Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sailors 100 metre freestyle

This was the only appearance of an event limited to Greek Royal Navy sailors. The exclusionary nature of this race is a rare phenomenon in the Olympic Games, which in general include only events open to all competitors; Bill Mallon, in his book about the 1896 Games, says of the event that "its inclusion in the Olympic records is dubious at best", a statement which is directly repeated on Olympedia. However, the competition is included in the International Olympic Committee's database of Olympic medalists, and there is no record of Pierre de Coubertin or any other major figure in the beginning of the modern Olympic movement objecting to the consideration of the race as Olympic. ==Competition format==

This freestyle swimming competition involved a single race, with all swimmers competing at the same time. The swimmers were taken out by ship into the bay, where they would swim toward shore. ==Schedule==

The 100 metre freestyle for sailors was the second of the swimming events, held shortly after the open 100 metre freestyle. ==Results==