Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 13–16 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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Freestyle | |
100 m | men |
400 m | men |
1500 m | men |
Backstroke | |
100 m | men |
Breaststroke | |
200 m | men |
Freestyle relay | |
4×200 m | men |
The men's 400 metre freestyle was one of six swimming events on the swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.[1] Its distance was the median of the 3 individual freestyle event distances. It was the first time an event over 400 metres was held at the Olympics (after a 440-yard contest was held in 1904). The competition was held from Monday July 13, 1908 to Thursday July 16, 1908.
Twenty-five swimmers from ten nations competed.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.
World Record | ? | ? | ||
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Olympic Record | 6:16.2(*) | St. Louis (USA) | September 7, 1904 |
(*) 440 yards (= 402.34 m)
In the final Henry Taylor set the first official world record for this distance in 5:36.8 minutes.
Results
First round
The fastest swimmer in each heat and the fastest loser advanced, qualifying 10 swimmers for the semifinals.
Heat 1
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:48.8 | QS | |
2 | 5:52.2 | qs | |
3 | Unknown | ||
4 | Unknown | ||
— | Did not finish |
Heat 2
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:54.8 | QS | |
2 | 6:28.0 |
Heat 3
Tartakover had no competition in the third heat.
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 6:35.0 | QS |
Heat 4
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:49.2 | QS | |
2 | 6:16.8 | ||
3 | Unknown | ||
— | Did not finish |
Heat 5
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 6:10.0 | QS | |
2 | 8:08.8 |
Heat 6
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:42.2 | QS | |
2 | 5:57.4 | ||
3 | Unknown |
Heat 7
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:51.0 | QS | |
2 | 6:21.2 | ||
3 | Unknown | ||
4-5 | Unknown | ||
Unknown |
Heat 8
Zachár had no competition in the eighth heat.
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 6:09.8 | QS |
Heat 9
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 6:19.8 | QS | |
2 | 7:00.4 |
Semifinals
The fastest two swimmers from each semifinal advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:40.6 | QF | |
2 | 5:41.0 | QF | |
3 | Unknown | ||
4 | Unknown | ||
5 | Unknown |
Semifinal 2
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:44.0 | QF | |
2 | 5:52.2 | QF | |
3 | Unknown | ||
— | Did not finish | ||
— | Did not start |
Final
Place | Swimmer | Time |
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1 | 5:36.8 | |
2 | 5:44.2 | |
3 | 5:46.0 | |
4 | Unknown |
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
Sources
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Swimming 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 13 May 2006.