At the 1896 Summer Olympics, four

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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.

Medal table

Medal summary

These medals are retroactively assigned by the

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; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

Participating nations

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

Sub-Committee for Nautical Sports

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, president * Pavlos Damalas, secretary * Dimitrios Kriezis * Konstantinos Sachtouris * Georgios Koundouriotis * Dimitrios Argyropoulos * Konstantinos Kanaris * K. Argyrakis

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 1896 Summer Olympics 1896 Summer Olympics events

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