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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, twelve athletics events were contested. All of the events except the marathon were held in the Panathinaiko Stadium, which was also the finish for the marathon. Events were held on 6 April, 7 April, 9 April, and 10 April 1896 (all dates are according to the Gregorian calendar). 63 athletes, all men, from nine nations competed. This made athletics the most international of the nine sports at the 1896 Games. - Created by User:Jeronimo File links The following pages link to this file: 1896 Summer Olympics Panathinaiko Stadium Categories: Free use images ... - Created by User:Jeronimo File links The following pages link to this file: 1896 Summer Olympics Panathinaiko Stadium Categories: Free use images ... The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. ... Typical outdoor red rubber track For the American League baseball team based in Oakland, California see Oakland Athletics. ... Modern day marathon runners The word marathon refers to a long-distance road running event of 42. ... The Panathinaiko Stadium Archery matches in progress at the Panathinaiko Stadium during the 2004 Athens Olympics Panathinaiko Stadium (also known as the Kallimarmaron, i. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The American team of 10, which featured only one national champion, was dominant, taking 9 of the 12 titles. No world records were set, as few international top competitors had turned up. In addition, the curves of the track were very tight, making fast times in the running events virtually impossible. A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. ...

The heats of the 100 metres were the first Olympic event to be conducted, and the winner of the first heat, Francis Lane, can thus be considered the first Olympic winner. The first Olympic champion was crowned in the triple jump, Harvard student James Connolly. Connolly also did well in the other jumping events, placing second in the high jump and third in the long jump. Francis Lane was an American athlete. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, skip and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... For the Irish labor leader, see James Connolly (nationalist) James Brendan Bennet Connolly (October 28, 1868 â€“ January 20, 1957) was an American athlete and author. ... Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... Long jumper at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ...

Many other athletes were versatile as well. Tom Burke won both the 100 metres and 400 metres, a feat not since repeated, while London-based Australian Teddy Flack won the 800 and 1500 metres races. Robert Garrett, a Princeton student, won two first and two second places. His first title was in the discus throw, an event originating from the Ancient Olympics, but never before held at an international event. Garrett had attempted to train for the event with a 10 kilogram replica of a discus, but had given up as it was too heavy. When he learned the actual competition discus weighed only 2 kilograms, he entered the event after all, and won it, to the dismay of the Greek public, who considered their throwers "unbeatable". Thomas Edward Burke (January 15, 1875 â€“ February 14, 1929) was an American athlete. ... The metre, or meter, is a measure of length, approximately equal to 3. ... Teddy Flack Edwin Harold Teddy Flack (November 5, 1873 â€“ January 10, 1935) was an Australian athlete. ... Robert S. Garrett (born May 24, 1875 in Baltimore County, Maryland; died April 25, 1951) was an American athlete. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located on an extensive campus mostly in the Borough of Princeton and partly in the Princeton Township in New Jersey, United States. ... Statue of discus thrower in Botanic Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark Alternate meaning: Discus fish The discus throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event. ...

A second event held for the first time in international competition was the marathon foot race. It was conceived by Michel Bréal, a friend of De Coubertin, based on the legend of Pheidippides. This Athenian soldier first completed a two-day run to seek Spartan help against the invading Persians in the Battle of Marathon, and then ran from the town of Marathon to Athens days later to announce the victory, dying as a result of his heroic efforts. The race started in Marathon, and ran for 40 kilometres over dusty roads to Athens. The Greek public, disappointed as there had not yet been a Greek victor in athletics, was overjoyed when it was announced during the race that a Greek runner had taken the lead. When Spiridon Louis, a water carrier from Maroussi, arrived in the stadium he was accompanied by the Greek princes on his final lap. Louis would never again compete in a race, but his victory made him a national hero. Michel Jules Alfred BrÃ©al (March 26, 1832 - 1915), French philologist, was born at Landau in Rhenish Bavaria, of French parents. ... Pheidippides (Greek: Φειδιππιδης, sometimes given as Phidippides or Philippides), hero of Ancient Greece, is the central figure in a myth which was the inspiration for the modern sporting event, the marathon. ... Combatants Athens and Plataea Persia Commanders Miltiades, Callimachusâ€ Darius I of Persia, Artaphernes Strength About 10,000 Athenians and 1,000 Plataeans 20,000-60,000 by modern estimates 1 Casualties 192 Athenians and 11 Plateans dead 6,400 dead, 7 ships captured 1 Ancient sources give numbers ranging from... Marathon (Greek, Modern: ÎœÎ±ÏÎ±Î¸ÏŽÎ½Î±Ï‚ Marathona or Marathonas, Ancient/ Katharevousa: ÎœÎ±ÏÎ±Î¸ÏŽÎ½, Marathon) is a town in Greece, the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the Athenian army defeated the Persians. ... Spiridon Spiros Louis (January 12, 1873 – March 26, 1940) was a Greek water-carrier who won the marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics, thereby becoming a national hero. ... Maroussi or Amaroussi, also Marousi and Amarousi, (Greek, Modern: ÎœÎ±ÏÎ¿ÏÏƒÎ¹, Katharevousa: -on) older forms: Amarousio, Amarousion, Amaroussi, Amaroussio, Amaroussion and Marousion is a suburban city NE of Athens, Greece. ...

