Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the Games of the I Olympiad
Robert Garrett throwing the discus
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Dates	April 6
Competitors	9 from 6 nations
Medalists
Robert Garrett United States   Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos Greece   Sotirios Versis Greece

Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men

The men's discus throw was one of two throwing events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The discus throw was the fourth event held. It was contested on 6 April. 11 athletes competed, including one each from France, Sweden, the United States, Great Britain, and Germany as well as three Greeks and three Danes.

Many of the competitors had never thrown a discus before, as the event had never been held at an international competition. Robert Garrett of the United States was the last foreigner in the competition, and eventually defeated the famed Greek competitors to win the second modern Olympic gold medal.

Results

Place	Athlete	Distance	1	2	3	4	5
1	Robert Garrett (USA)	29.15 m	27.53	X	Unknown	28.72	29.15
2	Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos (GRE)	28.95 m	28.51	Unknown		28.88	28.95
3	Sotirios Versis (GRE)	27.78 m	Unknown
4	George S. Robertson (GBR)	25.20 m	Unknown			Did not advance
5-11	Alphonse Grisel (FRA)	Unknown	Unknown
	Viggo Jensen (DEN)	Unknown	Unknown
	Holger Nielsen (DEN)	Unknown	Unknown
	Georgios Papasideris (GRE)	Unknown	Unknown
	Henrik Sjöberg (SWE)	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown Competitor Name (DEN)	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown Competitor Name (GER)	Unknown	Unknown

References

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at la84foundation.org)
• Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at la84foundation.org)
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.