Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke was an event on the Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics schedule in Paris. It was the first Olympic swimming event to not be a freestyle competition. It was held on 11 August and 12 August 1900. 16 swimmers from 6 nations competed.[1]

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the II Olympiad
VenueRiver Seine
DatesAugust 11 (semifinals)
August 12 (final)
Competitors16 from 6 nations
Medalists
Ernst Hoppenberg
 Germany
Karl Ruberl
 Austria
Johannes Drost
 Netherlands

Results

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1Ernst Hoppenberg Germany2:54.4Q
2Robert Crawshaw Great Britain3:15.0Q
3Bill Burgess Great Britain3:50.4Q
4Paolo Bussetti Italy4:09.2Q
5Lapostolet France4:34.6
6Fumouze France5:17.0

Semifinal 2

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1Johannes Bloemen Netherlands3:09.2Q
2de Romand France3:56.6Q
3Chevrand France4:42.0

Semifinal 3

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1Karl Ruberl Austria2:56.0Q
2Johannes Drost Netherlands3:10.2Q
3Jean Leuilliux France3:10.2Q
4Erik Erickson Sweden4:05.4Q
5Lué France4:10.0
6Paul Peyrusson France4:15.6
7Texier France4:49.0

Final

The final was held on 12 August.

RankSwimmerNationTime
Ernst Hoppenberg Germany2:47.0
Karl Ruberl Austria2:56.0
Johannes Drost Netherlands3:01.0
4Johannes Bloemen Netherlands3:02.2
5Bill Burgess Great Britain3:12.0
6de Romand France3:38.0
7Paolo Bussetti Italy3:45.0
8Erik Erickson Sweden3:56.4
Robert Crawshaw Great BritainDNF[2]
Jean Leuillieux FranceDNF

Notes

  1. "Swimming at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. Sources disagree as to whether Crawshaw started the race or not; regardless, he did not finish it.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.