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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympiad, twelve athletics events were contested. [1] A total of 25 medals (12 silver for winners, 13 bronze for runner-up, none for third) were awarded. The medals were later denoted as 37 modern medals (12 gold, 13 silver, 12 bronze). [ 2 ]
From 1896 to 1924 (excluding 1912, when no track events were held), the track cycling programme included events at a variety of distances that changed from Games to Games and ranged from the 1 ⁄ 4-mile to the 100 kilometres (and, even longer, the unique 12 hours race in 1896 that saw finishers exceed 300 kilometres).
The 1896 Summer Olympics (Greek: Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896, romanized: Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad (Greek: Αγώνες της 1ης Ολυμπιάδας, romanized: Agónes tis 1is Olympiádas) and commonly known as Athens 1896 (Greek: Αθήνα 1896), were the first international Olympic Games held in ...
Fourteen competitors from the United States competed in three sports at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The Americans were the most successful athletes in terms of gold medals, beating host nation Greece, 11 to 10, despite fielding only 14 competitors compared to an estimated 169 Greek entrants. However, the Greeks' 46 total medals ...
The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at ) Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at ) Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896.
1896 Summer Olympics The 1896 Summer Olympics , the first modern Games, takes place in Athens with 13 nations competing, the most competitors coming from Greece, Germany and France. 16 April — American James Connolly wins the triple jump to become the first Olympic champion in over 1,500 years.
300 metre free rifle, three positions details: Georgios Orphanidis ... List of 1896 Summer Olympics medal winners. 10 languages ...
Carl August Berthold Schuhmann (12 May 1869 – 24 March 1946) was a German athlete who won four Olympic titles in gymnastics and wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, becoming the most successful athlete at the inaugural Olympics of the modern era. [1] [2] [3] He also competed in weightlifting. [4]