Editing 1906 Intercalated Games

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{{Short description|International multi-sport event in Greece}}
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| host_city   = Athens, Greece
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| opening     = 22 April 1906
| closing     = 2 May 1906
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| next      = [[1908 Summer Olympics|London 1908]]
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The '''1906 Intercalated Games''' or '''1906 Olympic Games''' ({{Langx|el|Μεσολυμπιάδα|Mesolympiada|Mesolympics}}), held from 22 April 1906 to 2 May 1906, was an international [[multi-sport event]] that was celebrated in [[Athens]], [[Kingdom of Greece]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=1906 Athina Summer Games |access-date=2014-01-29 |publisher=Sports Reference}}</ref> They were at the time considered to be [[Olympic Games]] and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games in Athens" by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC).<ref name="lennartz">[http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv10n1/JOHv10n1i.pdf Journal of Olympic History, Volume 10, December 2001/January 2002, ''The 2nd International Olympic Games in Athens 1906'', by Karl Lennartz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515105421/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv10n1/JOHv10n1i.pdf |date=15 May 2012 }}</ref> However, the medals that were distributed to the participants during these games were later not officially recognised by the IOC<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/about/events.html What Events are Olympic?] Olympics at SportsReference.com.  Accessed 7 Sep 2008.</ref> and are not displayed with the collection of Olympic medals at the [[Olympic Museum]] in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland.

The 1906 games are noted for their influence on the Olympic tradition and the records broken during these games are recorded in history, but are no longer considered part of the Olympic records. 894 athletes from 20 nations competed in this competition. The idea behind the Intercalated games was to have an Olympics in Greece every four years, but this would be the first and last. The idea was not pursued further and is sometimes called the "forgotten games" in the context of the Olympics. The next Olympic Games would be the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in London, and the next time the Olympic Games would return to Greece was 98 years later in [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] also in Athens.

==Intercalated Games==
The Intercalated Olympic Games were to be a series of ''International Olympic Games'' halfway between what is now known as the Games of the [[Olympiad]]. This proposed series of Games, [[wikt:intercalate|intercalated]] in the Olympic Games cycle, was always to be held in [[Athens]] and was to have equal status with the international Games. However, the only such Games were held in 1906.

One reason for the games in 1906 was to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the 1896 games.<ref name=":1" />

The first Intercalated Games had been scheduled by the [[International Olympic Committee]] in 1901<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Walsh |editor1-first=Philip |title=Brill's Companion to the Reception of Aristophanes |date= 2016 |page=245 |url=https://brill.com/view/title/25319 |access-date=20 March 2020 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-9004324657 |language=en}}</ref> as part of a new schedule, where every four years, in between the internationally organised Games, there would be Intermediate Games held in Athens.

This was a compromise; after the successful Games of [[1896 Summer Olympics|Athens 1896]], the Greeks suggested they could organise the games every four years. Since they had the accommodation and had proven they could hold well-organised games, they received substantial public support. However, [[Pierre de Coubertin]], the founder of the [[International Olympic Committee]], opposed this, as he had intended for the first Games to be in Paris in 1900. After Paris had lost the première Olympics, De Coubertin did not want the games to be permanently hosted elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hirthler |first1=George |title=Celebrating Pierre de Coubertin: the French genius of sport who founded the modern Olympic Games – Olympic News |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/celebrating-pierre-de-coubertin-the-french-genius-of-sport-who-founded-the-modern-olympic-games |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=20 March 2020 |language=en |date=3 September 2019}}</ref> 

The [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Games]] were overshadowed by the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Exposition Universelle]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Paris 1900: Games at the centre of the world |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/paris-1900-games-at-the-centre-of-the-world |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=20 March 2020 |language=en |date=13 September 2017}}</ref> whose organising committee disagreed with De Coubertin's ideas to such an extent that he resigned. The organisation of the 1900 Games was haphazard by today's standards, and although some events, such as archery, drew widespread attention, many others were poorly attended. Historians' opinions still differ over which events should be considered "Olympic".

[[File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Vault.jpg|thumb|Vaulting at the 1906 games]]
Consequently, the IOC supported the Greek idea by granting them a second series of quadrennial games in between the first series.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Koulouri |first1=Christina |title=The Inside View of an Outsider: Greek Scholarship on the History of the Olympic Games |journal=Journal of Sport History |date=2005 |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=217–228 |jstor=43610398 |issn=0094-1700}}</ref> All of the games would be International Olympic Games: the difference was that half of them would follow De Coubertin's idea of "organisation internationale", while the other half would follow the Greeks' idea of a permanent home with the [[Hellenic Olympic Committee|Committee of the Olympic Games]], as it was then known, as experienced organisers. 

