Ioannis Andreou

Ioannis Andreou was a Greek swimmer who took part in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the first Games of the modern Olympic era. His event was the 1,200 metres freestyle, which seven swimmers contested. Andreou placed second with a time of 21 minutes 3.4 seconds, behind the winner, Alfréd Hajós, who finished in 18 minutes 22.2 seconds, a margin of more than two and a half minutes. The short encyclopedia entry on him records nothing else of his life, and points to profile pages at Olympics.com, Olympedia and the Hellenic Olympic Committee as the places where further records of his career are kept.