THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL FOR ARCHITECTURE?

Between 1912 and 1948, Olympic medals were awarded for architecture, music, painting, sculpture, and literature (further divided into the subcategories of dramatic works, lyrical works, and epic poetry). All entries had to be related to the "Olympic ideal" (perhaps something like "The Ballad of Tonya Harding"). 

The Nazi regime exploited these events during the 1936 Olympics by submitting numerous propaganda items and, because of the large number of German judges, scored a significant hoard of medals. 

Most of these entries throughout the years were of mediocre quality at best, as professional artists were reluctant to submit their works in a competition which did not originate in the art world, which had thematic limitations, and in which artists would suffer a loss to their reputations if they did not win a medal. Further, Olympic officials did not really want professionals, as the games were theoretically for amateurs, and the artistic categories were dropped with the 1952 Olympics.

Further, there was no requirement that a medal be awarded at all or that the best competitor would receive gold. As an example, the renowned Czech composer Josef Suk was the sole contestant in the music category in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympiad, yet he was awarded only a silver medal for what the judges apparently thought was an OK but not a great submission. 

Speaking of music, it was not played for the judges. They just reviewed the written score.  

In many cases, the winning items in the artistic categories have been lost in the Stygian bowels of history, and no one even remembers what they were.

For additional information on the fine arts competitions in the Olympics, please read this article in The Atlantic.