Olympic Medal Record
Men's Swimming
Silver	1896	100 metre freestyle

Otto Herschmann (4 January 1877 – 14 June 1942) was an Austrian swimmer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... Swimming has been a sport at every modern Olympic Games. ... The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... A breaststroke swimmer A dog swimming Swimming describes any method by which living creatures move themselves through water apart from walking on the bottom. ... The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ...

Herschmann competed in the 100 metres freestyle event. He placed second with a time of 1:22.8, barely .6 seconds behind the winner Alfréd Hajós. The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Freestyle is one of the official swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. However, it is technically not a style, as there are very few regulations about the way freestyle has to be swum. ... Alfréd Hajós (February 2, 1878 – November 12, 1955) was an Hungarian swimmer and architect. ...

Herschmann was Jewish and died in a concentration camp in 1942. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... This article is about the year. ...