He was the winner of the first Modern Olympics marathon competition in 1896.
James Connolly, USA, Triple Jump, 1896.
James Connolly of the United States. The first event that had a winner in the Modern Olympics was the triple jump which was contested April 6, 1896. Connolly won with a jump of 13.71 meters.
1896 Games in Athens, the first of the modern Olympics. The winner was Spyros Louis of Greece.
The first event's winner that was decided in the 1896 Olympics, the first 'modern' Olympics, was in the triple jump. The winner was James Connelly of the United States who jumped 13.71 meters or 44 feet 11 3/4 inches.
Greece ... he was the winner of the marathon.
At the first Olympics in 1896.
the first olympics started in 1896
1896
In the Modern Olympics, that was Carl Schuhmann of Germany who won the men's Greco-Roman competition at the 1896 Games in Athens.
the first mordern olympics was in 1896
the first modern Olympics occurred in 1896