Is there a minimum age for the Olympics? There is no general minimum age. It depends on the sport. Since 1997, gymnastics has introduced the requirement that athletes must be at least 16 years old to participate in the Olympic Games. Children under 16 are still growing. Extreme exercise, such as that required in gymnastics, can cause permanent, physical damage. The age regulation should prevent this. For most winter sports you have to be 15 years old, biathlon has a minimum age of 22 years.

Dimitrios Loundras is listed as the youngest athlete in the list below. He is only the youngest known athlete. In 1900 at the Games of Athens, four boats were qualified for the duel with helmsman for the finals: 3 French and one Dutch boat. The Dutch were considering how to increase their chances against the French. To save weight, they exchanged the helmsman Hermanus Brockmann for a French seven-year-old. He was doing so well that the Dutch boat was Olympic champion. Unfortunately, just after the boat reached the land, the child got out and ran away. Although there are pictures of him, he could never be identified even with the support of the newspapers. Even if he was no longer seven years old, he certainly was not older than nine.

The age is indicated as follows: years (J), months (M) and days (T). Only athletes whose full date of birth is known are listed.

Each athlete will only be led with the first medal won. Athletes of the Intercalated games 1906 are included.