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

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

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

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

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

References

1. "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

• 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.