Great Olympians

Biographies - Unknown competitors in Athina


Unknown Greek Swimmer (possibly N. Katravas)

There are 4 unknown swimmers in the 100 metres. One of these could be N. Katravas,


Unknown Greek Swimmer

Aquatics - Swimming
1896 HP
Men's 100 m Freestyle ac 839.5
Men's 1200 m Freestyle ac 1076
1915.5

see below

Olympic Competitor nr 223


Unknown Greek Swimmer

Aquatics - Swimming
1896 HP
Men's 100 m Freestyle ac 839.5
Men's 1200 m Freestyle ac 1076
1915.5

see below

Olympic Competitor nr 224


Unknown Greek Swimmer

Aquatics - Swimming
1896 HP
Men's 100 m Freestyle ac 839.5
Men's 1200 m Freestyle ac 1076
1915.5

There are 4 unknown swimmers in the 100 metres. One of these could be N. Katravas, but we need to add at least 3 competitors.
There are also 3 unknown competitors in the 1200 metres, but these could easily be among the known (or unknown) swimmers of the 100 metres, so I won't add any competitors for that event.
It is not too difficult to assume that all swimmers intended to enter all three races. As the races came too close to each other, only one 100 m swimmer also started in the 500 m. Most swimmers must have decided not to start. But it is likely that the 1200 m had virtually the same starting field as the 100.
The following swimmers were entered in all three races, and might therefore be among the three unknown competitors:

Olympic Competitor nr 225


7 unknown Greek Gymnasts

members of Panellinios Gymnastikos Sylogos
Artistic Gymnastics (1 silver)
1896 HP
Men's Parallel Bars, Team second 1000
1000

Olympic Competitors nr 133-159


7 unknown Greek Gymnasts

members of Ethnikos Gymnastikos Syllogos
Artistic Gymnastics (1 bronze)
1896 HP
Men's Parallel Bars, Team third 640
640

Olympic Competitors nr 160-173


22 unknown Greek Shooters

represented Greece
Shooting
1896 HP
Men's Military Rifle ac 1.543
1.543

Olympic Competitors nrs 74-95

There are only 20 known competitors in the Military Rifle, in which 42 are mentioned as competing. There are therefore 22 unknown shooters.
The following could be among these:
  1. competed in Free Rifle:
    Ioannis Frangoudis (GRE/1896)
  2. Xenon Mikhailidis (GRE/1896)
  3. Alexandros Theofilakis (GRE/1896,1906,20-24)
  4. Moustakopoulos (GRE/1896)
  5. Nikolaos Levidis (GRE/1896)
  6. Karakatsanis (GRE/1896)
  7. Khatzidakis (GRE/1896)
  8. Antelothanasis (GRE/1896)
  9. Ioannis Vourakis (GRE/1896)
  10. Leonidas Langgakis (GRE/1896)
    competed in Military Pistol
  11. Nikolaos Dorakis (GRE/1896)
  12. Vavis (GRE/1896)
  13. Platis (GRE/1896)
  14. Patsouris (GRE/1896)
  15. Pantazidis (GRE/1896)
  16. Sanidis (GRE/1896)
I therefore add 6 unknown shooters to the total, and assume these are Greeks.


Written 2001-10-04 - last modified 2022-03-01

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