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Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, four swimming events were contested, all for men. They were planned and organized by the Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports. All events took place on 11 April in the Bay of Zea. There was a total of 13 participants from 4 countries competing.

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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.

Participating nations

A total of 19 swimmers from 4 nations competed at the Athens Games:

  •  Austria (2)
  •  Greece (15)
  •  Hungary (1)
  •  United States (1)
  • Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports

  • HRH Prince George of Greece, president
  • Pavlos Damalas, secretary
  • Dimitrios Kriezis
  • Konstantinos Sachtouris
  • Georgios Koundouriotis
  • Dimitrios Argyropoulos
  • Konstantinos Kanaris
  • K. Argyrakis
  • References

    Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics Wikipedia