Template:1896 Summer Olympics calendar
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| April | 6 Mon |
7 Tue |
8 Wed |
9 Thu |
10 Fri |
11 Sat |
12 Sun |
13 Mon |
14 Tue |
15 Wed |
Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ‡ Ceremonies | OC | CC | N/A | ||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |||||||
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| ● | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| ● | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Daily medal events | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Cumulative total | 3 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 27 | 40 | 42 | 43 | 43 | 43 | |
| April | 6 Mon |
7 Tue |
8 Wed |
9 Thu |
10 Fri |
11 Sat |
12 Sun |
13 Mon |
14 Tue |
15 Wed |
Total events |
‡ The iconic Olympic rings symbol was not designed by Baron Pierre de Coubertin until 1912.