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The men's 1500 metres was the longest track race in the 1896 Summer Olympics. It was the last event on 7 April. The race had 8 athletes. It was ran in one round. Background. The 1500 metres was one of the 12 athletic events that has been held in every Summer Olympics. In 1895, Albin Lermusiaux had the unofficial world record for this event. The world record holder did not run in the race. Competition. The competition was all in one round. The track was only 330 metres, even though modern tracks are usually 400 metres. The track had quick turns was made of loose cinders. Running was very difficult. Runners also turned clockwise, rather than modern counterclockwise turns. Schedule. The exact times of each events were not written down. The 1500 metres was the last event of the second day. Summary. Albin Lermusiaux of France was in front for most of the race. However, Edwin Flack and Arthur Blake passed him in the last 100 meters. Flack passed Blake, and beat him by 5 meters. This made Flack the first Australian Olympic winner. Lermusiaux finished in third, 15 meters behind. Carl Galle was in 4th. The other Greek were all in last place. However, records do not say what position the last two ran in. Records. Edwin Flack set the first Olympic record of the event. His time was 4:33.2.
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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, there were 6 cycling events at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome. They were prepared by the Sub-Committee for Cycling. The events were held on 8 April, 11 April, 12 April and 13 April 1896. 19 cyclists from 5 nations competed. Medal summary. The table shows the medals that were given afterwards by the International Olympic Committee. At the time, the winners were given a silver medal. The rest of the athletes were not given any award. Of the 5 nations, every nation won at least a silver medal or better. Three nations won a gold medal. Participating nations. 19 cyclists from 5 nations competed at the Athens Games:
The men's road race was the only road cycling event in the 1896 Summer Olympics. The course was 87 kilometres long. It was on 12 April. 7 cyclists from 3 nations were in the race. The event was won by Aristidis Konstantinidis of Greece. August von Gödrich was in second. Edward Battell was in third. Background. This was the first time that this race was held in the Olympics. It would not be held again until 1936. Since 1936, this race has been held at every other Summer Olympics. The cycling race had the same course as the marathon. 7 cyclists were in the event. The German athlete August von Gödrich, the British athlete Edward Battell, and five other Greek athletes were in the race. Battell worked in the British Embassy and was almost not allowed to compete. Competition. The race was on an 87 kilometres course. The course went from Athens to Marathon and back. At Marathon, the cyclists had to sign a document that showed that they were there. The end of the course was at the velodrome. Along the road, there were many Officials. Race. Aristidis Konstantinidis was in the front of the race until the turn at Marathon. His bicycle broke when he was riding back to Athens. This allowed Edward Battell to pass Konstantinidis before he was able to get another bicycle. Battel fell afterwards, however. This allowed both Konstantinidis and August von Gödrich to pass Battell. Battell finished in third place.
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The men's sprint was one of the cycling events in the 1896 Summer Olympics. It was held on 11 April. It was the second event that day. The sprint was 6 laps around the track and was 2 kilometres long. There were 4 Cyclists from 3 Nations. The sprint was was won by Paul Masson of France. His teammate, Léon Flameng, was in 3rd place. Stamatios Nikolopoulos of Greece was in 2nd place. Background. The sprint was the first time this event happened. The event was at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. Competition. The event was a single race. All 4 racers started together. The race was 2 kilometers. The track was kilometres long, so every racer did 6 laps. Schedule. The exact time that the event happened was not known. Results. The race was very slow. Rosemeyer had to stop because his bike stopped working. At the end of the race, Masson passed Nikolopoulos. He won by 15 meters. Flameng was very far behind, and was in third place.
