Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000 metre freestyle

Men's 1000 metre freestyle at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	River Seine
Dates	August 11 (semifinals) August 12 (final)
Competitors	16 from 6 nations
Medalists
John Arthur Jarvis  Great Britain Otto Wahle  Austria Zoltán Halmay  Hungary

Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
200 m	men
1000 m	men
4000 m	men
Backstroke
200 m	men
Other
200 m team	men
200 m obstacle	men
Underwater	men

The men's 1000 metre freestyle was an event on the Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics schedule in Paris. It was the middle length of the three freestyle events. It was held on 11 August and 12 August 1900. 16 swimmers from 6 nations competed.^[1]

Results

Semifinals

In the first round, there were four semifinals. The winner of each semifinal advanced to the final, as did the six fastest losers from across all the semifinals. The semifinals were held on 11 August.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	John Arthur Jarvis (GBR)	14:28.6
2	Maurice Hochepied (FRA)	17:13.2
3	Erik Eriksson (SWE)	17:41.2
4	Fumouze (FRA)	18:00.0

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Verbecke (FRA)	17:18.0
2	Lué (FRA)	24:15.0
3	Lapostolet (FRA)	25:52.0
DNF	Souchu (FRA)	-

Semifinal 3

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Zoltán Halmay (HUN)	14:52.0
2	Otto Wahle (AUT)	15:27.0
3	Georges Leuillieux (FRA)	17:09.6
4	Désiré Mérchez (FRA)	18:17.2

Semifinal 4

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Max Hainle (GER)	15:54.0
2	Thomas Burgess (GBR)	16:54.0
3	Louis Martin (FRA)	16:58.0
4	Texier (FRA)	21:33.0

Final

The final was held on 12 August. Jarvis won easily, more than a minute ahead of Wahle.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	John Arthur Jarvis (GBR)	13:40.2
2	Otto Wahle (AUT)	14:43.6
3	Zoltán Halmay (HUN)	15:16.4
4	Max Hainle (GER)	15:22.6
5	Louis Martin (FRA)	16:30.4
6	Georges Leuillieux (FRA)	16:53.2
7	Maurice Hochepied (FRA)	16:53.4
8	Verbecke (FRA)	17:13.8
9	Erik Eriksson (SWE)	17:50.0
—	Thomas Burgess (GBR)	DNF

References