1896 Summer Olympics / Swimming

Swimming at the 1896 Olympic Games
information
venue	Piraeus
Competition venue	Bay of Zea
Nations	4th
Athletes	13 (13 )
date	April 11, 1896
decisions	4th
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At the 1st Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 , four swimming competitions were held.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country			Third	total
1	Hungary	2	-	-	2
2	Greece	1	3	3	7th
3	Austria	1	1	-	2
total		4th	4th	3	11

Medalist

discipline	silver	bronze	Third
100 m freestyle	Alfréd Hajós	Otto Herschmann	unknown
500 m freestyle	Paul Neumann	Antonios Pepanos	Efstathios Chorafas
1200 m freestyle	Alfréd Hajós	Ioannis Andreou	Efstathios Chorafas
100 m sailor swimming	Ioannis Malokinis	Spyridon Chazapis	Dimitrios Drivas

Results

100 m freestyle

→ Main article : 1896 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

space	country	athlete	time
1	HUN	Alfréd Hajós	1: 22.2 min
2	AUT	Otto Herschmann	1: 23.0 min
-	GRE	Efstathios Chorafas	k. A.
-	GRE	Georgios Anninos	k. A.
-	GRE	Alexandros Chrysafos	k. A.
-	United States	Gardner Williams	k. A.

500 m freestyle

→ Main article : 1896 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 500m freestyle (men)

space	country	athlete	time
1	AUT	Paul Neumann	8: 12.6 min
2	GRE	Antonios Pepanos	30 m back
3	GRE	Efstathios Chorafas	k. A.

1200 m freestyle

→ Main article : 1896 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 1200 m freestyle (men)

space	country	athlete	time
1	HUN	Alfréd Hajós	18: 22.2 min
2	GRE	Joannis Andreou	21: 03.4 min
3	GRE	Efstathios Chorafas	k. A.

100 m sailor swimming

→ Main article : Olympic Summer Games 1896 / Swimming - 100 m sailors swimming (men)

space	country	athlete	time
1	GRE	Ioannis Malokinis	2: 20.4 min
2	GRE	Spyridon Chazapis	k. A.
3	GRE	Dimitrios Drivas	k. A.

Only sailors from the warships in the port of Piraeus were allowed to take part in this competition. Of eleven registered "athletes" only three competed.