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1896 (Athens) Olympic Games - some results
Track Events - MEN |
Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
100 metres | Thomas Burke USA | 12.0s | Fritz Hofman Germany | 12.2s | Alajos Szokolye Hungary | 12.6s |
200 metres |
| | NOT held
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400 metres | Thomas Burke USA | 54.2s | Herbert Jameson USA | 55.2s | G. Gmelin (?) GB | |
800 metres | Edwin Flack Australia | 2m 11.0s | Nandor Dani Hungary | 2m 11.8s | Demetrius Golemis Greece | |
1500 metres | Edwin Flack Australia | 4m 33.2s | Arthur Blake USA | 4m 35.4s | A. Lermusiaux France | 4m 36.0s |
5000 metres |
| | NOT held
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10000 metres |
| | NOT held
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Marathon | Spyros Louis Greece | 2h 58m 50s | Charilaos Vassilakos Hungary | 3h 6m 3s | Gyula Kellner Hungary | 3h 6m 35s |
Steeplechase |
| | NOT held
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Field Events - MEN |
| | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist |
High Jump | Ellery Clark USA | 1.81 m | James Connolly USA | 1.76 m | Robert Garrett USA | 1.76 m |
Long Jump | Ellerly Clark USA | 6.35 m | Robert Garrett USA | 6.00 m | James Connolly USA | 5.84 m |
Pole Vault | William Hoyt USA | 3.30 m | Albert Tyler USA | 3.25 m | Angelos Damaskos Greece | 2.90 m |
Shot | Robert Garrett USA | 11.22 m | Miltiades Guskos Greece | 11.20 m | Georges Papasideris Greece | 10.36 m |
Discus | Rober Garrett USA | 29.15 m | Panagiotis Paraskevopulos Greece | 28.96 m | Sotirios Versis Greece | 28.78 m |
Javelin |
| | NOT held
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Some of the place-times for events in these games have been lost.
Also there is sometimes disagreement about times (and lengths) given by different authorities for the Silver and Bronze, but not for the Gold. |
There were NO Women's events in these Games
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