Editing Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Swimming
|games = 1896 Summer
|image = 
|caption = 
|venue = [[Bay of Zea]]
|dates = 11 April 1896
|num_events = 4
|competitors = 13
|nations = 4
|prev = 
|next = [[Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]]
}}
{{SwimmingAt1896SummerOlympics}}
At the [[1896 Summer Olympics]], four [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] events were contested, all for men.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics |url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/1/sports/SWM |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> They were planned and organized by the Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reports/Official%20Past%20Games%20Reports/Summer/1896/ENG/1896-RO-S-Athens_II.pdf |title=1896 Olympic Games Official Report, Part 2 |publisher=C .Meissner & N .Kargaduris}}</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==
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 | gold_HUN = 2 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 0
 | gold_GRE = 1 | silver_GRE = 3 | bronze_GRE = 2
 | gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0
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==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.

{| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
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| 100 m freestyle<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/athens-1896/results/swimming/100m-freestyle-men|title=Athens 1896 Swimming 100m Freestyle Men Result|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Olympics.com|language=en}}</ref><br />{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Alfréd Hajós]]|HUN|1896 Summer}} '''{{AthAbbr|OR}}'''
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Otto Herschmann]]|AUT|1896 Summer}}
| ''not known''
|-
| 500 m freestyle<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/athens-1896/results/swimming/400m-freestyle-men|title=Athens 1896 Swimming 400m Freestyle Men Result|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Olympics.com|language=en}}</ref><br />{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 500 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Paul Neumann (swimmer)|Paul Neumann]]|AUT|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Antonios Pepanos]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Efstathios Chorafas]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
|-
| 1200 m freestyle<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/athens-1896/results/swimming/1200m-freestyle-men|title=Athens 1896 Swimming 1200m Freestyle Men Result|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Olympics.com|language=en}}</ref><br />{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 1200 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Alfréd Hajós]]|HUN|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Ioannis Andreou]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
| ''not known''
|-
| Sailors 100 m freestyle<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/athens-1896/results/swimming/100m-freestyle-for-sailors-men|title=Athens 1896 Swimming 100m Freestyle for Sailors Men Result|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Olympics.com|language=en}}</ref><br />{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sailors 100 metre freestyle}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Ioannis Malokinis]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Spyridon Chazapis]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Dimitrios Drivas]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
|}

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

* {{flagIOC|AUT|1896 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|GRE|1896 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|HUN|1896 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|1896 Summer|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==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite book |author1=De Coubertin, Pierre |author2=Philemon, Timolean |author3=Politis, N.G. |author4=Anninos, Charalambos |title=The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896 |publisher=Charles Beck |location=Athens |year=1897 |chapter=Second Part: The Olympic Games in 1896 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=2008-03-19}}
*{{cite book |title=The 1896 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary |last=Mallon |first=Bill |author2=Widlund, Ture |publisher=McFarland |year=1998 |isbn=0-7864-0379-9 |chapter=1896 Olympic Games — Analysis and Summaries |chapter-url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf |access-date=2008-03-19 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall }}
* {{cite book |author=Smith, Michael Llewellyn |title=Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games |location=London |publisher=Profile Books |year=2004 |isbn=1-86197-342-X}}

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