1896 Summer Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)
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The United Kingdom participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece , with a delegation of ten athletes. Actually, you won a gold and a bronze medal more, but these were not taken into account, as a mixed double was played with another nation.
Medalist
Olympic champion
Surname | sport | competition |
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John Pius Boland | tennis | singles |
Launceston Elliot | Weightlifting | One-armed |
Second
Surname | sport | competition |
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Launceston Elliot | Weightlifting | Two-armed |
Grantley Goulding | athletics | 110 meter hurdles |
Frederick Keeping | Cycling | 12 hour race |
third
Surname | sport | competition |
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Charles Gmelin | athletics | 400 meters |
Edward Battell | Cycling | Road racing |
Participants by sport
Weightlifting
athletics
Athletes | competition | leader | final | rank | ||
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time | rank | time | rank | |||
Men | ||||||
Charles Gmelin | 100 m | 12.9 s | 3 | eliminated | ||
400 m | 1: 00.5 min | 2 | 56.7 s | 3 | 3 | |
Launceston Elliot | 100 m | 12.9 s | 3 | eliminated | ||
George Marshall | 100 m | unknown | 5 | eliminated | ||
800 m | eliminated |
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George Stuart Robertson
- Discus throw: 4th place
Cycling
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Edward Battell
- Road race: 3rd place
- 333 ⅓ m time trial: 4th place
- 100 kilometers: DNF
Wrestling
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Launceston Elliot
- Greco-Roman: 4th place
shoot
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Sidney Merlin
- Service revolver (25 m): ??
- Pistol (25 m): DNS
- Military rifle (300 m): ??
- Military rifle (200 m): 10th place
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Machonet
- Military rifle (200 m): ??
tennis
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John Pius Boland
- Individual: Olympic champion
- Doubles: Olympic champion ( see: Mixed team )
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George Stuart Robertson
- Singles: 8th place
- Doubles: 3rd place ( see: Mixed team )
do gymnastics
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Launceston Elliot
- Dew slope: 5th place
swell
- Olympic Team of Great Britain from 1896 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )