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.^[1]

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

Rank	Name	Nation	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Distance	Notes
	Robert Garrett	United States	27.53	X	Unknown	28.72	29.15	29.15	OR
	Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos	Greece	28.51	Unknown	Unknown	28.88	28.95	28.95
	Sotirios Versis	Greece	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	27.78
4	George S. Robertson	Great Britain	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Did not advance		25.20
5-11	Alphonse Grisel	France	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Did not advance		Unknown
5-11	Viggo Jensen	Denmark	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Did not advance		Unknown
5-11	Holger Nielsen	Denmark	Unknown			Did not advance		Unknown
5-11	Georgios Papasideris	Greece	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Did not advance		Unknown
5-11	Henrik Sjöberg	Sweden	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Did not advance		Unknown
5-11	Unknown Competitor	Denmark	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Did not advance		Unknown
5-11	Unknown Competitor	Germany	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Did not advance		Unknown

References

Sources

• 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.