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The host NOC, Germany, received a total of 101 medals (38 of them gold), [4] the most of any nation and a record for a united German team, although East Germany broke that record in 1976, 1980 and 1988.
Gold Silver Bronze 60 kg details: Anthony Terlazzo United States: Saleh Soliman Egypt: Ibrahim Shams Egypt: 67.5 kg details: Robert Fein Austria: none awarded (as there was a tie for gold) Karl Jansen Germany: Anwar Mesbah Egypt: 75 kg details: Khadr El Touni Egypt: Rudolf Ismayr Germany: Adolf Wagner Germany: 82.5 kg details: Louis Hostin ...
Jesse Owens of the United States won four gold medals in the sprint and long jump events, and became the most successful athlete to compete in Berlin, while Germany was the most successful country overall with 101 medals (38 of them gold); the United States placed a distant second with 57 medals. [9]
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games. The IOC ...
Alfred Fitch – Won 1 silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay. Cornelius Johnson – Won 1 gold medal in the high jump. Dave Albritton – Won 1 silver medal in the high jump. Delos Thurber – Won 1 bronze medal in the high jump. Earle Meadows – Won 1 gold medal in the pole vault. Ken Carpenter – Won 1 gold medal in the discus.
They were made by the Paris Mint, which also made the medals for the 1900 Olympic Games, hosted by Paris. This started the tradition of giving the responsibility of minting the medals to the host city. For the next few Olympiads, the host city also chose the medal design. Until 1912 the gold medals were made of solid gold. [23]
According to Guinness World Records, there was no such thing in 1896. In fact, the first gold medals were awarded at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis. Before that, gold was considered too ...
Gold medals Date Athlete Nation Sport Record gold-medal event Earlier gold-medal events Gender 1 [1] 1896-04-06: James Connolly United States: Athletics: Triple jump — M Robert Garrett United States: Athletics: Discus: M 1896-04-07 Ellery Clark United States: Athletics: Long jump: M Thomas Burke United States: Athletics: 400 metres: M 2 [1 ...