1896 Summer Olympics - Medal Count

Medal Count

For more details on this topic, see 1896 Summer Olympics medal table.

Ten of the 14 participating nations earned medals, in addition to three medals won by mixed teams, i.e. teams made up of athletes from multiple nations. The United States won the most gold medals (11), while host nation Greece won the most medals overall (46) as well as the most silver (17) and bronze (19) medals, finishing with one fewer gold medal than the United States.

During these inaugural Olympics, winners were given a silver medal, an olive branch, and a diploma, while runners-up received a copper medal, laurel branch, and diploma. The IOC has retroactively assigned gold, silver and bronze medals to the three best placed athletes in each event to comport with more recent traditions.

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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