Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the V Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Djurgårdsbrunnsviken | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 11–14 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 26 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | |
Breaststroke | ||
200 m | men | |
400 m | men | |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | women | |
4×200 m | men | |
The men's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the third appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1904. The competition was held from Thursday July 11, 1912 to Sunday July 14, 1912.
Twenty-six swimmers from 13 nations competed.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 5:28.4 | Budapest (HUN) | June 5, 1912 | |
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Olympic Record | 5:36.8 | London (GBR) | July 16, 1908 |
In the first heat Harold Hardwick set a new Olympic record with 5:36.0 minutes. In the fifth heat Cecil Healy improved the Olympic record with 5:34.0 minutes. In the first semi-final George Hodgson set a world record with 5:25.4 minutes and in the final he improved his record again with 5:24.4 minutes.
Results
Quarterfinals
The top two in each heat advanced along with the fastest loser overall.
Heat 1
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:36.0 | QS OR | |
2 | 5:37.0 | QS | |
3 | 6:10.2 | ||
4 | 6:23.4 | ||
5 | |||
— | DNF |
Heat 2
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 6:03.6 | QS | |
2 | 6:14.4 | QS | |
3 | 6:29.8 | ||
— | DNF |
Heat 3
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:44.6 | QS | |
2 | 5:46.0 | QS | |
3 | 5:50.4 | qs | |
— | DNF | ||
DNF |
Heat 4
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:36.2 | QS | |
2 | 5:48.4 | QS | |
— | DNF |
Heat 5
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:34.0 | QS OR | |
2 | 5:35.6 | QS | |
3 | 6:09.4 |
Heat 6
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:50.6 | QS | |
2 | 5:52.4 | QS | |
3 | 5:57.0 | ||
4 | 6:30.6 | ||
5 | 7:07.8 |
Semifinals
The top two from each heat and the faster of the two third place swimmers advanced.
Semifinal 1
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:25.4 | QF WR | |
2 | 5:25.6 | QF | |
3 | 5:49.0 | ||
4 | 5:51.0 | ||
5 | 5:51.2 | ||
6 | |||
— | DNS |
Semifinal 2
Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 5:31.0 | QF | |
2 | 5:34.8 | QF | |
3 | 5:37.8 | qf | |
4 | 5:38.0 | ||
5 | 5:48.2 | ||
— | DNS |
Final
Place | Swimmer | Time |
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1 | 5:24.4 WR | |
2 | 5:25.8 | |
3 | 5:31.2 | |
4 | 5:37.8 | |
5 | 5:42.0 |
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
Notes
- Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.)., ed. The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 January 2007.