page_title: Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
section_title: Participating nations
hierarchical_section_title: Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics / Participating nations
caption_attribution_description: Български: Отборът на Унгария по атлетика на Олимпийските игри през 1896. Deutsch: Die ungarische Mannschaft bei den Olympischen Spielen 1896 English: Hungarian athletic team of 1896 Summer Olympics Italiano: Squadra olimpica ungherese ad Atene 1896 Magyar: Az első olimpián részt vett magyar csapat hat tagja. Nincs a képen a csapat hetedik tagja, Tapavicza Momcsilló Հայերեն: Հունգարիայի ատլետիկայի թիմը 1896 թվականի Ամառային օլիմպիական խաղերին
context_page_description: At the 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympiad, twelve athletics events were contested. A total of 25 medals were awarded. The medals were later denoted as 37 modern medals. All of the events except the marathon were held in the Panathinaiko Stadium, which was also the finish for the marathon. Events were held on 6 April, 7 April, 9 April, and 10 April 1896. Altogether, 64 athletes, all men, from ten nations competed. This made athletics the most international of the nine sports at the 1896 Games.
  The American team of 11, which featured only one national champion, was dominant, taking 9 of the 12 titles. No world records were set, because few international top competitors had participated. In addition, the curves of the track were very tight, making fast times in the running events virtually impossible.
  The heats of the 100 metres were the first Olympic event to be conducted, and the winner of the first heat, Francis Lane, can thus be considered the first Olympic winner. The first Olympic champion was crowned in the triple jump, Harvard student James Connolly. Connolly also did well in the other jumping events, placing second in the high jump and third in the long jump.
context_section_description: A total of 64 athletes from 10 nations competed at the Athens Games:
   Australia (1)
   Chile (1)
   Denmark (3)
   France (5)
   Germany (5)
   Great Britain (5)
   Greece (29)
   Hungary (3)
   Sweden (1)
   United States (10)
caption: Hungarian athletic team of 1896 Summer Olympics
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