1896 OLYMPIC GAMES ATHENS

THE FIRST OLYMPICS - ATHENS 1896

WINNER Bronze MEDAL 

The 1896 Summer Olympics (Modern Greek: Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896, Therinoí Olympiakoí Agó̱nes 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the modern era. Because Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the Olympic Games, Athens was considered to be an appropriate choice to stage the inaugural modern Games. It was unanimously chosen as the host city during a congress organised by Pierre de Coubertin, a French pedagogue and historian, in Paris, on 23 June 1894. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was also instituted during this congress. Despite many obstacles and setbacks, the 1896 Olympics were regarded as a great success. The Games had the largest international participation of any sporting event to that date. The Panathenaic Stadium, the only Olympic stadium used in the 1800s, overflowed with the largest crowd ever to watch a sporting event.^[3] The highlight for the Greeks was the marathon victory by their compatriot Spyridon Louis. The most successful competitor was Germanwrestler and gymnast Carl Schuhmann, who won four events. After the Games, Coubertin and the IOC were petitioned by several prominent figures, including Greece's King George and some of the American competitors in Athens, to hold all the following Games in Athens. However, the1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, except for theIntercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the2004 Summer Olympics, 108 years later.

A silver medal was awarded to the winner of each event

To the winner a silver medal was given, to the second a bronze medal.There was no gold medal!!

SIZE: 7.00cm Diam.

Obverse:	Laureated head of Zeus facing and holding winged Victory with laurel branch on globe.

Medals of the Games
Silver (first place) medal with the face of Zeus, his hand holding a globe surmounted by winged Victory.  A copper medal was given those in second place. The reverse features the Acropolis and, in Greek, "International Olympic Games in Athens in 1896".  Obverse of the silver (first place) medal at a different angle, showing further detail

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