Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fifth appearance of the event, which had not been featured at the 1900 Games. The competition was held on Saturday July 19, 1924 and on Sunday July 20, 1924.
| Men's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscine des Tourelles | ||||||||||||
| Date | July 19–20 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | women | |
| 4×200 m | men | |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 57.4 |  |
Miami (USA) | February 17, 1924 |
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| Olympic Record | 1:00.4(*) | |
Antwerp (BEL) | August 24, 1920 |
| 1:01.4(*) | |
Antwerp (BEL) | August 23, 1920 | |
| 1:01.4(*) | |
Antwerp (BEL) | August 29, 1920 |
(*) Duke Kahanamoku swam 1:00.4 minutes in the first final, which was ordered to re-swim. In the second final he recorded 1:01.4, the same time as six days earlier in the semifinal.
In the second semifinal Johnny Weissmuller set a new Olympic record with 1:00.8 minutes. In the final he bettered his record with a time of 59.0 seconds.
Competition format
The competition used a three-round (quarterfinals, semifinals, final) format. The advancement rule was the one used since 1912; for each round before the final, the top two in each heat plus the fastest third-place swimmer would advance. There were 6 quarterfinals of between 4 and 6 swimmers, allowing 13 swimmers to advance to the semifinals. The 2 semifinals had 6 or 7 swimmers; 5 advanced to the final.
Each race involved two lengths of the 50-metre pool.
Results
Heats
The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.
Heat 1
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orvar Trolle |  | 1:04.2 | Q |
| 2 | Duke Kahanamoku | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:04.2 | Q |
| 3 | Kazuo Onoda | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:05.4 | |
| 4 | Charles Baillee |  | 1:08.2 | |
| 5 | Vlado Smokvina | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:11.6 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Kahanamoku | | 1:03.2 | Q |
| 2 | Ernest Henry |  | 1:03.8 | Q |
| 3 | Torahiko Miyahata | | 1:04.2 | q |
| 4 | Henri Padou |  | 1:05.0 | |
| 5 | Albert Dickin | | 1:06.0 | |
| 6 | Stanislav Bičák |  | 1:10.2 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clayton Bourne | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:06.2 | Q |
| 2 | Alberto Zorrilla |  | 1:08.2 | Q |
| 3 | Viktor Legát | | 1:13.2 | |
| 4 | Charles Kopp |  | 1:15.0 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katsuo Takaishi | | 1:04.0 | Q |
| 2 | Ivan Stedman | | 1:06.0 | Q |
| 3 | Georg Werner | | 1:07.0 | |
| 4 | Émile Zeibig | | 1:08.0 | |
| 5 | Gé Dekker |  | 1:11.8 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Weissmuller | | 1:03.8 | Q |
| 2 | Alfred Harold Pycock | | 1:05.2 | Q |
| 3 | Édouard Vanzeveren | | 1:06.8 | |
| 4 | Moss Christie | | 1:07.2 | |
| 5 | José Manuel Pinillo | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:14.2 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arne Borg | | 1:05.4 | Q |
| 2 | István Bárány | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:08.4 | Q |
| 3 | Július Baláž | | 1:11.8 | |
| 4 | Dionysios Vasilopoulos | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:12.0 | |
| 5 | Pieter Jacobszoon | | 1:12.2 |
Semifinals
The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke Kahanamoku | | 1:01.6 | Q |
| 2 | Samuel Kahanamoku | | 1:02.2 | Q |
| 3 | Katsuo Takaishi | | 1:02.4 | q |
| 4 | Orvar Trolle | | 1:02.6 | |
| 5 | Clayton Bourne | | 1:06.0 | |
| 6 | István Bárány | | 1:08.0 | |
| — | Torahiko Miyahata | | DNS |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Weissmuller | | 1:00.8 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Arne Borg | | 1:02.6 | Q |
| 3 | Ernest Henry | | 1:03.0 | |
| 4 | Alfred Harold Pycock | | 1:05.0 | |
| 5 | Ivan Stedman | | 1:06.0 | |
| 6 | Alberto Zorrilla | | 1:07.6 |
Final
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Johnny Weissmuller | | 59.0 | OR |
 | Duke Kahanamoku | | 1:01.4 | |
 | Samuel Kahanamoku | | 1:01.8 | |
| 4 | Arne Borg | | 1:02.0 | |
| 5 | Katsuo Takaishi | | 1:03.0 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
External links
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 September 2008.
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