Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
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.
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 | |
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. 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.