Luxembourg at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Luxembourg at the Olympics
IOC code	LUX
NOC	Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee
Website
Medals Ranked 93rd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 3 0 5
Summer appearances
1900 1904–1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1928 1932 1936 1948–1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Luxembourg's National Olympic Committee, the Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee, was founded in 1912 and sent its first team to the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

Only three athletes won medals competing for Luxembourg in the Summer Olympics: weightlifter Joseph Alzin, silver in 1920, and runner Josy Barthel, gold in 1952. In the late 20th-century, it was discovered that runner Michel Théato, whose medal was previously given to France, was actually Luxembourgish. Théato won the gold medal in the men's marathon.

Luxembourg first competed at the Winter Olympic Games in 1928, and has taken part in a total of ten Winter Games. Thus, despite having been one of the earliest countries to take part, Luxembourg has competed in relatively few of the Games. To date, Luxembourg has won a total of two medals: both silver, and won by Marc Girardelli in 1992.

After Luxembourg's first appearance, in St. Moritz, and the country's second appearance, at the 1936 Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Luxembourg did not compete at the Olympics for another five decades. As a low-lying country, whose highest peak (the Kneiff) lies only 560 metres (1,837 ft) above sea level, Luxembourg had little pedigree in most Winter Olympic sports.

However, the naturalisation of Marc Girardelli, an Austrian-born alpine skier, saw Luxembourg return to the Games in 1988. In the following Winter Olympics, in 1992 in Albertville, Girardelli won Luxembourg's first two Winter Olympic medals, scooping silver in both the giant slalom and super-G.

Neither Girardelli, nor Luxembourg, has won another Winter medal since 1992, but the country's return to the Winter world stage has been maintained by the appearance of two ice skaters in subsequent Games: Patrick Schmit in 1998 and Fleur Maxwell in 2006.

Luxembourg qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics with two athletes but did not participate because one did not reach the criteria set by the NOC and the other was injured before the Games.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900 Paris	1	1	0	0	1	14
1904 St. Louis	did not participate
1908 London
1912 Stockholm	21	0	0	0	0	–
1920 Antwerp	26	0	1	0	1	19
1924 Paris	51	0	0	0	0	–
1928 Amsterdam	49	0	0	0	0	–
1932 Los Angeles	did not participate
1936 Berlin	49	0	0	0	0	–
1948 London	47	0	0	0	0	–
1952 Helsinki	44	1	0	0	1	27
1956 Melbourne	11	0	0	0	0	–
1960 Rome	52	0	0	0	0	–
1964 Tokyo	12	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	5	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Munich	11	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Montreal	8	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Moscow	3	0	0	0	0	–
1984 Los Angeles	5	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Seoul	8	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Barcelona	6	0	0	0	0	–
1996 Atlanta	6	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	4	0	0	0	0	–
2004 Athens	10	0	0	0	0	–
2008 Beijing	12	0	0	0	0	–
2012 London	9	0	0	0	0	–
2016 Rio de Janeiro	10	0	0	0	0	–
2020 Tokyo	12	0	0	0	0	–
2024 Paris	14	0	0	0	0	–
2028 Los Angeles	future event
Total		2	1	0	3	96

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1928 St. Moritz	5	0	0	0	0	–
1932 Lake Placid	did not participate
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	4	0	0	0	0	–
1948–1984	did not participate
1988 Calgary	1	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Albertville	1	0	2	0	2	16
1994 Lillehammer	1	0	0	0	0	–
1998 Nagano	1	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	did not participate
2006 Turin	2	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	did not participate
2014 Sochi	1	0	0	0	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang	1	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	2	0	0	0	0	-
2026 Milan/Cortina	future event
Total		0	2	0	2	44

Medals by summer sport

Medals by winter sport

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Michel Théato	1900 Paris	Athletics	Men's marathon
1 Gold	Josy Barthel	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men's 1500m
2 Silver	Alzin, JosephJoseph Alzin	1920 Antwerp	Weightlifting	Men's Heavyweight
2 Silver	Girardelli, MarcMarc Girardelli	1992 Albertville	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G
2 Silver	Girardelli, MarcMarc Girardelli	1992 Albertville	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom

See also

In Spanish: Luxemburgo en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• List of flag bearers for Luxembourg at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Luxembourg
• Luxembourg at the Paralympics