Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The men’s 1200 metre freestyle was one of the four swimming events on the Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme.The final swimming race was the longest. Despite having already won the 100 metre race Hajós competed again in the 1200 metres along with eight other swimmers. He won once again finishing nearly 100 metres ahead of the rest of the field. Neumann who had won the 500 metres was unable to finish the 1200.