Greece Athens
Intercalated Olympics
22 April - 2 May 1906
In 1906, the Intercalated Olympic Games not specified in the Olympic schedule were celebrated on the 10th anniversary of the Games of the I Olympiad.
Greece wanted Athens to be a permanent host of the Olympics. But the IOC opposed this idea; instead it suggested that the Greek NOC would hold intercalated games, the intermediate games between the scheduled Olympics.
Therefore, the 1906 Olympics were not included in the official list of Summer Olympics but went down in history as the Intercalated Olympics.
What were the innovations of the 1906 Olympics?
• For the first time all athlete registration went thought the NOCs.
• For the first time athletes representing the participating nations marched into the Athens stadium in their national teams, each following its national flag.
• For the first time athletes of two nations, Hungary and Sweden, decorated their shirts with national emblems.
Totally, 900 athletes of 22 nations (according to other sources – 883 athletes of 20 nations) competed at the Games. But all sources confirm that this family of athletes included seven female athletes only.
78 sets of medals had been played for in 13 sports.
The winners were awarded the silver-gilt medal for the first place, silver medal for the second one and bronze metal for the third one.
The obverse and reverse sides of the medal are similar to those of the winner medal of the 1896 Athens Games but for the year 1906 instead of 1896.
Team medals differed in size and design.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
It is a replica of that of the Games of the I Olympiad but for the year 1906 on the plate instead of 1896. In 1896, only bronze commemorative medals to be presented to participants, judges and journalists were issued. In 1906, besides the bronze medals, the gilt-bronze medals were also issued to be presented to the most honored guests of the Intercalated International Olympics, and silver-plated bronze medals (about 50 copies) to be presented to the IOC members, chef de missions and Organizing Committee members.
SIVER-GILT WINNER MEDAL (FIRST PRIZE)
SILVER WINNER MEDAL (SECOND PRIZE)
BRONZE WINNER MEDAL (THIRD PRIZE)
SILVER WINNER TEAM MEDAL
BRONZE WINNER TEAM MEDAL
GOLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL (GILT-BRONZE)
SILVER COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL (SILVER-PLATED BRONZE)
BRONZE COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
Greece wanted Athens to be a permanent host of the Olympics. But the IOC opposed this idea; instead it suggested that the Greek NOC would hold intercalated games, the intermediate games between the scheduled Olympics.
Therefore, the 1906 Olympics were not included in the official list of Summer Olympics but went down in history as the Intercalated Olympics.
What were the innovations of the 1906 Olympics?
• For the first time all athlete registration went thought the NOCs.
• For the first time athletes representing the participating nations marched into the Athens stadium in their national teams, each following its national flag.
• For the first time athletes of two nations, Hungary and Sweden, decorated their shirts with national emblems.
Totally, 900 athletes of 22 nations (according to other sources – 883 athletes of 20 nations) competed at the Games. But all sources confirm that this family of athletes included seven female athletes only.
78 sets of medals had been played for in 13 sports.
The winners were awarded the silver-gilt medal for the first place, silver medal for the second one and bronze metal for the third one.
The obverse and reverse sides of the medal are similar to those of the winner medal of the 1896 Athens Games but for the year 1906 instead of 1896.
Team medals differed in size and design.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
It is a replica of that of the Games of the I Olympiad but for the year 1906 on the plate instead of 1896. In 1896, only bronze commemorative medals to be presented to participants, judges and journalists were issued. In 1906, besides the bronze medals, the gilt-bronze medals were also issued to be presented to the most honored guests of the Intercalated International Olympics, and silver-plated bronze medals (about 50 copies) to be presented to the IOC members, chef de missions and Organizing Committee members.
SIVER-GILT WINNER MEDAL (FIRST PRIZE)
| Metal | silver-gilt |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Thickness | 2,1 mm |
| Weight | 63,5 g |
| Designer | Jules-Clement Chaplain |
| Mint |
Paris Mint (Paris France) |
SILVER WINNER MEDAL (SECOND PRIZE)
| Metal | silver |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Thickness | 2,1 mm |
| Weight | 63 g |
| Designer | Jules-Clement Chaplain |
| Mint | Paris Mint (Paris France) |
BRONZE WINNER MEDAL (THIRD PRIZE)
| Metal | bronze |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Thickness | 2,1 mm |
| Weight | 58 g |
| Designer | Jules-Clement Chaplain |
| Mint |
Paris Mint (Paris France) |
SILVER WINNER TEAM MEDAL
|
Metall |
silver |
|
Diameter |
32 mm |
|
Thickness |
2,1 mm |
|
Weight |
18 g |
BRONZE WINNER TEAM MEDAL
|
Metall |
bronze |
|
Diameter |
32 mm |
|
Thickness |
2,1 mm |
|
Weight |
... g |
GOLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL (GILT-BRONZE)
| Metal | gilt-bronze |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Thickness | 4 mm |
| Weight | 58 g |
| Designer | N. Lytras |
| Mint | Wilhelm Pittner (Vienna, Austria) |
SILVER COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL (SILVER-PLATED BRONZE)
| Metal | silver-plated bronze |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Thickness | 4 mm |
| Weight | 58 g |
| Designer | N. Lytras |
| Mint |
Wilhelm Pittner (Vienna, Austria) |
BRONZE COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
| Metal | bronze |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Thickness | 4 mm |
| Weight | 58 g |
| Designer | N. Lytras |
| Mint |
Wilhelm Pittner (Vienna, Austria) |
Bronze commemorative medal
Bronze winner medal, third prize
Gilt bronze commemorative medal
Gold winner medal, first prize
Silver team-winner medal
Silver winner medal, second prize
Silver-plated bronze commemorative medal