It was in 1896 when James Connolly of America became the very first champion of modern Olympics. He participated and won in the triple jump event during the opening day.
It is impossible to say for the ancient Olympics. For the modern Olympics you need to state what distance.
The first Olympic Champion of the Modern Olympics was James Connolly (USA) who won the inaugural Men's Triple Jump.
Léon Flameng won the 100 kilometer event, the first cycling event ever held at a modern Olympics, at the 1896 Games in Athens.
Australia has competed in all of the modern Olympics and won two Gold Medals in the first of the modern Olympics, the 1896 Athens Olympic Games.
James Connelly won the first medal in Modern Olympics History.
Australia won 2 Gold medals at the first of the modern Olympics in 1896.
At the first modern Olympics held in Athens, Greece in 1896, Greece won the most medals with 47 (10 gold, 18 silver, 19 bronze).
Germany's first participation in the Modern Olympics was at the 1896 Games in Athens. German athletes won 13 medals at those games.
For the first Modern Olympic Games in 1896, Greece won the most medals with 46 and the United States won the most gold medals with 11. Other countries that won medals at the first Modern Olympics were Germany, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Austria, Australia, Denmark, and Switzerland.
When and where were the first modern Summer Olympics held
In 1896, when the first modern Olympic was held, The first medals of the modern Olympics awarded in Track and Field, more specifically, the Triple Jump.
James Connolly of the United States. The first event that had a winner in the Modern Olympics was the triple jump which was contested April 6, 1896. Connolly won with a jump of 13.71 meters.