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unusual facts about 1896 Summer Olympics



Charles Champaud

According to the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, Champaud, a Swiss national living in Bulgaria and working as a gymnastics teacher at a Sofia high school, competed for that country at the first modern Olympics.

Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Cricket had been scheduled as an event at the first modern Olympics, the 1896 Summer Olympics, being listed in the original programme for the Athens Games.

Fencing at the Summer Olympics

Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics

Gymnastics events have been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Neo Phaliron Velodrome

The Neo Phaliron Velodrome (New Phaleron) was a velodrome and sports arena in Athens, Greece, used for the cycling events at the 1896 Summer Olympics, which was later to be the Karaiskakis Stadium.

Nikolaos Levidis

Levidis competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens in the free rifle event.


see also

Andreou

Anastasios Andreou (1877–1947), Greek-Cypriot athlete who competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens

Ioannis Andreou, Greek swimmer that participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens

Persakis

Ioannis Persakis, a Greek athlete who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Petros Persakis, a Greek gymnast who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Rallis

Evangelos Rallis, Greek tennis player who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens