Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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

Table of contents 1 100 m, Men 2 400 m, Men 3 800 m, Men 4 1500 m, Men 5 Marathon, Men 6 110 m hurdles, Men 7 High jump, Men 8 Pole vault, Men 9 Long jump, Men 10 Triple jump, Men 11 Shot put, Men 12 Discus throw, Men

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	Tom 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)