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

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

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

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

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time
	Paul Neumann	Austria	8:12.6
	Antonios Pepanos	Greece	9:57.6
	Efstathios Chorafas	Greece	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.