Olympic oaks

While the largest number of oaks were given to German athletes, who won the most medals, many are said^{[according to whom?]} to be planted near the stadium, though no record was kept, and they would be difficult to identify among the many oaks in the vicinity.^{[citation needed]}

The Netherlands has 2 Olympic oaks planted at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.^[1]

• Jack Lovelock's tree is at Timaru Boys' High School.^[2]

• Sohn Kee-chung's tree is at his memorial hall, Malli-dong, Seoul.^{[citation needed]}

• Ivar Johansson's tree is in Folkparken, Norrköping. The tree was first planted in Johansson's private garden, but in 1960 it was donated to the city of Norrköping.^{[citation needed]}

• The sapling presented to Jack Beresford was planted in the grounds of Bedford School.^[3] It was removed many years later when building work was undertaken. The wood was used to make presentation shields for the rowing club.^[4]
• Harold Whitlock's sapling was presented to Hendon School. It was removed due to fungal disease in July 2007.^[5]
• Christopher Boardman's oak was planted in How Hill, Norfolk but was eventually killed by honey fungus. In early 2017 the remaining stump was carved into a sailing boat and Olympic rings.^[6]

• Ken Carpenter was a student at the University of Southern California (USC). His Olympic Oak was planted on the main USC campus where it grows behind Bovard Auditorium.^[7][8]
• Foy Draper's tree was planted near Carpenter's on the USC campus. It died from root rot in 2002.^[9]
• Cornelius Johnson's tree is still standing in the yard of his childhood home in Koreatown, Los Angeles, as of 2025.^[10][11]
• Jesse Owens won four gold medals and received four trees. The fate of two of the saplings is unknown. One tree was planted at James Rhodes High School in Cleveland, Ohio, dying during the winter of 2021-22.^[12][5] Another may have been planted at Ohio State University.^[13]
• Forrest Towns' tree was originally planted outside Sanford Stadium on the University of Georgia campus. During stadium renovations in 1967, the tree was transplanted to another location on campus, but died soon after.^[14]
• John Woodruff (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) was the first African American to win gold in the 1936 Olympics (800 Meters). He brought his oak home to Connellsville and planted it in the northwest corner of the High School Stadium (Campbell Field) in Connellsville where it was still standing as of 2025.^[15]

• Forest swastikas, arboreal relics of Nazi Germany