1908 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)
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sport | swim | ||||||||
discipline | 100 m freestyle | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 34 athletes from 12 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | White City Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 17-20, 1908 | ||||||||
Winning time | 1: 05.6 min ![]() |
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![]() 1908 Olympic Games |
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100 m freestyle | Men |
400 m freestyle | Men |
1500 m freestyle | Men |
100 m back | Men |
200 m chest | Men |
4 × 200 m freestyle | Men |
The men's 100 meter freestyle swimming competition at the 1908 Olympic Games in London was held from July 17 to 20, 1908. It was the first time in Olympic history that people had swum in a swimming pool; before that, the competitions always took place in open water. The swimming pool was built inside the White City Stadium . Olympic champion was Charles Daniels from the United States with a new world record time of 1: 05.6 minutes. Zoltán von Halmay from Hungary won silver and the Swede Harald Julin won bronze .
Records
Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.
World record | 1: 05.8 min |
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Vienna , Austria | December 3, 1905 |
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Olympic record | 1: 13.0 min |
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Athens , Greece | April 26, 1906 |
The following new records were set:
World record | 1: 05.6 min |
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final |
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1: 05.8 min |
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1: 05.8 min |
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Olympic record | 1: 08.2 min |
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Results
Prelims
The fastest athlete of each run, as well as the two fastest runners-up of all runs qualified for the semifinals.
Run 1
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Zoltán from Halmay |
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1: 08.2 min | Q, ( OR ) |
2 | Theodore Tartakover |
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3-6 | Davide Baiardo |
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Bouke Benenga |
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Harald Klem |
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Herman Meyboom |
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unknown |
Run 2
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Otto Scheff |
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1: 11.8 min | Q |
2 | Addin Tyldesley |
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1: 12.0 min | q |
3-5 | Gérard Meister |
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József Munk |
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Conrad Trubenbach |
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Run 3
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Frank Beaurepaire |
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1: 11.6 min | Q |
2 | Lamb Benenga |
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1: 13.2 min | |
3-5 | Robert Andersson |
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Henrik Hajós |
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Poul Holm |
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Run 4
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Harald Julin |
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1: 12.0 min | Q |
2 | John Derbyshire |
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1: 12.6 min | |
3-4 | Victor Boin |
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Robert Foster |
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Run 5
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Charles Daniels |
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1: 05.8 min | Q, ( WR ) |
2 | József Ónody |
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1: 13.2 min | |
3-5 | George Innocent |
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René André |
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Hjalmar Saxtorph |
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Run 6
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Harry Hebner |
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1: 11.0 min | Q |
2 | Paul Radmilovic |
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1: 12.0 min | q |
3-4 | Edward Cooke |
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Fernand Feyaerts |
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Run 7
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Wilfred Edwards |
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1: 05.8 min | Q, ( WR ) |
2 | Robert Zimmerman |
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1: 35.0 min |
Run 8
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | George Dockrell |
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1: 13.2 min | Q |
Run 9
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Leslie Rich |
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1: 14.6 min | Q |
2 | André Duprez |
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1: 18.0 min |
Semifinals
The first two athletes of each run qualified for the final.
Semi-final 1
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Zoltán from Halmay |
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1: 09.4 min | Q |
2 | Harald Julin |
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1: 10.2 min | Q |
3 | Harry Hebner |
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1: 11.8 min | |
4th | Frank Beaurepaire |
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5-6 | Wilfred Edwards |
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Paul Radmilovic |
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Semi-final 2
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Charles Daniels |
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1: 10.2 min | Q |
2 | Leslie Rich |
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1: 10.8 min | Q |
3 | George Dockrell |
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1: 11.4 min | |
4th | Otto Scheff |
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5 | Addin Tyldesley |
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final
rank | athlete | nation | Time 1 | Note |
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1 | Charles Daniels |
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1: 05.6 min | ( WR ) |
2 | Zoltán from Halmay |
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1: 06.2 min | |
3 | Harald Julin |
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1: 08.0 min | |
4th | Leslie Rich |
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unknown |