The men's time trial was one of the track cycling events in the 1896 Summer Olympics. It was the 4th cycling event. It was held on 11 April. This time trial was 1/3 of a kilometre in distance. When the event returned in the 1928 Summer Olympics, the distance was one kilometre. Background. This was time this event happened. The event would not be held until 1928. After 1928, the event would be helped at every Olympic Game until 2004. This was the only time the event was one-third of a kilometre. After the 1896 games, the time trial was one kilometre long. Paul Masson of France was the most important cyclist in this race. Competition. The event was a time trial on the track. The distance was one-third of a kilometre. This was one lap around the track. Schedule. The time when the event happened is not known. The cycling races happened after 2 p.m. The time trial was the 3rd event. Results. 8 cyclists raced. Paul Masson won his 3rd race that day. Adolf Schmal and Stamatios Nikolopoulos tied for 2nd place. They had to compete in a race-off to race for 2nd place. Race-off. In this race, Nikolopoulos won the race and beat his time from the first round. Schmal was slower in the 2nd race.
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, there were 4 swimming events. All of the competitors were for men. They were planned by the Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports. All events were on 11 April in the Bay of Zea. There were 13 swimmers from 4 nations. Medal summary. These medals given afterwards by the International Olympic Committee. At the time, winners were given a silver medal. Every other places were not given medals. Nations. 13 swimmers from 4 nations swam at the Athens Games.
The men's 500 metre freestyle was one of the swimming events in the 1896 Summer Olympics. Only three swimmers swam in the 500 metre freestyle. Paul Neumann won the event. Alfréd Hajós, the winner of the 100m, tried to win all 3 open swimming events. However, he did not swim in the 500m because it started after the 100 metres. Efstathios Chorafas was the only swimmer to swim in all three events. Background. This was the only Olympic Games with a 500-metre freestyle swimming event. The 1900 Olympics had 200- and 1000-metre events. In the 1904 Olympics, the 400-metre swim was used. This became the standard for swimming after that. Competition. This freestyle swimming competition was in a single race. All of the swimmers swam at the same time. The swimmers were taken out by a ship into the Bay of Zea. The swimmers would swim back to the shore. Schedule. The 500 metre freestyle was the third of the swimming events.
The men's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event in the 1896 Summer Olympics. 6 swimmers were in the race. The 2 swimmers from Austria-Hungary finished first and second. The time and place of the other swimmers was not recorded.  The race was very close. Alfréd Hajós of Hungary beat Otto Herschmann of Austria by half a metre. The other swimmers were very far behind. In the awards ceremony, the Hungarian flag was shown. However, the band played the Austrian anthem (Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser) until Hajós started to sing the Hungarian anthem (Himnusz). Background. This was 100 metre freestyle race. This event has been at every Summer Olympics except for 1900 and 1904. In 1900, the shortest freestyle race was 200 metres. In 1904, the race was in yards rather than metres. Competition. The competition had a single race. All swimmers swam at the same time. The swimmers would be taken into the Bay by a ship. From the boat, they would race towards the shore. There were Buoys that marked the starting line. Pumpkins marked the course. A red flag showed where the finish line of the race was. Schedule. The 100 metres freestyle was the first swimming events. Records. These were the world records and olympic records before the 1896 Summer Olympics. The record was created after the competition:
This article are the athletes who won a medal in the 1896 Summer Olympics. At the time, winners were given silver medals and 2nd place athletes were given bronze medals. 3rd place athletes were not given any award. This list only shows medals given after the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee.
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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, there were 3 fencing events. They were fought at the Zappeion. They were prepared by the Sub-Committee for Fencing. There were events for foil, masters foil, and sabre. There was going to be an event for épée. However The épée event for men was cancelled. You would win an event if you touch people with a sword 3 times. There were fencing events on 7 April and 9 April 1896. There were 15 athletes from 4 nations. 8 of the fencers from 3 nations each won 1 medal. Medal summary. At the time, winners were given a silver medal. Nobody else was given a medal. These medals are the medals given after the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee. Participating nations. There were 15 fencers from 4 nations.
