1896 Summer Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

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The United States of America participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece , with a delegation of 14 athletes.

Medalist

Olympic champion

The US team leaves Athens.

medal	Surname	sport	competition	date
Olympic champion	Thomas Burke	athletics	100 meters	April 6th
Olympic champion			400 meters	7th of April
Olympic champion	Thomas Curtis	athletics	110 meter hurdles	10th of April
Olympic champion	Ellery Clark	athletics	Long jump	7th of April
Olympic champion			high jump	10th of April
Olympic champion	James Connolly	athletics	Triple jump	April 6th
Second			high jump	10th of April
Third			Long jump	7th of April
Olympic champion	William Hoyt	athletics	Pole vault	10th of April
Olympic champion	Robert Garrett	athletics	Discus throw	April 6th
Olympic champion			Shot put	7th of April
Second			Long jump	7th of April
Second			high jump	10th of April
Olympic champion	John Paine	shoot	Service revolver	10th of April
Olympic champion	Sumner Paine	shoot	revolver	11 April
Second			Service revolver	10th of April
Second	Herbert Jamison	athletics	400 meters	7th of April
Second	Arthur Blake	athletics	1500 meters	7th of April
Second	Albert Tyler	athletics	Pole vault	10th of April
Third	Francis Lane	athletics	100 meters	April 6th

Participants by sport

athletics

The American athletics team at the Olympics

Athletes	competition	leader		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Men
Thomas Burke	100 m	11.8 s (OR)	1	12.0 s	1	silver
	400 m	58.4 s	1	54.2 s (OR)	1	silver
Francis Lane	100 m	12.2 s (OR)	1	12.6 s	3	3
Thomas Curtis	100 m	12.2 s (OR)	1	DNS	6th	6th
	110 m hurdles			17.6 s ( OR)	1	silver
Herbert Jamison	400 m	56.8 s (OR)	1	55.2 s	2	bronze

• Arthur Blake

  1500 meters: second

  Marathon: DNF

• William Hoyt

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

  Pole vault: Olympic champion

• Ellery Clark

  High jump: Olympic champion

  Long jump: Olympic champion

  Shot put: ??

• Robert Garrett

  High jump: second

  Long jump: second

  Shot put: Olympic champion

  Discus throw: Olympic champion

• James Connolly

  High jump: second

  Long jump: third place

  Triple jump: Olympic champion

• Albert Tyler

  Pole vault: second

shoot

• Sumner Paine

  Revolver (30 m): Olympic champion

  Service revolver (25 m): second

• John Paine

  Service revolver (25 m): Olympic champion

• Charles Waldstein

  Military rifle (200 m): ??

swim

• Gardner Williams

  100 meter freestyle: DNF (final)

  1200 meters freestyle: 4th place

Web links

• American Olympic team from 1896 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results shot put
2. ↑ Results 100 m freestyle
3. ↑ Results 1200 m freestyle