Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Swimming
at the Games of the I Olympiad
VenueBay of Zea
Dates11 April 1896
No. of events4
Competitors13 from 4 nations
Swimming at the
1896 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmen
500 mmen
1200 mmen
100 m sailorsmen

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

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

Medal summary

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[1]
 Alfréd Hajós
 Hungary OR		 Otto Herschmann
 Austria		 none awarded
500 m freestyle[2]
 Paul Neumann
 Austria		 Antonios Pepanos
 Greece		 Efstathios Chorafas
 Greece
1200 m freestyle[3]
 Alfréd Hajós
 Hungary		 Ioannis Andreou
 Greece		 none awarded
Sailors 100 m freestyle[4]
 Ioannis Malokinis
 Greece		 Spyridon Chazapis
 Greece		 Dimitrios Drivas
 Greece

Participating nations

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

Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports
  • Prince George of Greece, president
  • Pavlos Damalas, secretary
  • Dimitrios Kriezis
  • Konstantinos Sachtouris
  • Georgios Koundouriotis
  • Dimitrios Argyropoulos
  • Konstantinos Kanaris
  • K. Argyrakis

References
  1. "Athens 1896 Swimming 100m Freestyle Men Result". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  2. "Athens 1896 Swimming 400m Freestyle Men Result". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  3. "Athens 1896 Swimming 1200m Freestyle Men Result". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  4. "Athens 1896 Swimming 100m Freestyle for Sailors Men Result". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
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