At the 1906 Summer Olympics, only four swimming events were contested. [1] Now called the Intercalated Games, the 1906 Games are no longer considered as an official Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee.
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
100 m freestyle | Charles Daniels United States | Zoltán Halmay Hungary | Cecil Healy Australia |
400 m freestyle | Otto Scheff Austria | Henry Taylor Great Britain | John Arthur Jarvis Great Britain |
1 mile freestyle | Henry Taylor Great Britain | John Arthur Jarvis Great Britain | Otto Scheff Austria |
4 × 250 m freestyle relay | Hungary Henrik Hajós Zoltán Halmay Géza Kiss József Ónody | Germany Ernst Bahnmeyer Max Pape Emil Rausch Oscar Schiele | Great Britain John Derbyshire William Henry John Arthur Jarvis Henry Taylor |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
2 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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