ATHENS 1896

The Games of the I Summer Olympiad. April 6-15, 1896. Athens, Greece.

14 countries participated.

Athletics Cycling Fencing Gymnastics Shooting Swimming Tennis Weightlifting Wrestling Medal Count

ATHLETICS

100 m

Heat 2

1.Thomas Curtis (USA) (qualified for Final)

2.Alexandros Chalkokondylis (Greece) (qualified for Final)

3.Launceston Elliot (Great Britain)

4.Eugen Schmidt (Denmark)

5.George Marshall (Great Britain)

Final

1.Thomas Burke (USA)

3-4.Alajos Szokolyi (Hungary)

5.Alexandros Chalkokondylis (Greece)

DNS.Thomas Curtis (USA)

400 m

1.Thomas Burke (USA)

800 m: 1.Edwin Flack (Australia)

1500 m: 1.Edwin Flack (Australia)

110 m hurdles

1.Thomas Curtis (USA)

Marathon

1.Spyridon Louis (Greece)

High jump: 1.Ellery Clark (USA)

2-3.Robert Garrett (USA), James Connolly (USA)

Long jump: 1.Ellery Clark (USA)

2.Robert Garrett (USA)

3.James Connolly (USA)

Pole vault

1.William Hoyt (USA)

Triple jump

1.James Connolly (USA)

Shot put

1.Robert Garrett (USA)

Discus throw

1.Robert Garrett (USA)

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CYCLING

Road race

1.Aristidis Konstantinidis (Greece)

Sprint: 1.Paul Masson (France)

3.Leon Flameng (France)

Time trial: 1.Paul Masson (France)

10 km: 1.Paul Masson (France)

2.Leon Flameng (France)

100 km

1.Leon Flameng (France)

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FENCING

Foil

1.Eugene-Henri Gravelotte (France)

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GYMNASTICS

Horizontal bar

1.Hermann Weingartner (Germany)

2.Alfred Flatow (Germany)

Parallel bars

1.Alfred Flatow (Germany)

Pommel horse

2.Hermann Weingartner (Germany)

Unknown.Charles Champaud (Bulgaria)

Rings

1.Ioannis Mitropoulos (Greece)

2.Hermann Weingartner (Germany)

Vault

1.Carl Schuhmann (Germany)

3. Hermann Weingartner (Germany)

Team parallel bars: 1.Germany (Alfred Flatow, Gustav Flatow, Carl Schuhmann, Hermann Weingartner)

3.Ethnikos (Greece) (Ioannis Mitropoulos)

Team horizontal bar: 1.Germany (Alfred Flatow, Gustav Flatow, Carl Schuhmann, Hermann Weingartner)

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SHOOTING

25 m military pistol

2.Sumner Paine (USA)

30 m free pistol

1.Sumner Paine (USA)

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SWIMMING

100 m freestyle

1.Alfred Hajos (Hungary)

1200 m freestyle

1.Alfred Hajos (Hungary)

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TENNIS

Singles

1.John Pius Boland (Great Britain)

Doubles

1.John Pius Boland (Great Britain) / Friedrich Traun (Germany)

3.Edwin Flack / George Robertson (Australia)

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WEIGHTLIFTING

One hand lift

1.Launceston Elliot (Great Britain)

Two hand lift

2.Launceston Elliot (Great Britain)

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WRESTLING

Greco-Roman

1.Carl Schuhmann (Germany)

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MEDAL COUNT

1.USA (11-7-2)

2.GREECE (10-17-19)

3.GERMANY (6-5-2)

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