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  • OliDegu2008
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    1896 Olympics


    This will be a complete replay of the first recorded Olympiad, the 1896 Olympics using the wonderful game engine designed by Roberto Chiavini. If you have not looked into one of his many, many games - I highly recommend!

    The 1896 Summer Olympics will be the first international Olympic Games held in modern history. Organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which was created by French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin, the games are to be held in Athens, Greece, from April 6-15.

    Fourteen nations will take part in these games which will feature 9 sports encompassing 10 disciplines and 43 events.

    I will be following the chronological timeline of the games and going day by day for the events with updates. Will be doing my best to research each sport and athlete, the data for the games in 1896 is hit or miss for some things.

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    King George I opens the first Olympiad

    King George I opens the first Olympiad

    "I declare the opening of the first international Olympic Games in Athens.
    Long live the Nation. Long live the Greek people."

    Opening Ceremony - On April 6 the games of the First Olympiad were officially opened; it was Easter Monday for both the Western and Eastern Christian Churches and the anniversary of Greece's independence. The Panathenaic Stadium was filled with an estimated 80,000 spectators which included most of the athletes grouped by their countries on the infield.

    Men's 100 metres - The first event in the history of the Olympics was the heats for the Men's 100 metre dash.

    Heat 1 - In the first heat American Francis Lane edged out Alajos Szokolyi of Hungary while Charles Gmelin of Great Britain just missed the cut. The top two finishers in each heat qualify directly to the final which will be run on April 10.

    Heat 2 - The second heat saw Thomas Curtis of the USA lead the way followed by Alexandros Chalkokondylis of Greece.

    Heat 3 - In the most anticipated heat of the three, Thomas Burke set an Olympic Record while finishing first. Germany's Fritz Hofmann was nearly two-one hundredths behind the American.


    Next up: We continue on with April 6 as next up will be the Triple Jump.
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      First ever Olympic medals awarded in the triple jump competition

      First ever Olympic medals awarded in the triple jump competition

      Men's Triple Jump - The men's triple jump took place April 6 immediately following the heats of the men's 100 metres.

      There were four known "official" competitors of what was then called "hop, skip and jump" though some say there were eleven official entrants but history seems to have only recorded four official jumpers - one of which will be crowned the first modern Olympic champion in history.

      Format - Single round of jumping and there were no rules on the kinds of jumps allowed.

      Results - As expected American John Connolly took home the gold medal with a jump of 13.54 meters. Alexandre Tufferi of France took home silver and Greece's Ioannis Persakis was awarded the bronze for a jump of 12.52 meters, just short of Tufferi's 12.56.


      Next up: We continue on with April 6 as next up will be the heats for the Men's 800 metres.
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        Preliminary heats of the Men's 800 metre sees parity and excitement

        Preliminary heats of the Men's 800 metre sees parity and excitement

        Men's 800 metres - The men's 800 metres preliminary heats were held April 6 immediately following the men's triple jump competition.

        There were nine runners attempting to qualify for the final. The nine runners were split into two groups for both heats, the first heat containing four runners and the second containing five.

        The top two runners in each heat advanced to the final which is to be held April 9.

        Results - The first heat saw the event favorite Edwin Flack set an Olympic record of 2:12.2 seconds, finishing just ahead of Hungary's Nandor Dani.

        In the second heat, France's Albin Lermusiaux and Greece's Dimitrios Golemis qualified for the final. Every runner in heat two finished with a time in the 2:13's - an outstanding race.


        Next up: We continue on with April 6 as next up will be the Discus throw event.
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          USA's Robert Garrett takes home Gold in the discus throwing competition

          USA's Robert Garrett takes home Gold in the discus throwing competition

          Men's discus throw - The men's discus throwing event featured four athletes from three countries.

          The data on official throws varies and though some institutions have that nine throwers were involved, there is only official data on four.

          Format - There were five rounds of throws. Each thrower received three throws in rounds one to three and the top three advanced to rounds four and five.

          The throws were made from a square area with a side length of 2 to 2.5 meters. The discus weighed 2 kilograms.

          Results - Robert Garrett of the United States took home gold with an impressive best throw of 29.09 metres. Adding to his accolades, Garrett now holds the official world and Olympic records with that distance.

          Greece had a pair of throwers finish out the podium, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos and Sotirios Versis.