This was a departure from the ancient schedule, but it was expected that, if the ancient Greeks could keep a four-year schedule, the modern Olympic Movement could keep a two-year schedule. As 1902 was now too close to be logistically workable, and Greece was experiencing political and economic difficulties, the 2nd Olympic Games in Athens were scheduled for 1906, and the IOC as a whole gave Greece full support for the organisation.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=John E. Findling |editor1-first=Kimberly D. Pelle |title=Encyclopedia of the modern Olympic movement |date= 2004 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0313322785 |page=45 |url=http://data.rero.ch/01-R003675003/html |access-date=20 March 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The [[1904 Summer Olympics]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] were overshadowed by the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition]], and their organisation was even worse than that of Paris 1900, while travel difficulties meant that only 20% of the athletes were non-American; of these, half were Canadian.

It was clear the [[Olympic Movement]] was in a dire situation and desperately needed to recapture the spirit of [[1896 Summer Olympics|Athens 1896]]. It also needed to do so quickly, as to those who did not participate in St. Louis, [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908]] was a gap of eight years, by which time there would be little, if any, goodwill left for the Games. 

To make matters worse, Rome, the proposed host for 1908, was also planning an [[World's Fair|exhibition]] at the same time as the Games, which had been responsible for the failures of Paris and St. Louis.

To the IOC, the 1906 Athens Games being just around the corner would have been a lifeline. While De Coubertin still opposed the idea and did not do anything more than his function required of him, the IOC as a whole gave the Greek organising committee full support for the organisation.

==Improvements==
[[File:Olympic Committee 1906.jpg|thumb|right|The Organising Committee of the 1906 Games]]

The 1906 Games were quite successful: unlike the Games of [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900]], [[1904 Summer Olympics|1904]] or [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908]], they were not stretched out over several months, and unlike 1900 and 1904, they were not overshadowed by an international exposition. Their crisp implementation was most likely instrumental in the continued existence of the Games.

Contemporary publications praised the Games:

{{quote|The Olympic Games of 1906 will go down in athletic history as the most remarkable festival of its kind ever held. They exceeded in every way the successful Olympic Games of 1896 ... The scenes and incidents and everything in connection with the Olympic Games of 1906 made an impression that will never be forgotten and it is hoped that future Olympic Games will be up to the standard of the ones of 1906.<ref name="JES">{{cite book|last=Sullivan|first=James E.|title=The Olympic Games at Athens 1906|publisher=American Sports Publishing Company|location=New York|year=1906}}</ref>{{rp|11–13}} }}

These Games were the first to have:
* All athlete registration going through their NOCs.{{cn|date=June 2022}}
* The Opening of the Games as a separate event: an event at which the athletes marched into the stadium in national teams, each following its national flag.
* An [[Olympic Village]] (at the [[Zappeion]]). 
* A formal Closing Ceremony.
* The raising of national flags for the medalists.

These, along with various other changes, are now accepted as tradition.

== Games ==
[[Image:1906 Athens stadium.jpg|thumb|left|Panathinaiko Stadium in 1906]]
[[File:Review of reviews and world's work (1890) (14781699331).jpg|thumb|right|Panathinaiko Stadium]]
The Games were held from 22 April to 2 May 1906, in Athens, Greece. They took place in the [[Panathenaic Stadium]], which had already hosted the 1896 Games and the earlier [[Zappas Olympics]] of 1870 and 1875. The games excluded several disciplines that had occurred during the past two games; it was unclear whether they ought to have been part of the Olympic Games. Added to the program were the [[javelin throw]] and the [[pentathlon]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2018}}

The 1906 games are noted for their opening and closing ceremonies, which initiated this tradition.<ref name=":0">Lattipongpun, Wichian. (2010). The Origins of the Olympic Games' Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Journal of Intercultural Communication Studies. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251572997_The_Origins_of_the_Olympic_Games%27_Opening_and_Closing_Ceremonies </ref> The official Olympic website notes there was no opening ceremony with parade of athletes, in the 1896, 1900, and 1904 games, and notes the 1906 games as the genesis of the idea, but the 1908 Summer games is the first still recognized Olympics with the opening parade of athletes which was more organized. The 1908 games introduced the tradition of the host coming in as the last in the parade also.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=London 1908: a meticulously organised Athletes' Parade |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/the-remarkable-story-of-the-athletes-parade}}</ref>

