Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
110 m hurdles	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, there were 12 athletics events.^[1] 25 medals were given. 12 silver medals were given to winners. 13 bronze medals were given for 2nd place. No medals were given for 3rd. After the olympics 37 modern medals were given out (12 gold, 13 silver, 12 bronze).^[2] All of the events except the marathon were in the Panathinaiko Stadium. This stadium was also the finish for the marathon.^[2]

Events were held on 6 April, 7 April, 9 April, and 10 April 1896^[a][2]

There were 63 athletes from nine nations competed. All of these athletes were men.^[2] Athletics had the biggest number of countries out of any sport in the 1896 Olympics.

These medals were given after the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee. At the time, winners were given a silver medal and athletes in 2nd place were given bronze medals. There was no award for 3rd place.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Thomas Burke  United States	12.0	Fritz Hofmann  Germany	12.2	Francis Lane  United States	12.6
					Alajos Szokolyi  Hungary
400 metres details	Thomas Burke  United States	56.2 OR	Herbert Jamison  United States	58.2	Charles Gmelin  Great Britain	60.7
800 metres details	Edwin Flack  Australia	2:11.0	Nándor Dáni  Hungary	2:11.8	Dimitrios Golemis  Greece	2:28.0
1500 metres details	Edwin Flack  Australia	4:33.2 OR	Arthur Blake  United States	4:33.6	Albin Lermusiaux  France	4:36.0
110 metre hurdles details	Thomas Curtis  United States	17.6 OR	Grantley Goulding  Great Britain	17.7	none awarded
Marathon details	Spiridon Louis  Greece	2:58:50 OR	Charilaos Vasilakos  Greece	3:06:03	Gyula Kellner  Hungary	3:06:35
High jump details	Ellery Clark  United States	1.81 m OR	James Connolly  United States	1.65 m	none awarded
			Robert Garrett  United States
Pole vault details	William Hoyt  United States	3.30 m OR	Albert Tyler  United States	3.20 m	Evangelos Damaskos  Greece	2.60 m
					Ioannis Theodoropoulos  Greece
Long jump details	Ellery Clark  United States	6.35 m OR	Robert Garrett  United States	6.00 m	James Connolly  United States	5.84 m
Triple jump details	James Connolly  United States	13.71 m OR	Alexandre Tuffère  France	12.70 m	Ioannis Persakis  Greece	12.52 m
Shot put details	Robert Garrett  United States	11.22 m OR	Miltiadis Gouskos  Greece	11.03 m	Georgios Papasideris  Greece	10.36 m
Discus throw details	Robert Garrett  United States	29.15 m OR	Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos  Greece	28.95 m	Sotirios Versis  Greece	27.78 m

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	9	6	2	17
2	Australia (AUS)	2	0	0	2
3	Greece (GRE)	1	3	6	10
4	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	2	3
5	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
7	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 entries)		12	13	12	37

63 athletes from 9 nations were at the Athens Games.^[2] National Olympic Committees had not been fully made yet, so it is not sure what countries competed. For example, Olympedia says there was 1 athlete from Cyprus and 2 athletes from Smyrna. However, Cyprus and Smyrna both competed for the Greek team.^[2] Chile also says they had a competitor.^[3] However, some sources say that Luis Subercaseaux did not start his race.^[1][2]

•  Australia (1)
•  Denmark (3)
•  France (5)
•  Germany (5)
•  Great Britain (5)
•  Greece (29)
•  Hungary (3)
•  Sweden (1)
•  United States (10)

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1] Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine)
• 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 [2] Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine)
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.