Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. In 1904 a 100-yard event was held. The competition was held from Tuesday July 9, 1912 to Saturday July 13, 1912.

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueDjurgårdsbrunnsviken
DatesJuly 9–13
Competitors18 from 7 nations
Medalists
Harry Hebner  United States
Otto Fahr  Germany
Paul Kellner  Germany
Swimming at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmen
Breaststroke
200 mmen
400 mmen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen

Eighteen swimmers from seven nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:15.6 Otto Fahr Magdeburg (GER) April 29, 1912
Olympic Record 1:24.6 Arno Bieberstein London (GBR) July 17, 1908

The Olympic record fell during the very first heat. Harry Hebner's 1:21.0 in the first heat stood until Hebner raced again. In the first semifinal, he bettered his own new record with a 1:20.8. He was unable to match that pace in the final, but still took the win with a finish that was over 1 second faster than the second-place swimmer.

Results

Quarterfinals

The top two in each heat advanced along with the fastest loser overall.

Quarterfinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Harry Hebner (USA)1:21.0QS OR
2 Otto Groß (GER)1:24.0QS
3 Åke Bergman (SWE)1:33.8
— Oscar Schiele (GER)DQ

Quarterfinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Otto Fahr (GER)1:22.0QS
2 George Webster (GBR)1:29.4QS
3 Hugo Lundevall (SWE)1:46.8
— János Wenk (HUN)DQ

Quarterfinal 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 András Baronyi (HUN)1:22.0QS
2 Paul Kellner (GER)1:26.0QS
3 Harry Svendsen (NOR)1:47.2
— Oscar Grégoire (BEL)DQ

Quarterfinal 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Herbert Haresnape (GBR)1:27.0QS
2 Erich Schultze (GER)1:27.2QS
3 Gunnar Sundman (SWE)1:31.2qs
4 John Johnsen (NOR)1:34.2

Quarterfinal 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 László Szentgróthy (HUN)1:26.6QS
2 Frank Sandon (GBR)1:31.8QS

Semifinals

The top two from each heat and the faster of the two third place swimmers advanced.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Harry Hebner (USA)1:20.8QF OR
2 Otto Fahr (GER)1:21.8QF
3 András Baronyi (HUN)1:26.2qf
4 László Szentgróthy (HUN)1:26.4
5 Erich Schultze (GER)
6 George Webster (GBR)

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Otto Groß (GER)1:26.0QF
2 Paul Kellner (GER)1:26.2QF
3 Herbert Haresnape (GBR)1:26.8
4 Frank Sandon (GBR)1:32.2
— Gunnar Sundman (SWE)1:35.0

Final
PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Harry Hebner (USA)1:21.2
2 Otto Fahr (GER)1:22.4
3 Paul Kellner (GER)1:24.0
4 András Baronyi (HUN)1:25.2
5 Otto Groß (GER)1:25.8

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. 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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 January 2007.
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