=== Opening ===
These were the first games to include an opening ceremony with athletes marching into the stadium as national teams behind their flags. King [[George I of Greece|George I]] officially opened the games.<ref name="JES"/>
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File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Royal Entry 1.jpg|{{center|Royals enter the [[Panathenaic Stadium|Stadium]]}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Royal Entry 2.jpg|{{center|Royals enter the [[Panathenaic Stadium|Stadium]]}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 King of England.jpg|{{center|Reception of the king of England}}
</gallery>

=== Highlights ===
[[Image:THE FINISH OF THE MARATHON RACE.jpg|thumb|right|The finish of the Marathon]]
* There were only two standing jump events in Athens, but [[Ray Ewry]] successfully defended his titles in both of them, bringing his total up to 8 gold medals. In 1908 he would successfully defend them one last time for a total of 10 Olympic titles, a feat unparalleled until [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] when [[Michael Phelps]] pushed his Olympic gold medal total to 14.
* [[Paul Pilgrim]] won both the 400 and 800 metres, a feat that was first repeated during [[1976 Summer Olympics|Montreal 1976]] by [[Alberto Juantorena]].
* [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Billy Sherring]] lived in Greece for two months, to adjust to the local conditions. His efforts paid off as he unexpectedly won the [[Marathon (sport)|Marathon]]. [[Prince George of Greece and Denmark|Prince George]] accompanied him on the final lap.<ref name="JES"/>{{rp|43}}
* Finland made its Olympic debut, and immediately won a gold medal, as [[Verner Järvinen]] won the Discus (Greek style) event.
* [[Peter O'Connor (athlete)|Peter O'Connor]] of Ireland won gold in the [[triple jump|hop, step and jump]] (triple jump) and silver in the [[long jump]]. In protest at being put on the British team, O'Connor scaled the flagpole and hoisted the [[Green harp flag|Irish flag]], while the pole was guarded by Irish and American athletes and supporters.
* [[Martin Sheridan]] of the [[Irish American Athletic Club]], competing for the U.S. team, won gold in the 16-pound [[Shot put]] and the Freestyle [[Discus throw]] and silver in the [[Standing high jump]], [[Standing long jump]] and Stone throw. He scored the greatest number of points of any athlete at the Games. For his accomplishments he was presented with a ceremonial javelin by King Georgios I. This javelin is still on display in a local pub near Sheridan's hometown in [[Bohola]], [[County Mayo]], [[Ireland]].

=== Closing ceremony ===
[[File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Students.jpg|thumb|240px|Students at Gymnastics]]
Six thousand schoolchildren<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2004-08-07 |title=Athens' forgotten games seen as Olympic savior |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=1854279 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> took part in the first ever Olympic closing ceremony.<ref name=":0" />

== Participating nations ==
854 athletes, 848 men and 6 women, from 20 countries, competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games.<ref name="sports-reference" />
[[Image:1906 Summer Olympic games countries.png|thumb|240px|Participants of the 1906 Games]]

{{Columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* {{flaglink|Australia|at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1903}} <small>(4)</small>
* {{flaglink|Austria|at the 1906 Intercalated Games|empire}} <small>(31)</small>
* {{flaglink|Belgium|at the 1906 Intercalated Games}} <small>(16)</small>
* {{flaglink|Bohemia|at the 1906 Intercalated Games}} <small>(13)</small>
* {{flaglink|Canada|at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1868}} <small>(3)</small>
* {{flaglink|Denmark|at the 1906 Intercalated Games}} <small>(53)</small>
* {{flaglink|Egypt|at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1882}} <small>(2)</small>
* {{flaglink|Finland|at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1809}} <small>(4)</small>{{efn|name=Finland|While the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]] was part of the [[Russian Empire]] at the time, it was fully self-governing; as such, it was treated as a separate country.}}
* {{flaglink|France|at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1830}} <small>(56)</small>
* {{flaglink|Germany|at the 1906 Intercalated Games|empire}} <small>(49)</small>
* {{flaglink|Great Britain|at the 1906 Intercalated Games}} <small>(47)</small>
* {{flaglink|Greece|at the 1906 Intercalated Games|old}} <small>(321) '''(host country)'''</small>
* {{flaglink|Hungary|at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1867}} <small>(35)</small>
* {{flaglink|Italy|at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1861}} <small>(76)</small>
* {{flaglink|Netherlands|at the 1906 Intercalated Games}} <small>(16)</small>
* {{flaglink|Norway|at the 1906 Intercalated Games}} <small>(32)</small>
* {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Turkey at the 1906 Intercalated Games|Ottoman Turkey]] <small>(2)</small>{{efn|name=Turkey|At the time, the name "Turkey" was used to refer to the Ottoman Empire.}}
* {{flaglink|Sweden|at the 1906 Intercalated Games}} <small>(39)</small>
* {{flaglink|Switzerland|at the 1906 Intercalated Games}} <small>(9)</small>
* {{flaglink|United States|at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1896}} <small>(38)</small>
}}

== The Games ==
78 events in 14 disciplines, comprising 12 sports, were part of the 1906 Games.

