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Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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

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100 m, Men

PosAthlete
1Tom Burke (USA)
2Fritz Hofmann[?] (GER)
3Alajos Szokolyi[?] (HUN)
3& Francis Lane[?] (USA)

400 m, Men

PosAthlete
1Tom Burke (USA)
2Herbert Jamison[?] (USA)
3Charles Gmelin[?] (GBR)

800 m, Men

PosAthlete
1Teddy Flack (AUS)
2Nándor Dáni[?] (HUN)
3Dimitrios Golemis[?] (GRE)

1500 m, Men

PosAthlete
1Teddy Flack (AUS)
2Arthur Blake[?] (USA)
3Albin Lermusiaux[?] (FRA)

Marathon, Men

PosAthlete
1Spiridon Louis[?] (GRE)
2Kharilaos Vasilakos[?] (GRE)
3Gyula Kellner[?] (HUN)

110 m hurdles, Men

PosAthlete
1Tom Curtis[?] (USA)
2Grantley Goulding[?] (GBR)

No other athletes started in the final.

High jump, Men

PosAthlete
1Ellery Clark (USA)
2Robert Garrett (USA)
2James Connolly (USA)

Pole vault, Men

PosAthlete
1Welles Hoyt[?] (USA)
2Albert Tyler[?] (USA)
3Evangelos Damaskos[?] (GRE)
3Ioannis Theodoropoulos[?] (GRE)

Long jump, Men

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

Triple jump, Men

PosAthlete
1James Connolly (USA)
2Alexandre Tuffèri[?] (FRA)
3Ioannis Persakis[?] (GRE)

Shot put, Men

PosAthlete
1Robert Garrett (USA)
2Miltiades Gouskos[?] (GRE)
3Georgios Papsideris[?] (GRE)

Discus throw, Men

PosAthlete
1Robert Garrett (USA)
2Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos[?] (GRE)
3Sotirios Versis[?] (GRE)



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