Swimming at the Games of the II Olympiad | |
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Venue | Seine |
Dates | 11–19 August 1900 |
No. of events | 7 |
Competitors | 76 from 12 nations |
Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics | |
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Freestyle | |
200 m | men |
1000 m | men |
4000 m | men |
Backstroke | |
200 m | men |
Other | |
200 m team | men |
200 m obstacle | men |
Underwater | men |
At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, seven swimming events were contested. Only men competed in the swimming competition. There was a total of 76 participants from 12 countries competing. [1] [2] The games are referenced in Yann Martel's 2001 novel Life of Pi . As with the rowing events, swimming took place on the Seine between the Courbevoie Bridge and the Asnières Bridge.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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200 m freestyle | Frederick Lane (AUS) | Zoltán Halmay (HUN) | Karl Ruberl (AUT) |
1000 m freestyle | John Arthur Jarvis (GBR) | Otto Wahle (AUT) | Zoltán Halmay (HUN) |
4000 m freestyle | John Arthur Jarvis (GBR) | Zoltán Halmay (HUN) | Louis Martin (FRA) |
200 m backstroke | Ernst Hoppenberg (GER) | Karl Ruberl (AUT) | Johannes Drost (NED) |
200 m team swimming | Germany (GER) [3] Ernst Hoppenberg Max Hainle Ernst Lührsen Gustav Lexau Herbert von Petersdorff | France (FRA) Maurice Hochepied Victor Hochepied Joseph Bertrand Jules Verbecke Victor Cadet | France (FRA) René Tartara Louis Martin Désiré Mérchez Georges Leuillieux Philippe Houben [4] |
200 m obstacle event | Frederick Lane (AUS) | Otto Wahle (AUT) | Peter Kemp (GBR) |
Underwater swimming | Charles Devendeville (FRA) | André Six (FRA) | Peder Lykkeberg (DEN) |
A total of 76 swimmers from 12 nations competed at the Paris Games:
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