Who won the first ever olympic gold medal and for what!?
History Fast Facts Host City: Athens, Greece Opening date: April 6, 1896 Closing date: April 15, 1896 Nations: 14 Athletes: 245 (all male) 43 events in nine sports There were 245 athletes registered for the inaugural 1896 Games at Athens, but 164 of them were Greek. They and 81 other athletes, representing 13 other countries, competed in the 43 events. The program included nine sports: cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis, track and field, weightlifting, and wrestling. (Rowing and sailing races had also been planned, but they were canceled because of bad weather.) Most of the foreign athletes paid their own way, and there were no standards of eligibility. Some of the competitors, in fact, were tourists who just happened to be visiting Greece at the time and decided to enter on the spur of the moment. Germany and France had the largest representation, with 19 athletes each, followed by the United States with 14. There were no national teams as such, but the Boston At
