The Sports Almanac



1896 Summer Olympics
Athens, Greece

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

GREECE - 47 Medals
UNITED STATES - 20 Medals
GERMANY - 13 Medals

Athletics
 Cycling
 Fencing
Gymnastics
 Shooting
 Swimming
Tennis
 Weightligting
 Wrestling


1896 Athens Overall Medal Standings
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 Greece 10
 18
 19
 47
2
 United States
 11
 7
 2
 20
3
 Germany
 6
 5
 2
 13
4
 France 5
 4
 2
 11
5
 Great Britain 2
 3
 2
 7
6
 Hungary
 2
 1
 3
 6
7
 Denmark 1
 2
 3
 6
8
 Austria 2
 1
 2
 5
9
 Switzerland 1
 2
 0
 3
10
 Australia
 2
 0
 0
 2
11
 Mixed Team
 1
 0
 1
 2

1896 Athens Athletics
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
100 Meters
 Thomas Burke - United States
 Fritz Hofmann - Germany
 Francis Lane - United States
Alajos Szokolyi - Hungary
400 Meters
 Thomas Burke - United States
 Herbert Jamison - United States
 Charles Gmelin - Great Britain
800 Meters
 Edwin Flack - Australia
 Nándor Dáni - Hungary
 Dimitrios Golemis - Greece
1500 Meters
 Edwin Flack - Australia
 Arthur Blake - United States
 Albin Lermusiaux - France
110 Meter Hurdles
 Thomas Curtis - United States
 Grantley Goulding - Great Britain
 None Awarded
Marathon
 Spiridon Louis - Greece
 Charilaos Vasilakos - Greece
 Gyula Kellner - Hungary
High Jump
 Ellery Clark - United States
 James Connolly - United States
Robert Garrett - United States
 None Awarded
Pole Vault
 William Hoyt - United States
 Albert Tyler - United States
 Evangelos Damaskos - Greece
Ioannis Theodoropoulos - Greece
Long Jump
 Ellery Clark - United States Robert Garrett - United States James Connolly - United States
Triple Jump
 James Connolly - United States Alexandre Tuffère - France
 Ioannis Persakis - Greece
Shot Put
 Robert Garrett - United States Miltiadas Gouskos - Greece
 Georgios Papasideris - Greece
Discus Throw
 Robert Garrett - United States Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos - Greece
 Sotirios Versis - Greece

1896 Athens Cycling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Road Race
 Aristidis Konstantinidis - Greece
 August von Gödrich - Germany
 Edward Battell - Great Britain
Sprint
 Paul Masson - France
 Stamatios Nikolopoulos - Greece
 Léon Flameng - France
Track Time Trial
 Paul Masson - France Stamatios Nikolopoulos - Greece Adolf Schmal - Austria
10 Kilometers
 Paul Masson - France Léon Flameng - France Adolf Schmal - Austria
100 Kilometers
 Léon Flameng - France Georgios Kolettis - Greece
 None Awarded
12-Hour Race
 Adolf Schmal - Austria Frederick Keeping - Great Britain
 None Awarded

1896 Athens Fencing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Foil
 Eugène-Henri Gravelotte - France
 Henri Callot - France
 Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis - Greece
Masters Foil
 Leonidis Pyrgos - Greece
 Joanni Perronet - France
 None Awarded
Sabre
 Ioannis Georgiadis - Greece
 Telemachos Karakalos - Greece
 Holger Nielsen - Denmark

1896 Athens Gymnastics
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Horizontal Bar
 Hermann Weingärtner - Germany
 Alfred Flatow - Germany
 None Awarded
Parallel Bars
 Alfred Flatow - Germany Louis Zutter - Switzerland
 None Awarded
Pommel Horse
 Louis Zutter - Switzerland Hermann Weingärtner - Germany None Awarded
Rings
 Ioannis Mitropoulos - Greece
 Hermann Weingärtner - Germany Petros Persakis - Greece
Rope Climbing
 Nikolaos Andriakopoulous - Greece
 Thomas Xenakis - Greece
 Fritz Hofmann - Germany
Vault
 Carl Schuhmann - Germany
 Louis Zutter - Switzerland Hermann Weingärtner - Germany
Team Parallel Bars
 Germany
 Greece
 Greece
Team Horizontal Bar
 Germany
 None Awarded None Awarded

1896 Athens Shooting
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
200 Meter Military Rifle
 Pantelis Karasevdas - Greece
 Pavlos Pavlidis - Greece
 Nicolaos Trikupis - Greece
300 Meter Free Rifle, Three Positions
 Georgios Orphanidis - Greece
 Ioannis Frangoudis - Greece
 Viggo Jensen - Denmark
25 Meter Military Pistol
 John Paine - United States
 Sumner Paine - United States
 Nikolaos Morakis - Greece
25 Meter Rapid Fire Pistol
 Ioannis Frangoudis - Greece Georgios Orphanidis - Greece Holger Nielsen - Denmark
30 Meter Free Pistol
 Sumner Paine - United States Holger Nielsen - Denmark Ioannis Frangoudis - Greece

1896 Athens Swimming
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
100 Meter Freestyle
 Alfréd Hajós - Hungary
 Otto Herschmann - Austria
 None Awarded
500 Meter Freestyle
 Paul Neumann - Austria
 Antonios Pepanos - Greece
 Efstathios Chorafas - Greece
1200 Meter Freestyle
 Alfréd Hajós - Hungary Ioannis Andreou - Greece
 Efstathios Chorafas - Greece
Sailors 100 Meter Freestyle
 Ioannis Malokinis - Greece
 Spyridon Chazapis - Greece
 Dimitrios Drivas - Greece

1896 Athens Tennis
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles
 John Boland - Great Britain
 Dionysios Kasdaglis - Greece
 Konstantinos Paspatis - Greece
Momčilo Tapavica - Hungary
Men's Doubles
 John Boland, Friedrich Traun - Mixed Team
 Dionysios Kasdaglis, Demetrios Petrokokkinos - Greece
 Edwin Flack, George Robertson - Mixed Team

1896 Athens Weightlifting
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
One Hand Lift
 Launceston Elliot - Great Britain
 Viggo Jensen - Denmark
 Alexandros Nikolopolous - Greece
Two Hand Lift
 Viggo Jensen - Denmark Launceston Elliot - Great Britain Sotirios Versis - Greece

1896 Athens Wrestling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Greco-Roman
 Carl Schuhmann - Germany
 Georgios Tsitas - Greece
 Stephanos Christopoulos - Greece