Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Swimming

At the 1912 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. 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.

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[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
United States Duke Kahanamoku
United States (USA)
1:03.4 Australasia Cecil Healy
Australasia (ANZ)
1:04.6 United States Kenneth Huszagh
United States (USA)
1:05.6
400 m freestyle
details
Canada George Hodgson
Canada (CAN)
5:24.4 Great Britain John Hatfield
Great Britain (GBR)
5:25.8 Australasia Harold Hardwick
Australasia (ANZ)
5:31.2
1500 m freestyle
details
Canada George Hodgson
Canada (CAN)
22:00.0 Great Britain John Hatfield
Great Britain (GBR)
22:39.0 Australasia Harold Hardwick
Australasia (ANZ)
23:15.4
100 m backstroke
details
United States Harry Hebner
United States (USA)
1:21.2 Germany Otto Fahr
Germany (GER)
1:22.4 Germany Paul Kellner
Germany (GER)
1:24.0
200 m breaststroke
details
Germany Walter Bathe
Germany (GER)
3:01.8 Germany Wilhelm Lützow
Germany (GER)
3:05.0 Germany Kurt Malisch
Germany (GER)
3:08.0
400 m breaststroke
details
Germany Walter Bathe
Germany (GER)
6:29.6 Sweden Thor Henning
Sweden (SWE)
6:35.6 Great Britain Percy Courtman
Great Britain (GBR)
6:36.4
4×200 m freestyle relay
details
Australasia Australasia (ANZ)
Cecil Healy
Malcolm Champion
Leslie Boardman
Harold Hardwick
10:11.6 United States United States (USA)
Kenneth Huszagh
Harry Hebner
Perry McGillivray
Duke Kahanamoku
10:20.0 Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)
William Foster
Thomas Battersby
John Hatfield
Henry Taylor
10:28.2

[edit] Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
Australasia Fanny Durack
Australasia (ANZ)
1:22.2 Australasia Wilhelmina Wylie
Australasia (ANZ)
1:25.4 Great Britain Jennie Fletcher
Great Britain (GBR)
1:27.0
4×100 m freestyle relay
details
Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)
Belle Moore
Jennie Fletcher
Annie Speirs
Irene Steer
5:52.8 Germany Germany (GER)
Wally Dressel
Louise Otto
Hermine Stindt
Grete Rosenberg
6:04.6 Austria Austria (AUT)
Margarete Adler
Klara Milch
Josephine Sticker
Berta Zahourek
6:17.0

[edit] Medal table

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

[edit] References