1896 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	100 m freestyle
gender	Men
Attendees	10 athletes from 4 countries
Competition location	Bay of Zea
Competition phase	April 11, 1896
Winning time	1: 22.2 min
Medalist not forgiven  Alfréd Hajós ( HUN )  Otto Herschmann ( AUT )

Swimming competitions at the 1896 Olympic Games
100 m freestyle	Men
500 m freestyle	Men
1200 m freestyle	Men
100 m sailor swimming	Men

The men's 100 meter freestyle swimming competition at the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 was the first of four swimming competitions to be held on April 11th. The competition took place in the Bay of Zea . The Olympic champion was the Hungarian Alfréd Hajós , who crossed the finish line half a meter ahead of the Austrian Otto Herschmann . The order of places 3 to 10 is not known. Four Greek athletes are also unknown.

The swimmers were brought out to sea with a ship, where the start was between two buoys. The athletes swam to the bank, where the finish line was marked with a red flag.

Results

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Alfréd Hajós	Hungary	1: 22.2 min
2	Otto Herschmann	Austria	1: 22.8 min
3-10	Georgios Anninos	Greece	unknown
	Efstathios Chorafas	Greece	unknown
	Alexandros Chrysafos	Greece	unknown
	Gardner Williams	United States	unknown
	unknown	Greece	unknown
	unknown	Greece	unknown
	unknown	Greece	unknown
	unknown	Greece	unknown

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