Medal table

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award. The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on June 23 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BC to 396 AD. Its membership is 202 National Olympic Committees. ...

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100 metres final The mens 100 metres race was the first event run at the modern Olympics, on 6 April 1896. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... Thomas Edward Burke (January 15, 1875 â€“ February 14, 1929) was an American athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_German_Empire. ... Fritz Hoffmann was a German athlete. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... Francis Lane was an American athlete. ... Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1867 to 1918 File links The following pages link to this file: 1896 Summer Olympics Tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics 1906 Summer Olympics 1912 Summer Olympics 1908 Summer Olympics 1904... Alojz Sokol (in Hungarian: Alajos Szokolyi) (June 19, 1871 - September 9, 1932) was a Slovak athlete from the Kingdom of Hungary. ... The mens 400 metres race was the second-shortest of the flat-track events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... Herbert Brotherson Jamison (17. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Charles Gmelin was a British athlete. ... The mens 800 metres race was the second-longest of the four flat-track events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Teddy Flack Edwin Harold Teddy Flack (November 5, 1873 â€“ January 10, 1935) was an Australian athlete. ... 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The mens 110 metre hurdles was the only hurdling event on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... Thomas Pelham Tom Curtis (September 7, 1870 - May 23, 1944) was an American athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1896 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Grantley Goulding was a British athlete. ... Marathon runners on the road to Athens The mens marathon event was a special race invented as part of the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ... Spiridon Spiros Louis (January 12, 1873 – March 26, 1940) was a Greek water-carrier who won the marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics, thereby becoming a national hero. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ... Kharilaos Vasilakos was a Greek athlete. ... 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For the Irish labor leader, see James Connolly (nationalist) James Brendan Bennet Connolly (October 28, 1868 â€“ January 20, 1957) was an American athlete and author. ... James B. Connolly won the triple jump and became the first Olympic Champion since the 4th century AD The mens triple jump was one of four jumping events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Alexandre TuffÃ¨ri (June 8, 1876 - 1958) was a French athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ... Ioannis Persakis was a Greek athlete. ... The mens high jump was one of four jumping events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... The mens pole vault was one of four jumping events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... William Welles Hoyt (May 7, 1875 - December 1, 1954) was an American athlete. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... Albert Clinton Tyler (1872-01-04 â€“ 1945-07-25) was an American athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ... Evangelos Damaskos was a Greek athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ... Ioannis Theodoropoulos was a Greek athlete. ... The mens shot put was one of two throwing events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ... Miltiades Gouskos (born 1877 or 1874) was a Greek athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ... Georgios Papasideris was a Greek athlete. ... Robert Garrett throwing the discus The mens discus throw was one of two throwing events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 14 KB)44-star US Flag. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ... Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos was a Greek athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ... Sotirios Versis was a Greek athlete. ...

References

Categories: 1896 Summer Olympics events | Athletics at the Olympics Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. ... At the 1900 Summer Olympics, twenty-three athletics events were contested. ... At the 1904 Summer Olympics, twenty-four athletics events were contested. ... 21 events, all men only, were disputed. ... At the 1908 Summer Olympics, twenty-six athletics events were contested. ... Final results of Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics. ... At the 1920 Summer Olympics, 30 athletics events were contested. ... Athletics Medal Winners at the 1924 Paris Olympics Categories: Athletics at the Olympics | 1924 Summer Olympics ... 27 athletics events, 22 for men and 5 for women, were held in 1928. ... // Milestones Emil Zatopek (TCH) won the 5 000m, the 10 000m and then went on to win a third gold medal in his first marathon, this perform is still unique up to now. ... Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics was composed of 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. ... Athletics Medal Winners at the 1968 Munich Olympics See also Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games 1976 Summer Olympics Categories: | | | ... Athletics Medal Winners at the 1972 Munich Olympics Internal links Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games 1972 Summer Olympics Categories: Athletics at the Olympics | 1972 Summer Olympics ... At the 1976 Summer Olympics thirty-seven athletics events were contested Overall Athletics rankings at the 1976 Olympics Medal Winners Mens 100 m Mens 200 m Mens 400 m Mens 800 m Mens 1500 m Mens 5000 m Mens 10000 m Mens... Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. ... Athletics Medal Winners at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Mens medal winners Womenâ€™s Medal Winners External links Zola Budd Categories: ‪1984 Summer Olympics events‬ | ‪Athletics at the Olympics‬ ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Athletics Medal Winners at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics Categories: | ... Mens Athletics Medal Winners at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 5,000 m 10,000 m Marathon 110 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3,000 m Steeplechase 4 x 100 m Relay 4 x 400 m 20 km Walk 50... Athletics Medal Winners at the Sydney 2000 Olympics: Categories: | | ... Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, except for the Marathons (which were run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium), the Road Walk, and the Shot Put, which was held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium. ...

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