| | 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 | Nr | Athlete | 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 | – |