Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Date July 16–18
Competitors 20 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Warren Kealoha  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Paul Wyatt  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Károly Bartha  Hungary

The men's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Wednesday July 16, 1924, on Thursday July 17, 1924, and on Friday July 18, 1924.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:12.4 United States Warren Kealoha Honolulu (USA) April 13, 1924
Olympic Record 1:14.8 United States Warren Kealoha Antwerp (BEL) August 22, 1920

In the first heat Warren Kealoha set a new Olympic record with 1:13.4 minutes. In the final he bettered his own record to 1:13.2 minutes.

Results

Heats

Wednesday July 16, 1924: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Warren Kealoha (USA)1:13.4QQ OR
2 Gérard Blitz (BEL)1:19.0QQ
3 James Worthington (GBR)1:23.2qq
4 Maurice Ducos (FRA)1:25.0

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Károly Bartha (HUN)1:18.0QQ
2 John McDowall (GBR)1:21.8QQ
3 Aart van Wilgenburg (NED)1:24.6
4 Tsunenobu Ishida (JPN)1:26.0
5 René Paulus (FRA)1:28.0
— Henry Luning (USA)DSQ

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Paul Wyatt (USA)1:19.4QQ
2 Émile Zeibig (FRA)1:22.4QQ
3 Jean-Pierre Moris (LUX)1:41.2

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Austin Rawlinson (GBR)1:18.8QQ
2 Giyo Saito (JPN)1:20.2QQ
3 Pieter van Senus (NED)1:24.8

Heat 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Sven Thaulow (NOR)1:24.0QQ
2 Erik Skoglund (SWE)1:27.4QQ
3 Viktor Légat (TCH)1:27.8
4 Eugène Kuborn (LUX)1:29.0

Semifinals

Thursday July 17, 1924: The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Warren Kealoha (USA)1:13.6QF
2 Paul Wyatt (USA)1:17.0QF
3 Károly Bartha (HUN)1:19.0qf
4 Giyo Saito (JPN)1:19.8
5 John McDowall (GBR)1:22.0
6 Erik Skoglund (SWE)1:26.6

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Gérard Blitz (BEL)1:19.0QF
2 Austin Rawlinson (GBR)1:19.2QF
3 Émile Zeibig (FRA)1:23.4
4 James Worthington (GBR)1:24.2
5 Sven Thaulow (NOR)1:24.2

Final

Friday July 18, 1924:

PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Warren Kealoha (USA)1:13.2 OR
2 Paul Wyatt (USA)1:15.4
3 Károly Bartha (HUN)1:17.8
4 Gérard Blitz (BEL)1:19.6
5 Austin Rawlinson (GBR)1:20.0

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  • Olympic Report
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 September 2008.
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