{{Columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*Aquatics
**{{GamesSport|Diving|Events=1|Format=d}}
**{{GamesSport|Swimming|Events=4|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Athletics|Events=21|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}}
**Road <small>(1)</small>
**Track <small>(5)</small>
*{{GamesSport|Fencing|Events=8|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Football|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Gymnastics|Events=4|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Rowing|Events=6|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Shooting|Events=16|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Tennis|Events=4|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Tug of war|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Wrestling|Events=4|Format=d}}
}}

[[Pistol dueling at the Summer Olympics|Pistol dueling]] was an unofficial event.<ref name="Gibson 2012">{{cite web | last=Gibson | first=Megan | title=9 Really Strange Sports That Are No Longer in the Olympics | website=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=2012-07-16 | url=https://olympics.time.com/2012/07/16/really-strange-sports-that-are-longer-in-the-olympics/slide/dueling-pistols/ | access-date=2024-01-27}}</ref>

==Medal count==
These medals were distributed but are [[Intercalated Games#Downgrading|no longer recognised]] by the International Olympic Committee.

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = GRE
 | flag_template  = flagIOC
 | event          = 1906 Summer
 | team           = 
 | gold_FRA = 15 | silver_FRA = 9 | bronze_FRA = 16
 | gold_USA = 12 | silver_USA = 6 | bronze_USA = 6
 | gold_GRE = 8 | silver_GRE = 13 | bronze_GRE = 13
 | gold_GBR = 8 | silver_GBR = 11 | bronze_GBR = 5
 | gold_ITA = 7 | silver_ITA = 6 | bronze_ITA = 3
 | gold_SUI = 4 | silver_SUI = 3 | bronze_SUI = 1 
 | gold_GER = 4 | silver_GER = 6 | bronze_GER = 5
 | gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0 
 | gold_AUT = 3 | silver_AUT = 3 | bronze_AUT = 3
 | gold_DEN = 3 | silver_DEN = 2 | bronze_DEN = 1 
 | gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 5 | bronze_SWE = 7 
 | gold_HUN = 2 | silver_HUN = 5 | bronze_HUN = 3
 | gold_BEL = 2 | silver_BEL = 1 | bronze_BEL = 3 
 | gold_FIN = 2 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 1 
 | gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_ZZX = 0 | silver_ZZX = 2 | bronze_ZZX = 0
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 2 
 | gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 3
 | gold_BOH = 0 | silver_BOH = 0 | bronze_BOH = 2 
 | source = <ref name="sports-reference" />
}}

===Notes===

*The [[Mixed team at the 1906 Intercalated Games|mixed team]] medals are for two Belgians and one Greek in the Coxed Pairs 1 mile rowing event and for the football team of Smyrna (see below).
* In the [[Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games|football tournament]], the silver medal for the team from [[İzmir|Smyrna]] was won by a mixed team of footballers from various nationalities (English, French and Armenian), while the bronze medal for the team from [[Thessaloniki|Thessalonica]] was won by ethnic [[Greeks]] who competed for Greece, despite both cities being [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] possessions at the time.
*[[Egypt at the 1906 Intercalated Games|Egypt]] and [[Turkey at the 1906 Intercalated Games|Turkey (Ottoman Empire)]] were the only countries that competed but did not win medals.

==Decline of the Intercalated Games==
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[[File:Athentroppens Ankomst den 13de Mai 1906 (5383384809).jpg|thumb|On the balance beam, 1906]]
The [[Greece|Greeks]] were, despite their best efforts, unable to keep the schedule for 1910. While there had been serious political tensions in the [[Balkans]], the modern Greeks found out their ancient ancestors were right: a two-year interval was too short. There had been effectively a gap of six years before Athens 1906, due to the predominantly American nature of the 1904 St. Louis Games, but Athens 1910 would have left a gap of two years after the 1908 London Games, which would have made it virtually impossible to prepare.

With Athens 1910 being a failure, the faith in the Intercalated Games diminished: as a result, plans for Athens 1914 got even less support before the outbreak of [[World War I]], meaning any further Intercalated Games had to wait until after the war, which ended in 1918. 

