Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 500 metre freestyle

Men's 500 metre freestyle at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venue	Bay of Zea
Date	April 11
Competitors	3 from 2 nations
Medalists
Paul Neumann  Austria   Antonios Pepanos  Greece   Efstathios Chorafas  Greece

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

The men's 500 metre freestyle was one of the four swimming events on the Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme.

Only three swimmers entered the 500 metre freestyle. Neumann added Austria's first gold medal to Herschmann's silver. Alfréd Hajós, the winner of the 100m, had intended to sweep the three open swimming events, but did not compete in the 500m because it was begun immediately after the 100 metres. Chorophas was the only swimmer to compete in all three events.

Results

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Paul Neumann (AUT)	8:12.6
2	Antonios Pepanos (GRE)	9:57.6
3	Efstathios Chorafas (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.