Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 meter backstroke
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
DatesAugust 22–23
Competitors12 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Warren Kealoha US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Ray Kegeris US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Gérard Blitz Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
←  1912
1924  →

The men's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. [1] It was the fourth appearance of the event.

A total of 12 swimmers from six nations competed in the event, which was held on Sunday, August 22 and on Monday, August 23, 1920.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record1:15.6 Flag of the German Empire.svg Otto Fahr Magdeburg (GER)April 29, 1912
Olympic Record1:20.8 Flag of the United States.svg Harry Hebner Stockholm (SWE)July 10, 1912

In the first semi-final Ray Kegeris bettered the Olympic record to 1:17.8 minutes. In the second semi-final Warren Kealoha set a new world record with 1:14.8 minutes.

Results

Semifinals

Sunday, August 22, 1920: The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Ray Kegeris  (USA)1:17.8Q OR
2US flag 48 stars.svg  Harold Kruger  (USA)1:19.0Q
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Gaspard Lemaire  (BEL)1:28.0
4Flag of Norway.svg  Asbjørn Wang  (NOR)1:28.2
5Flag of France.svg  Henri Matter  (FRA)
6Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  George Robertson  (GBR)

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Warren Kealoha  (USA)1:14.8Q WR
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Gérard Blitz  (BEL)1:18.6Q
3US flag 48 stars.svg  Perry McGillivray  (USA)1:20.4q
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Per Holmström  (SWE)1:26.0
5Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg George Webster (GBR)
6Flag of France.svg  Daniel Lehu  (FRA)

Final

Monday, August 23, 1920:

PlaceSwimmerTime
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Warren Kealoha  (USA)1:15.2
2US flag 48 stars.svg  Ray Kegeris  (USA)1:16.8
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Gérard Blitz  (BEL)1:19.0
4US flag 48 stars.svg  Perry McGillivray  (USA)1:19.4
5US flag 48 stars.svg  Harold Kruger  (USA)

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

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