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
VenuePanathinaiko Stadium
DatesApril 6
Competitors9 from 6 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
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

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