Apostolos Christou Makes Greek Swimming History with Fourth Place Finish in 100m Backstroke

Apostolos Christou has made Greek swimming history with his performance in the 100m backstroke final at the Olympics. Although he finished fourth, Christou’s remarkable effort brought him within a breath of securing a medal.

Christou delivered an outstanding race in the 100m backstroke final in Paris, narrowly missing out on a medal by just two-tenths of a second. He finished with a time of 52.41 seconds, setting the highest Olympic position ever achieved by a Greek swimmer. American Ryan Murphy, who clocked 52.39 seconds, claimed the bronze medal.

Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon won the race with a time of 52.00 seconds, and Chinese competitor Jiagou Su finished second with 52.32 seconds.

Apostolos Christou Makes Greek Swimming History with Fourth Place Finish in 100m Backstroke 2

Until now, the best Olympic performance by a Greek swimmer was Spyros Gianniotis’s fifth-place finish in the 1,500m freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympics and Christian Golomeev’s fifth-place finish in the 50m freestyle at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Final Results:

Thomas Ceccon (Italy) – 52.00 Jiagou Su (China) – 52.32 Ryan Murphy (USA) – 52.39 Apostolos Christou (Greece) – 52.41 Pieter Coetzee (South Africa) – 52.58 Hugo González (Spain) – 52.73 John Edouard-Brouard (France) – 52.77 Oliver Morgan (Great Britain) – 52.84 Christou’s performance is a testament to his dedication and marks a historic moment for Greek swimming on the global stage.