Swimming at the 1906 Summer Olympics

At the 1906 Summer Olympics
1906 Summer Olympics
The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games in Athens" by the International Olympic Committee...

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Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

events were contested. Now called the Intercalated Games, the 1906 Games are no longer considered as an official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

Medal summary

100 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
1 mile freestyle
4×250 m freestyle relay	Hungary Henrik Hajós Henrik Hajós Henrik Hajós was a Hungarian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Budapest and was the younger brother of Alfréd Hajós.... Zoltán Halmay Zoltán Halmay Zoltán Halmay was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He competed in four Olympics , winning the following medals:* 1900: silver , bronze * 1904: gold... Géza Kiss Géza Kiss Géza Kiss was a Hungarian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and 1906 Summer Olympics.... József Ónody József Ónody József Ónody was a Hungarian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Ercsi and died in Budapest....	Germany Ernst Bahnmeyer Max Pape Emil Rausch Emil Rausch Emil A. Rausch was a German freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and 1906 Summer Olympics.... Oscar Schiele Oscar Schiele Oscar Schiele was a German freestyle and backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Halberstadt and died in Magdeburg....	United Kingdom John Derbyshire John Derbyshire (swimmer) John Henry "Rob" Derbyshire was an English freestyle swimmer and water polo player from Chorlton, Lancashire, who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1906 Summer Olympics, 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.... William Henry William Henry (swimmer) William Henry was a British freestyle swimmer and lifesaver.Henry was of Polish ancestry, and was born Joseph Nawrocki. He died in the Pancras district of London aged 67. He was a co-founder of the Royal Life Saving Society. As a swimmer he won a number of national and European championships... John Arthur Jarvis John Arthur Jarvis John Arthur Jarvis was a British swimmer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won two gold medals in the 1000 metre and the 4000 m freestyle events... Henry Taylor Henry Taylor (swimmer) Henry Taylor was a British freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He served in the Royal Navy during the First World War, and continued to swim competitively until 1926...

Medal table

1	United Kingdom	1	2	2	5
2	Hungary	1	1	0	2
3	Austria	1	0	1	2
4		1	0	0	1
5	Germany	0	1	0	1
6	Australia	0	0	1	1

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