Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 4000 metre freestyle

The men's 4000 metre freestyle was an event on the Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics schedule in Paris. It was the longest of the three freestyle events. It was held on 15 August and 19 August 1900. 29 swimmers from 7 nations competed.[1]

Men's 4000 metre freestyle
at the Games of the II Olympiad
VenueRiver Seine
DatesAugust 15 (semifinals)
August 19 (final)
Competitors29 from 7 nations
Medalists
John Arthur Jarvis
 Great Britain
Zoltán Halmay
 Hungary
Louis Martin
 France

The 4000 metre freestyle event was held only once. It was the longest Olympic swimming event for over a century, until the 10 kilometre open water event was introduced at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Results

Semifinals

In the first round, there were three 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 15 August.

Semifinal 1

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1John Arthur Jarvis Great Britain1:01:48.4Q
2Bill Burgess Great Britain1:15:04.8q
3Louis Martin France1:22:29.6q
4Alois Anderlé Austria1:26:25.6q
5Lagarde France1:38:31.8
6de Romand France1:50:36.4
7Fumouze France2:02:27.0
Hermand BelgiumDNF
Georges Leuillieux FranceDNF

Semifinal 2

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1Zoltán Halmay Hungary1:11:33.4Q
2Eduard Meijer Netherlands1:17:55.4q
3William Henry Great Britain1:22:58.4q
4Texier France1:31:02.8
5Kobierski France1:37:10.4
6Lué France1:46:40.4
L. Baudoin FranceDNF
Gallais FranceDNF
Landrich FranceDNF

Semifinal 3

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1Fabio Maioni Italy1:25:16.6Q
2Ernest Martin France1:28:32.6q
3Louis Laufray France1:35:03.2
4Mortier France1:40:16.8
Jules Clévenot FranceDNF
Gellé FranceDNF
Heyberger FranceDNF
E. T. Jones Great BritainDNF
Loppé FranceDNF
Regnault FranceDNF
Vallée FranceDNF

Final

The final was held on 19 August. Jarvis won easily, more than ten minutes ahead of Halmay.

RankSwimmerNationTime
1John Arthur Jarvis Great Britain58:24.0
2Zoltán Halmay Hungary1:08:55.4
3Louis Martin France1:13:08.4
4Bill Burgess Great Britain1:15:07.6
5Eduard Meijer Netherlands1:16:37.2
6Fabio Maioni Italy1:18:25.4
7Ernest Martin France1:26:32.2
Alois Anderlé AustriaDNF
William Henry Great BritainDNF

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's 4,000 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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