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The men's sabre was one of the fencing events in the 1896 Summer Olympics. The event was on 9 April. The event was won by Ioannis Georgiadis of Greece.Telemachos Karakalos won in second place. He was also Greek. Holger Nielsen won third. He was from Denmark. Background. This was the first time they used fencing at an Olympics. This is the only fencing event that has been at every Summer Olympics game. There were 3 Greeks who competed. The Greeks were Telemachos Karakalos, Ioannis Georgiadis, and Georgios Iatridis. There was also a Danish athlete, Holger Nielsen. There was an Austrian athlete, Adolf Schmal. The favorite athlete was Schmal. Competition. The event had a pool-play final. Each round would be won if you touched the other players 3 times. The normal Sabre rules were used. The only difference was that you could hit the entire body. In normal Sabre rules, you could only hit above the waist. The competition had one round with all five fencers. In the round, every player played each other. This means that there were 10 matches. Schedule. The sabre was in the morning of the fourth day of events. Results. The competition started before the king and crown prince came to watch. They arrived after 2 rounds. When they arrived, the officials restarted the competition. Before the restart, Schmal had beaten Georgiadis and Nielsen. After the restart, Schmal lost to both of them. Georgiadis never lost a round and won the gold medal. Karakalos only lost one round. Nielsen lost two matches. Schmal only won to Latridis. Latridis lost all of his matches.
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The men's foil was one of the fencing events in the 1896 Summer Olympics. It was on 7 April. There were 8 fencers. There was 2 semifinal round-robin rounds. The first semifinal round had Perikles Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Henri de Laborde, Henri Callot, and Ioannis Poulos. The second semifinal round had Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis, Georgios Balakakis, Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, and Athanasios Vouros. Callot and Gravelotte won every round in their groups. They went against each other in the final round. Pierrakos-Mavromichalis and Vouros were both given third place. Background. The foil has been at every Summer Olympics except 1908. Competition format. The event had a semifinal round. After the semifinals, there was a final. You would win a match if you "touched" a player three times. The normal foil rules were used. However, there was a different rule that the president could give someone a touch if the defender did not defend himself correctly. The semifinals had 2 rounds. Each of these had 4 fencers. The fencers played everyone else in their round. The winner of each pool would go to the final round. The final round was a single round with two fencers. Schedule. The fencing started at 10 a.m.. It was on the 2nd day of events. Results. Semifinals. Semifinal A. It was written that de Laborde lost to Poulos, 3–1. However, other sources say that de Laborde won 3–2. In the table, it shows the 3-2 version. Final classification. This is the results according to the IOC.
The 100 metres was the shortest track race in the 1896 Summer Olympics. The event had 3 heats (or rounds) and a final. The first round of the men's 100 metres race was the first event run at modern Olympics. It was run on 6 April 1896. The final was on 10 April. There were 15 athletes in this event. These 15 athletes were from 8 different nations. The event was won by Thomas Burke of the United States. Fritz Hofmann of Germany was in 2nd place. The Hungarian Alajos Szokolyi and American Francis Lane tied for 3rd place. Background. Fritz Hofmann was the most famous sprinter at this time. In 1893, he won the Championship of the Continent. Thomas Burke was an American champion in the 400 metres. However, he was not known in the 100 metres. The best sprinters in the world at the timedid not run. Competition. There were 21 athletes in the first round. These athletes were in 3 heats (or rounds). Each heat had 7 runners. The fastest 2 athletes in each round would run in the final. 6 of the runners quit before the races began. Records. This was the world record (in seconds) before the 1896 olympics. A new Olympic record was made after the competition. In the first heat, Francis Lane set the first Olympic Record in 12.2 seconds. This time was tied in Heat 2 by Thomas Curtis. In the 3rd heat, Thomas Burke ran 11.8 seconds. This became the Olympic Record until the 1900 Olympics. Schedule. The times when the event started were not written down. The races started after King George I of Greece arrived at 3 p.m.. The final was the first competition in the afternoon on Friday. Results. Heats. The first round of heats were on 6 April. The first heat of the 100 metres was the first competition in the Olympic Games. Francis Lane won the first heat. This made him the first winner of a modern Olympic race. All of the heats were won by people from the United States.