| | Event type
Discus Throw, Men
| Date | 6 April 1896 — 16:25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Panathinaiko Stadio, Athina | |
| Participants | 9 from 6 countries | |
| Format | Final only. | |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Distance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Garrett |  USA | 29.150 | Gold | ||
| 2 | Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos |  GRE | 28.955 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Sotirios Versis | GRE | 27.780 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | George Stuart Robertson |  GBR | 25.200 | |||
| Henrik Sjöberg |  SWE | – | ||||
| Georgios Papasideris | GRE | – | ||||
| Holger Nielsen |  DEN | – | ||||
| Viggo Jensen | DEN | – | ||||
| Adolphe Grisel |  FRA | – | ||||
| Louis Adler | FRA | – | ||||
| Charles Winckler | DEN | – | ||||
| Carl Schuhmann |  GER | – | ||||
| Charles Vanoni | USA | – |