          Next up: We will see the first official day of competition of the modern Olympiad come to a close with the preliminary heats of the Men's 400 metres.
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            Re: 1896 Olympics

            This is awesome! I do not think I have ever seen someone play the Olympics, yet alone from this long ago.
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              Re: 1896 Olympics

              Originally posted by stlducks
              This is awesome! I do not think I have ever seen someone play the Olympics, yet alone from this long ago.
              Thanks! I've always had such an interest in international competition and with Roberto's genius, I had to give it a go!
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                American Thomas Burke leads the field during the Men's 400 metres heats

                American Thomas Burke leads the field during the Men's 400 metres heats

                Men's 400 metres - The men's 400 metres preliminary heats were held April 6 immediately following the men's discus competition.

                There were seven runners attempting to qualify for the final. The seven runners were split into two groups for both heats, the first heat containing four runners and the second containing three.

                Thomas Burke is by far the favorite to win the gold medal.

                The top two runners in each heat advanced to the final which is to be held Tuesday, April 7.

                Results - It was a two man show in heat 1 as America's Herbert Jamison and Germany's Fritz Hoffman qualified for the Final. They were trailed (by nearly four seconds) by Kurt Doerry and Adolphe Grisel.

                In the second heat, it was favorite Thomas Burke who ran a very fast 53.9 seconds finishing nearly three seconds before second placer finisher and Final qualifier Charles Gmelin of Great Britain.


                Next up: The first day of the modern Olympiad is complete. Tomorrow, April 7 will feature more track and field, fencing and weightlifting!
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                  France's Eugene-Henri Gravelotte takes gold in the Men's foil in fencing

                  France's Eugene-Henri Gravelotte takes gold in the Men's foil in fencing

                  Fencing Men's foil - The first event of Tuesday, the Men's foil event in fencing commenced at 10 a.m. and featured eight competitors, three from France and five from Greece.

                  Format - The event featured two pools of four fencers each, with each pool fencing a round-robin.

                  The winner of each pool advanced to the final, which was a single bout between the fencers.

                  Standard foil rules were used, including that touches had to be made with the tip of the foil, the target area was limited to the torso, and priority determined the winner of double touches. One unusual rule was that the president could award a touch for an off-target strike if the defender had improperly obscured the target area.

                  Results - Pool A saw Greece's Perikles Pierrakos-Mavromichalis complete a perfect 3-0 record in pool play, defeating his competitors 3-1, 3-1 and then 3-2 to advance to the final bout.

                  Pool B needed extra bouts to decide who would move on and be declared the winner of the pool as three fencers, Eugene-Henri Gravelotte, Athanasios Vouros and Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis all finished with a 2-1 record with 8 touches for and 6 touches against.

                  The extra bout round was drawn randomly and heavily favored Gravelotte who drew the 0-3 Georgios Balakakis.

                  Gravelotte dispatched of Balakakis 3-0 and moved onto the final game against Mavromichalis just barely as Athanasios Vouros surrendered a touch against in his bout against Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis.

                  In the final Eugene-Henri Gravelotte took down Perikle Pierrakos-Mavromichalis with ease 3-1 and become the first ever Olympic Men's Foil gold medalist.


                  Next up: April 7 continues with fencing with the Men's masters foil competition
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                    Joanni Perronet grabs gold in Men's fencing masters foil

                    Joanni Perronet grabs gold in Men's fencing masters foil

                    Men's masters foil - The Men's masters foil in fencing was the only event at the Olympic Games for professional athletes and was held immediately following the amateur competition.

                    It consisted of a single match, between Leonidas Pyrgos of Greece and Joanni Perronet of France.

                    Format - With only two fencers, the competition consisted of a single bout. The bout was to three touches.

                    Standard foil rules were used, including that touches had to be made with the tip of the foil, the target area was limited to the torso.

                    Results - In a very brief event, France's Joanni Perronet defeated Greece's Leonidas Pyrgos 3-2 to win the gold, leaving Pyrgos with the silver.


                    Next up: We continue on into the afternoon of April 7 with the heats for the Men's 110 metres hurdles event.
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                      Goulding, Curtis top the field in the Men's 110 metres hurdles heats

                      Goulding, Curtis top the field in the Men's 110 metres hurdles heats

                      Men's 110 metres hurdles - The Men's 110 metres hurdles semifinal heats were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Panathinaiko Stadium.

                      Format - The two heats consisted of four runners and the top two finishers of each heat advanced to the final which will be held April 10.

