*1827. Игры I Олимпиады. Греция. Афины. 1896 год

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GERMANY’S CARL SCHUHMANN WAS ARGUABLY THE BRIGHTEST STAR OF ATHENS 1896. COMPETING IN GYMNASTICS, ATHLETICS, WEIGHTLIFTING AND GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING, HE WON FOUR GOLD MEDALS, MORE THAN ANY OTHER ATHLETE AT THE INAUGURAL MODERN GAMES.

The middle of the 19th century had seen sports clubs mushroom across Europe, and among the most illustrious was the Berliner Turnerschaft, a gymnastics club founded in the German capital in 1863. One of its most eminent members was a multi-talented athlete by the name of Carl Schuhmann, who at the age of 26 was chosen to represent Germany at Athens 1896.

The Munster-born all-rounder competed in the long jump, triple jump and shot put, his best finish being fifth in the second of those events. He also took part in the two-handed weightlifting competition – the forerunner of the clean and jerk – lifting 90kg to take fourth place.

However, it was in the gymnastics events, Held before tens of thousands of spectators at the Panathinaiko Stadium on 9 April, that Schuhmann came into his own. Forming part of a peerless 11-man German team captained by Fritz Hofmann, who won silver in the 100m, the lithe Schuhmann helped his country land gold in the horizontal bar and parallel bars events before going on to win the individual vault competition, topping the podium three times on the same day.

Further success would come Schuhmann’s way in wrestling, one of the sports that forged a symbolic link between the ancient and modern Games. The only event on the programme at Athens 1896 was the men’s Greco-Roman, which was an open competition at the time. The versatile German began his bid for another gold by getting the better of Great Britain’s Launceston Elliot, a victory that earned him a place in the final against local hero Yeriyos Tsitas. Also held at the Panathinaiko Stadium, the gold-medal bout began late on 10 April, as an ecstatic crowd celebrated Greek runner Spyridon Louis’ triumph in the marathon, and was suspended after 40 minutes owing to the gathering darkness. The two combatants resumed hostilities the following morning, with Schuhmann throwing his man to the ground after 15 minutes to claim his fourth gold of the Games. On presenting the German with his medal, King George I of Greece told him: “You are now the most popular man in this country.”

Schuhmann is one of only three athletes to have competed in four different sports at the same edition of the Games and the most successful member of that trio, a distinction he will quite possibly hold forever. After becoming a gymnastics teacher in England, he joined up with the Germany team at the 1908 Olympic Games in London and maintained close ties with the Olympic movement through to Berlin 1936, where, despite being in his mid-60s, he took part in a gymnastics exhibition. He died in Berlin ten years later at the age of 76. His tomb bears the words “Germany’s first Olympic champion”, below which are inscribed the five Olympic rings and the legend “Athens 1896”.

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Афины 1896-Cycling-FLAMENG Léon (FRA) и МАССОН Пол (FRA).
АФИНЫ 1896 , ФРАНЦИЯ , МАССОН, ПОЛ

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Athens 1896-A team demonstration at the parallel bars.
ATHENS 1896

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Athens 1896-SCHUMANN Carl (GRE) 1st and TSITAS Giorgios (GRE) 2nd.
ATHENS 1896, GREECE

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http://athletics-sport.info/olympics/1896

Город-организатор: Афины, Греция
Церемония открытия: 6 апреля 1896 (открывал король Георг I)
Церемония закрытия: 15 апреля 1896

Период прохождения игр: 6 - 13 апреля 1896 года.
Видов спорта: 9
Общее количество дисциплин:43
Количество стран: 12 (по другим источникам 13 или 14)
Количество спортсменов: 176 (по другим источникам 241 или 311)
мужчин : 176
женщин: 0
Самый молодой участник: Dimitrios Loundras (Греция, возраст: 10, 216 дней)
Старейший участник: Charles Waldstein (США, возраст: 40, 10 дней)
Страны-призеры по медалям: Греция (47)
Спортсмены-призеры по медалям: Hermann Weingärtner Германия (6)

Примечание:

в скобках указан результат - для беговых дисциплин: время ручное (автоматическое), начиная с 1972 года - время автоматическое
для многоборий: очки по таблице 1912/1934/1950/1952/1962/1971/1977/1985 годов

WR - мировой рекорд (world record)
=WR - повторение мирового рекорда
WB - лучший мировой рекорд (world best)
OR - олимпийский рекорд (olympic record)
=OR - повторение олимпийского рекорда
OB - лучший олимпийский рекорд (olympic best)
AR - рекорд континента (area record)
NR - национальный рекорд (national record)
ER - рекорд Европы (European record)
CR - рекорд чемпионата (championship record)
MR - рекорд соревнований (meeting record)
WL - лучший результат сезона в мире (world leading)
SB - лучший результат в сезоне (season best)
PB/PR - личный рекорд (personal best/personal record)
DNF - не финишировал(-а) (did not finish)
DSQ - дисквалификация (disqualified)

w - скорость ветра
1 ярд = 0.9144 метра
1 фут = 0.3047 метра

Протоколы соревнований согласно сайтам: www.sports-reference.com, www.iaaf.org

Неофициальный плакат был сделан к играм 1896 года.

Серебряная медаль чемпиона Олимпийских Игр 1896 года.

Церемония открытия Олимпийских Игр 1896 года.