Ioannis Malokinis (, 1880 – 1942) was a

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. He competed at the

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. His home island was

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. Malokinis competed in the 100 metres freestyle for sailors event. He placed first of three swimmers, with a time of 2:20.4. This time was nearly a minute slower than the mark of 1:22.2 set by

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in the open 100 metres event.

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* * 1880 births 1942 deaths Olympic gold medalists for Greece Olympic swimmers for Greece Swimmers at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century Greek sportsmen People from Spetses Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Greek male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Attica Date of birth missing Date of death missing Place of death missing {{Greece-Olympic-medalist-stub