Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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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. 19 swimmers from four nations competed.

1 Medal summary
2 Medal table
3 Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports
4 See also
5 References

[edit] 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.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 metre freestyle	Alfréd Hajós Hungary (HUN)	Otto Herschmann Austria (AUT)	none
500 metre freestyle	Paul Neumann Austria (AUT)	Antonios Pepanos Greece (GRE)	Efstathios Chorophas Greece (GRE)
1200 metre freestyle	Alfréd Hajós Hungary (HUN)	Joannis Andreou Greece (GRE)	Efstathios Chorophas Greece (GRE)
Sailors 100 metre freestyle	Ioannis Malokinis Greece (GRE)	Spiridon Chasapis Greece (GRE)	Dimitrios Drivas Greece (GRE)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	2	0	0	2
2	Greece	1	3	3	7
3	Austria	1	1	0	2

The United States had swimmers compete, but won no medals.

[edit] Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports

HRH Prince George of Greece, president
Paul Damalas, secretary
Dimitri Kriezis
K. Sachtouris
George Coundouriotis
Dimitri Arghyropoulos
Constantinos Kanaris
K. Arghyrakis

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.

Events at the 1896 Summer Olympics (Athens)
Athletics • Cycling • Fencing • Gymnastics • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Swimming at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) and List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)