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The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games (Greek: Μεσολυμπιάδα, romanized: Mesolympiada, lit. 'Mesolympics'), held from 22 April 1906 to 2 May 1906, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Greece. [1]
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At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, 21 competitive events in athletics were held. [1] A total of 65 medals (21 gold, 23 silver, 21 bronze) were awarded. Now called the Intercalated Games, the 1906 Games are no longer considered as an official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Athlete Events Heat Semifinals Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Archie Hahn: 100 metres: 12.0 1 Q: 11.4 1 Q: 11.2 Fay Moulton: 11.8 1 Q: 11.2 1 Q: Unknown
Medal tables list the gold medalist as Denmark, with the silver medals given to a mixed team from Smyrna, and the bronze medalists from Thessaloniki listed as Greece. [1] Both were cities in the Ottoman Empire at the time. Denmark were awarded the gold medal after the Athens team failed to appear for the second half of the final.
At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, two weightlifting events were contested. [1] Now called the Intercalated Games, the 1906 Games are no longer considered as an official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee.
At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, four gymnastics events were contested, all for men only. [1] Now called the Intercalated Games, the 1906 Games are no longer considered as an official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee.
Some sports historians argue that the events should be considered part of the true Olympic series as their success helped sustain the modern Olympic movement – the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1904 Summer Olympics were less international and were largely overshadowed by the World's Fairs that the host cities incorporated the games into. [1] [3]