Antonios Pepanos

{{short description|Greek swimmer}}

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Antonios Pepanos ({{langx|el|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/47996 |title=Antonios Pepanos |work=Olympedia |access-date=21 December 2020}}

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.

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  • The first version of this article has been based on the text of :el:Αντώνιος Πέπανος of the Greek Wikipedia published under GFDL.
  • {{cite book |author1=Lampros, S.P. |author2=Polites, N.G. |author3=De Coubertin, Pierre |author4=Philemon, P.J. |author5=Anninos, C. |name-list-style=amp | title=The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896 | location=Athens | publisher=Charles Beck | year=1897 }} (Digitally available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf])