biology daily - the biology and biochemistry encyclopedia
biology daily articles and research Encyclopedia Dictionary Forums biology research links Weblinks Pictures Articles Blogs Newsletter

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



07-14-2008 23:18:10
The contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. How to see transparent copy
BiologyDaily.com 2005. Legal info   Privacy