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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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 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.

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Participating nations

A total of 13 swimmers from 4 nations competed at the Athens Games:

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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

External links

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