Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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] As with the rowing events, swimming took place on the Seine between the Courbevoie Bridge and the Asnières Bridge.

Swimming
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Swimming pictogram
VenueSeine
Dates11–19 August 1900
No. of events7
Competitors76 from 12 nations
← 1896
1904 →

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)2013
2  Australia (AUS)2002
  Germany (GER)2002
4  France (FRA)1225
5  Austria (AUT)0314
6  Hungary (HUN)0213
7  Denmark (DEN)0011
  Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (8 entries)77721

Medal summary

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
200 m freestyle
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  Frederick Lane (AUS)   Zoltán Halmay (HUN)   Karl Ruberl (AUT)
1000 m freestyle
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  John Arthur Jarvis (GBR)   Otto Wahle (AUT)   Zoltán Halmay (HUN)
4000 m freestyle
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  John Arthur Jarvis (GBR)   Zoltán Halmay (HUN)   Louis Martin (FRA)
200 m backstroke
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  Ernst Hoppenberg (GER)   Karl Ruberl (AUT)   Johannes Drost (NED)
200 m team swimming
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  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
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  Frederick Lane (AUS)   Otto Wahle (AUT)   Peter Kemp (GBR)
Underwater swimming
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  Charles Devendeville (FRA)   André Six (FRA)   Peder Lykkeberg (DEN)

Participating nations

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A total of 76 swimmers from 12 nations competed at the Paris Games:

Notes

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1900 Paris Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  3. ^ "Men's 200 metre team swimming". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  4. ^ Houben did not compete; however, he is listed in the IOC's medal database as part of the Neptune team.

References

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