Since it had been twelve years since Athens 1906, and in any case, the next possible event would have been in 1922 – sixteen years after the first – the idea of Intercalated Games was given up entirely.

===Downgrading===
Since the 2nd International Olympic Games in Athens had become an exception, the personal views of various IOC chairmen caused the IOC to retroactively downgrade the 1906 Games, and their explanation for the Games became that they had been a 10th anniversary celebration. 

Also, more stress was placed on the continuing sequence of four-year Olympiads, and the Games of 1906 did not fit into this. Hence, the IOC currently does not recognise Athens 1906 as Olympic Games, and does not regard any events occurring there (such as the setting of new records or the winning of medals) as official.

Despite this, the success of Athens 1906 may have been what kept the Olympics alive after the failures of 1900 and 1904. As the next Games are always built on the successes of the last, the innovations of Athens were used again in London, and eventually became Olympic tradition. 

In fact, the influence of the First Intercalated Games pervades the Olympics, with the holding of the Games concentrated in a small time period in a small area returning to the first games, while some later games lasted for months. (see also [[1896 Summer Olympics]], which lasted 11 days; see also [[List of Olympic Games host cities]])

In the 21st century the 1906 Olympics are sometimes called the "lost" or "forgotten" games.<ref name=":2" /> Despite its exclusion from other games, it was noted as a well organized, dignified event, full pageantry, and for introducing the almost theatrical opening closing ceremonies, which was further refined by the 1908 games.<ref name=":2" />

== Postcards for the 1906 Olympics ==
A number of [[postcard]]s, then at its peak, were published by various printhouses. The following were printed in [[Corfu]], [[Greece]], by the [[Aspioti-ELKA|Aspiotis]] brothers.
<gallery widths="200px">
File:Aspiotis ιη.jpg|{{center|Disc thrower}}
File:Aspiotis ιθ.jpg|{{center|Runners}}
File:Aspiotis κ.jpg|{{center|Wrestlers}}
File:Aspiotis κα.jpg|{{center|Boxer}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Javelin.jpg|{{center|Javelin}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Pole Vault.jpg|{{center|Pole vault}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Rope.jpg|{{center|Rope climbing}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Weight Lifting.jpg|{{center|Bar bell lifting with 2 hands}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Danes 1.jpg|{{center|Danes at Gymnastics}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Danes 2.jpg|{{center|Danes at Gymnastics}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Danes 3.jpg|{{center|Danes at Gymnastics}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Royal Stand.jpg|{{center|Royal stand}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Pole Vault Gonder.jpg|{{center|Pole vault winner [[:w:en:Fernand Gonder|Gonder]]}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 100 run.jpg|{{center|100 metres run}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 800 run.jpg|{{center|800 metres run. Winner [[:w:en:Paul Pilgrim|Pilgrim]] }}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 1000 run.jpg|{{center|1000 metres run}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 1500 run.jpg|{{center|1500 metres run}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Cyclists.jpg|{{center|Demonstration of German cyclists}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Vault.jpg|{{center|Vault}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Tennis.jpg|{{center|Lawn Tennis}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Nautical.jpg|{{center|Nautical sports}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Fencing 1.jpg|{{center|Fencing in the [[Zappeion]]}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Fencing 2.jpg|{{center|Fencing outdoors}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Wrestling.jpg|{{center|Greco-Roman Wrestling}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Oedipus 1.jpg|{{center|Performance of ''[[Oedipus Rex]]''}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Oedipus 2.jpg|{{center|Performance of ''[[Oedipus Rex]]''}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Long Jump 1.jpg|{{center|Long jump}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Long Jump 2.jpg|{{center|Long jump}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Royal Address.jpg|{{center|Address by H.R.H. the [[Constantine I of Greece|Crown Prince]]}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Shooting.jpg|{{center|Shooting}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Steinbach.jpg|{{center|[[Josef Steinbach|Steinbach]], winner in weight lifting}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Shot Put Sheridan.jpg|{{center|Shot Put. Sheridan winner}}
File:Aspiotis Olympics 1906 Weight Lifting Tofalos.jpg|{{center|Weight lifting with 2 hands. Tofalos winner}}
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Olympics|Greece}}
*[[1992 Winter Olympics]]
*[[1994 Winter Olympics]]
* [[IOC country codes]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
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* [https://archive.org/details/olympicgamesatat00sullrich ''The Olympic games at Athens, 1906''] – [[James Edward Sullivan]], 1906.

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