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Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, twelve athletics events were contested.

Contents

100 m, Men

Pos Athlete
1 Tom Burke (USA)
2 Fritz Hofmann (GER)
3 Alajos Szokolyi (HUN)
3 & Francis Lane (USA)

400 m, Men

Pos Athlete
1 Tom Burke (USA)
2 Herbert Jamison (USA)
3 Charles Gmelin (GBR)

800 m, Men

Pos Athlete
1 Teddy Flack (AUS)
2 Nándor Dáni (HUN)
3 Dimitrios Golemis (GRE)

1500 m, Men

Pos Athlete
1 Teddy Flack (AUS)
2 Arthur Blake (USA)
3 Albin Lermusiaux (FRA)

Marathon, Men

Pos Athlete
1 Spiridon Louis (GRE)
2 Kharilaos Vasilakos (GRE)
3 Gyula Kellner (HUN)

110 m hurdles, Men

Pos Athlete
1 Thomas Curtis (USA)
2 Grantley Goulding (GBR)

No other athletes started in the final.

High jump, Men

Pos Athlete
1 Ellery Clark (USA)
2 Robert Garrett (USA)
2 James Connolly (USA)

Pole vault, Men

Pos Athlete
1 Welles Hoyt (USA)
2 Albert Tyler (USA)
3 Evangelos Damaskos (GRE)
3 Ioannis Theodoropoulos (GRE)

Long jump, Men

Pos Athlete
1 Ellery Clark (USA)
2 Robert Garrett (USA)
3 James Connolly (USA)

Triple jump, Men

Pos Athlete
1 James Connolly (USA)
2 Alexandre Tuffèri (FRA)
3 Ioannis Persakis (GRE)

Shot put, Men

Pos Athlete
1 Robert Garrett (USA)
2 Miltiades Gouskos (GRE)
3 Georgios Papsideris (GRE)

Discus throw, Men

Pos Athlete
1 Robert Garrett (USA)
2 Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos (GRE)
3 Sotirios Versis (GRE)


Atletica Olimpiadi 1896

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