Antonios Pepanos

Antonios Pepanos

Personal information
Born	1866 (1866) Patras, Greece
Died	1918 (aged 51–52)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Representing Greece Olympic Games 1896 Athens 500 metre freestyle

Antonios Pepanos (Greek: Αντώνιος Πέπανος, 1866 - 1918) was a Greek swimmer. He was a member of Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron, which merged with Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos in 1923 to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. He won the silver medal in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Before the Olympics, Pepanos was hesitating about taking part because he was already thirty years old and past his prime. Finally, even though he was suffering from a cold on the day of the event, he competed in the 500 metres freestyle. He finished second with a time of 9:57.6. The winner, Austrian Paul Neumann, had finished in 8:12.6.

References

• The first version of this article has been based on the text of el:Αντώνιος Πέπανος of the Greek Wikipedia published under GFDL.
• 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 [1])

External links

• Antonios Pepanos at Olympedia
• Antonis Pepanos at the Hellenic Olympic Committee