Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Swimming

at the Games of the I Olympiad

Venue| Bay of Zea
Dates| 11 April 1896
No. of events| 4
Competitors| 13 from 4 nations

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Swimming at the
1896 Summer Olympics

Freestyle
100 m| men
500 m| men
1200 m| men
100 m sailors| men

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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, four swimming events were contested, all for men.[1] They were planned and organized by the Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports.[2] All events took place on 11 April in the Bay of Zea. There was a total of 13 participants from 4 countries competing.[1]

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Hungary (HUN)| 2| 0| 0| 2
2|  Greece (GRE)| 1| 3| 2| 6
3|  Austria (AUT)| 1| 1| 0| 2
Totals (3 entries)| 4| 4| 2| 10

## Medal summary

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These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 m freestyle[3]
details | Alfréd Hajós
Hungary OR | Otto Herschmann
Austria | not known
500 m freestyle[4]
details | Paul Neumann
Austria | Antonios Pepanos
Greece | Efstathios Chorafas
Greece
1200 m freestyle[5]
details | Alfréd Hajós
Hungary | Ioannis Andreou
Greece | not known
Sailors 100 m freestyle[6]
details | Ioannis Malokinis
Greece | Spyridon Chazapis
Greece | Dimitrios Drivas
Greece

## Participating nations

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A total of 13 swimmers from 4 nations competed at the Athens Games:

* Austria (2)
* Greece (9)
* Hungary (1)
* United States (1)

## Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports

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* Prince George of Greece, president
* Pavlos Damalas, secretary
* Dimitrios Kriezis
* Konstantinos Sachtouris
* Georgios Koundouriotis
* Dimitrios Argyropoulos
* Konstantinos Kanaris
* K. Argyrakis

## References

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1. ^ a b "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
2. ^ 1896 Olympic Games Official Report, Part 2 (PDF). C .Meissner & N .Kargaduris.
3. ^ "Athens 1896 Swimming 100m Freestyle Men Result". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
4. ^ "Athens 1896 Swimming 400m Freestyle Men Result". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
5. ^ "Athens 1896 Swimming 1200m Freestyle Men Result". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
6. ^ "Athens 1896 Swimming 100m Freestyle for Sailors Men Result". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.

## External links

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* De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, Timolean; Politis, N.G.; Anninos, Charalambos (1897). "Second Part: The Olympic Games in 1896". The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896 (PDF). Athens: Charles Beck. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
* Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). "1896 Olympic Games — Analysis and Summaries" (PDF). The 1896 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
* Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.

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