Early Olympic Games allowed for individuals in a team to be from different nations. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) now groups their results together under the mixed team designation (IOC code ZZX). At the 1896 Summer Olympics, two of three of the medalling pairs in the doubles event in tennis were of mixed nationality.[1][2]
Mixed team at the 1896 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | ZZX |
NOC | Mixed team |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Medalists
editMedal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | John Pius Boland (GBR) Friedrich Traun (GER) |
Tennis | doubles |
Bronze | Edwin Flack (AUS) George S. Robertson (GBR) |
Tennis | doubles |
References
edit- ^ IOC. "Athens 1896 Tennis - Olympic Results by Discipline". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ^ IOC. "Athens 1896 doubles men Results - Olympic tennis". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
- Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
- Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.