Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the Games of the V Olympiad
Venue	Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
Dates	6–12 July 1912
No. of events	9
Competitors	120 from 17 nations
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At the 1912 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. ^[1] Swimming events were held in a 100 m course built in Stockholm harbor. For the first time, women's events were part of the Olympic swimming program. The competitions were held from Saturday July 6, 1912, to Friday July 12, 1912. There was a total of 120 participants from 17 countries competing.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany  (GER)	2	3	2	7
2	Australasia  (ANZ)	2	2	2	6
3	United States  (USA)	2	1	1	4
4	Canada  (CAN)	2	0	0	2
5	Great Britain  (GBR)	1	2	3	6
6	Sweden  (SWE)	0	1	0	1
7	Austria  (AUT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		9	9	9	27

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Duke Kahanamoku  (USA)	Cecil Healy  (ANZ)	Ken Huszagh  (USA)
400 m freestyle details	George Hodgson  (CAN)	John Hatfield  (GBR)	Harold Hardwick  (ANZ)
1500 m freestyle details	George Hodgson  (CAN)	John Hatfield  (GBR)	Harold Hardwick  (ANZ)
100 m backstroke details	Harry Hebner  (USA)	Otto Fahr  (GER)	Paul Kellner  (GER)
200 m breaststroke details	Walter Bathe  (GER)	Wilhelm Lützow  (GER)	Paul Malisch  (GER)
400 m breaststroke details	Walter Bathe  (GER)	Thor Henning  (SWE)	Percy Courtman  (GBR)
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	Australasia  (ANZ) Cecil Healy Malcolm Champion Leslie Boardman Harold Hardwick	United States  (USA) Ken Huszagh Harry Hebner Perry McGillivray Duke Kahanamoku	Great Britain  (GBR) William Foster Thomas Battersby John Hatfield Henry Taylor

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Fanny Durack  (ANZ)	Wilhelmina Wylie  (ANZ)	Jennie Fletcher  (GBR)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	Great Britain  (GBR) Belle Moore Jennie Fletcher Annie Speirs Irene Steer	Germany  (GER) Wally Dressel Louise Otto Hermine Stindt Grete Rosenberg	Austria  (AUT) Margarete Adler Klara Milch Josephine Sticker Berta Zahourek

Participating nations

A total of 120 swimmers (93 men and 27 women) from 17 nations (men from 17 nations - women from 8 nations) competed at the Stockholm Games:

•   Australasia  (9)(men:7 women:2)
•   Austria  (8)(men:3 women:5)
•   Belgium  (5)(men:4 women:1)
•   Canada  (1)(men:1 women:0)
•   Denmark  (1)(men:1 women:0)
•   Finland  (6)(men:4 women:2)
•   France  (3)(men:3 women:0)
•   Germany  (17)(men:13 women:4)
•   Great Britain  (18)(men:12 women:6)
•   Greece  (1)(men:1 women:0)
•   Hungary  (8)(men:8 women:0)
•   Italy  (2)(men:2 women:0)
•   Norway  (5)(men:4 women:1)
•   Russia  (4)(men:4 women:0)
•   South Africa  (1)(men:1 women:0)
•   Sweden  (24)(men:18 women:6)
•   United States  (7)(men:7 women:0)

References

1. "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
• Erik Bergvall (December 1913). The Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 Official Report (PDF). Stockholm: Wahlström and Widstrand. pp. 712–727. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
• Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (January 2003). The 1912 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-1047-7.
• Philipps, Wolfgang: „There was a hard struggle between Miss Fletcher and Fräulein Rosenberg“. Ein Beitrag zur niedersächsischen Schwimmsport-Geschichte (in German). In: Jahrbuch des Niedersächsischen Instituts für Sportgeschichte, Bd. 20-21 (2017-2018), pp. 183–209