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Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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Swimming
at the Games of the I Olympiad
VenueBay of Zea
Dates11 April 1896
No. of events4
Competitors13 from 4 nations
1900 →

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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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary (HUN)2002
2 Greece (GRE)1326
3 Austria (AUT)1102
Totals (3 entries)44210

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
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:

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.
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