Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Swimming
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Swimming pictogram.svg
Swimming pictogram
VenueSeine
Dates11–19 August 1900
Competitors76 from 12 nations
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Swimming at the
1900 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
200 mmen
1000 mmen
4000 mmen
Backstroke
200 mmen
Other
200 m teammen
200 m obstaclemen
Underwatermen

At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, there were 7 swimming events. There were only men. There were 76 swimmers. These swimmers were from 12 nations.[1][2] The swimming was on the Seine river. It was between the Courbevoie Bridge and the Asnières Bridge.

Medals

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

Events

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

Participating nations

There were 76 swimmers. These swimmers were from 12 different nations.

References

  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.

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