Olympic medal

This is the silver medal. It is a medal that is awarded to the runner-up in various competitions (usually running) as the Olympic Games.

Medals

#	País				Total
1	Estados Unidos (USA)	11	7	2	20
2	Grecia (GRE)	10	17	19	46
3	Alemania (GER)	6	5	2	13
4	Francia (FRA)	5	4	2	11
5	Reino Unido (GBR)	2	3	2	7
6	Hungría (HUN)	2	1	3	6
7	Austria (AUT)	2	1	2	5
8	Australia (AUS)	2	0	0	2
9	Dinamarca (DEN)	1	2	3	6
10	Suiza (SUI)	1	2	0	3

The country that won medals was the United States, but Switzerland was the least won.

Participating countries

•  Alemania (GER)
•  Australia (AUS), 
•  Austria (AUT), 
•  Bulgaria (BUL)
•  Chile (CHI)
•  Dinamarca (DEN)
•  Estados Unidos (USA)
•  Francia (FRA)
•  Grecia (GRE)
•  Hungría (HUN), 
•  Italia (ITA)
•  Reino Unido (GBR)
•  Suecia (SWE)
•  Suiza (SUI).

Important moments

Athletics

Spiridon Louis was a Greek runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the first Olympics of the modern era in 1896 

Thomas Edward Burke, winner of two gold medals in athletics at the Olympic Games of Athens 1896, in the fields of 100 m and 400 m. 

Ciclism

The best cyclist was Frenchman Paul Masson, who won the sprint events and 10,000 metros.11 In the race of 100 kilometers, Masson entered as a pacemaker for his compatriot Léon Flameng. Flameng won the event, after recovering from a fall. 

Gymnastics

Three Germans also won individual titles: Hermann Weingärtner won individual horizontal bar, parallel bars Alfred Flatow individual and Carl Schuhmann, who also competed in wrestling, won the Vault.

Swimming

Alfred Hajós was a swimmer, athlete, footballer and Hungarian architect. It has the distinction of being the first Olympic champion in swimming. 

Tennis

It was the first Olympic tennis champion in modern history, winning gold medals in both singles and doubles at the Olympic Games Athens 1896. 

History of Athens

The Athens 1896 Olympic Games, officially known as Games of the I Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, between 6 and April 15, 1896. 241 athletes participated in male-female participation, there were fourteen countries who competed in 43 competitions in nine sports. They were the first Olympics of the modern era. 

1896 Olympic Games were recognized as a great success. Had the largest international participation in a sporting event to date. Panathinaiko Stadium, which was the first major stage of the modern world, was surpassed its capacity with the largest crowd that had gathered ever to see a sporting event. 

The First Olympics Athens 1896 - Discus

Athens 1896