Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venue	Bay of Zea
Dates	April 11
Competitors	10 from 4 nations
Medalists
Alfréd Hajós  Hungary   Otto Herschmann  Austria   Not awarded

Swimming events at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m		men
500 m		men
1200 m		men
100 m sailors		men

The men's 100 metre freestyle was one of the four swimming events on the Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The 100 metre freestyle race was the first of the swimming events. 10 swimmers entered the race. The two competitors from Austria-Hungary finished in the top two places, though no record distinguishes the places of the other eight competitors. The names of four of the Greek swimmers are not known.

Hajós beat Herschmann by less than a body length.

Results

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Alfréd Hajós (HUN)	1:22.2
2	Otto Herschmann (AUT)	1:22.8
3-10	Georgios Anninos (GRE)	Unknown
	Efstathios Chorafas (GRE)	Unknown
	Alexandros Chrysafos (GRE)	Unknown
	Gardner Williams (USA)	Unknown
	Four others, names unknown (GRE)	Unknown

References

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck.  (Digitally available at )
• Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9.  (Excerpt available at )
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.