music, painting and sculpture, to works of art inspired by sport. The art competitions were abandoned in 1954 because artists were contended to be professionals, while Olympic athletes were required to be amateurs. Since 1956, the Olympic cultural programme has taken the place of the art competitions. (more...)

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