                      Results - In the first heat, Grantley Goulding ran an outstanding 17.80 (Olympic Record) advancing easily to the final. Also advancing was Frantz Reichel of France.

                      The second heat saw the United States Thomas Curtis cross the line first followed by Germany's Kurt Doerry.


                      Next up: The Men's long jump competition.
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                        Ellery Clark tops James Connolly by 2 inches to win gold in Men's long jump

                        Ellery Clark tops James Connolly by 2 inches to win gold in Men's long jump

                        Men's long jump - The Men's long jump competition started immediately after the heats of Men's 110 metres hurdles in the Panathinaiko Stadium.

                        There are several discrepancies about the number of jumpers in the competition. There were eight jumpers from five nations that have recorded results that have been upheld through history.

                        Format - There was a single round of jumping with each athlete making three jumps.

                        Results - The first round of jumping saw American James Connolly top his competitors with a jump that measured 6.08 metres.

                        The bigger news from the first round of jumping was the withdraw of medal favorite Robert Garrett due to a shoulder injury. Garrett exited the field and sought treatment right away after experiencing discomfort during a practice throw.

                        The second round of jumps yet again saw Connolly nail the top distance as the rest of the field posted very short jumps.

                        On the third round of jumping Ellery Clark boosted himself into the gold medal position with a recorded distance of 6.28 metres. The only jumper who could realistically top him was fellow American James Connolly.

                        However, Connolly never got the chance as he fouled on his final attempt, losing out to Clark by a mere three inches for the gold medal.

                        France's Alexandre Tufferi took home bronze with a personal best jump of 5.95 metres.


                        Next up: The final of the Men's 400 metres.
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                          American Thomas Burke is crowned the 400 metre champion

                          American Thomas Burke is crowned the 400 metre champion

                          Men's 400 metres final - The final saw two Americans, Thomas Burke and Herbert Jamison line up alongside Englishman Charles Gmelin and German Fritz Hofmann.

                          Jamison and Hofmann qualified via Heat 1 while Burke and Gmelin punched their tickets by being the fastest in Heat 2.

                          Results - No surprise here as Thomas Burke won by a decent margin over rival countryman Herbert Jamison. The two Americans were nearly two seconds faster than Charles Gmelin and Fritz Hofmann.

                          Gmelin just managed to cross the finish line before Hofmann to give Great Britain its first medal ever.


                          Next up: The Men's shot put competition.
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                            Robert Garrett secures gold for the USA in Men's shot put

                            Robert Garrett secures gold for the USA in Men's shot put

                            Men's shot put - The Men's shot put or more commonly known (in 1896) as the Men's putting the weight competition took place at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday afternoon in the Panathinaiko Stadium.

                            According to history, fifteen athletes entered and seven started but there's only true registered data for five throwers during the competition. The world recorder holder at the time George Gray of Canada and the best thrower of 1896, Irishman Denis Horgan did not participate.

                            Format - There is a single round of throwing with each thrower receiving three throws and the top four after that receiving three more throws. The athlete that achieves the farthest distance thrown will be crowned Olympic Champion.

                            Results - American Robert Garrett secured the gold medal with a distance of 11.16 metres on his fifth throw.

                            Finishing a close second to Garrett was Miltiadis Gouskos of Greece who registered a throw of 11.02 metres, also on his fifth throw.

                            Another Greek, Georgios Papasideris won the bronze medal with a throw of 10.43 metres on his third throw of the competition.


                            Next up: The Men's 1500 metres.
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                              Edwin Flack narrowly edges Arthur Blake in the Men's 1500 metres

                              Edwin Flack narrowly edges Arthur Blake in the Men's 1500 metres

                              Men's 1500 metres - The Men's 1500 metres race was the final athletics competition of Tuesday and took place at 4:30 p.m. in the Panathenaic Stadium.

                              The front runners coming into the race were France's Albin Lermusiaux, USA's Arthur Blake and Edwin Flack of Australia.

                              Results - In a very close race, Edwin Flack just edged Arthur Blake by two tenths of a second to win the 1500 metres gold medal.

                              France's Albin Lermusiaux finished third and won the bronze, finishing more than a second behind Flack and Blake. Lermusiaux just beat out Greece's Dimitrios Tomprof for the final medal spot.


                              Next up: The Men's two hand lift weightlifting competition.
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