Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Olympic event Template:SwimmingAt1896SummerOlympics At the 1896 Summer Olympics, four swimming events were contested, all for men.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> They were planned and organized by the Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> All events took place on 11 April in the Bay of Zea. There was a total of 13 participants from 4 countries competing.<ref name=":0" />
Medal table
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.
| 100 m freestyle<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:DetailsLink |
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| 500 m freestyle<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:DetailsLink |
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| 1200 m freestyle<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | not known |
| Sailors 100 m freestyle<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:DetailsLink |
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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
External links
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