1908 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

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
Medalist  Charles Daniels ( USA )  Zoltán von Halmay ( HUN )  Harald Julin ( SWE )

Swimming competitions at the 1908 Olympic Games
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	Zoltán from Halmay	Vienna , Austria	December 3, 1905
Olympic record	1: 13.0 min	Charles Daniels	Athens , Greece	April 26, 1906

The following new records were set:

World record	1: 05.6 min	Charles Daniels	final
	1: 05.8 min	Wilfred Edwards	Forward 7
	1: 05.8 min	Charles Daniels	Forward 5
Olympic record	1: 08.2 min	Zoltán from Halmay	Forward 1

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
1	Zoltán from Halmay	Hungary	1: 08.2 min	Q, ( OR )
2	Theodore Tartakover	Australasia	unknown
3-6	Davide Baiardo	Italy	unknown
	Bouke Benenga	Netherlands	unknown
	Harald Klem	Denmark	unknown
	Herman Meyboom	Belgium	unknown

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Otto Scheff	Austria	1: 11.8 min	Q
2	Addin Tyldesley	Great Britain	1: 12.0 min	q
3-5	Gérard Meister	France	unknown
	József Munk	Hungary	unknown
	Conrad Trubenbach	United States	unknown

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Frank Beaurepaire	Australasia	1: 11.6 min	Q
2	Lamb Benenga	Netherlands	1: 13.2 min
3-5	Robert Andersson	Sweden	unknown
	Henrik Hajós	Hungary	unknown
	Poul Holm	Denmark	unknown

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Harald Julin	Sweden	1: 12.0 min	Q
2	John Derbyshire	Great Britain	1: 12.6 min
3-4	Victor Boin	Belgium	unknown
	Robert Foster	United States	unknown

Run 5

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Charles Daniels	United States	1: 05.8 min	Q, ( WR )
2	József Ónody	Hungary	1: 13.2 min
3-5	George Innocent	Great Britain	unknown
	René André	France	unknown
	Hjalmar Saxtorph	Denmark	unknown

Run 6

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Harry Hebner	United States	1: 11.0 min	Q
2	Paul Radmilovic	Great Britain	1: 12.0 min	q
3-4	Edward Cooke	Australasia	unknown
	Fernand Feyaerts	Belgium	unknown

Run 7

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Wilfred Edwards	Great Britain	1: 05.8 min	Q, ( WR )
2	Robert Zimmerman	Canada	1: 35.0 min

Run 8

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	George Dockrell	Great Britain	1: 13.2 min	Q

Run 9

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Leslie Rich	United States	1: 14.6 min	Q
2	André Duprez	Belgium	1: 18.0 min

Semifinals

The first two athletes of each run qualified for the final.

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Zoltán from Halmay	Hungary	1: 09.4 min	Q
2	Harald Julin	Sweden	1: 10.2 min	Q
3	Harry Hebner	United States	1: 11.8 min
4th	Frank Beaurepaire	Australasia	unknown
5-6	Wilfred Edwards	Great Britain	unknown
	Paul Radmilovic	Great Britain	unknown

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Charles Daniels	United States	1: 10.2 min	Q
2	Leslie Rich	United States	1: 10.8 min	Q
3	George Dockrell	Great Britain	1: 11.4 min
4th	Otto Scheff	Austria	unknown
5	Addin Tyldesley	Great Britain	unknown

final

rank	athlete	nation	Time 1	Note
1	Charles Daniels	United States	1: 05.6 min	( WR )
2	Zoltán from Halmay	Hungary	1: 06.2 min
3	Harald Julin	Sweden	1: 08.0 min
4th	Leslie Rich	United States	unknown

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