1912 Summer Olympics / Swimming

Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Stockholm
Competition venue	Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
Nations	17th
Athletes	120 (93 , 27 )
date	July 6-15, 1908
decisions	6th
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At the 5th Summer Olympics in Stockholm in 1912 , nine swimming competitions were held, seven for men and two for women (who were allowed to start for the first time).

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
01	German Empire	2	3	2	7th
02	Australasia	2	2	2	6th
03	United States	2	1	1	4th
04th	Canada	2	-	-	2
05	Great Britain	1	2	3	6th
06th	Sweden	-	1	-	1
07th	Austria	-	-	1	1
total		9	9	9	28

Medalist

Men

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m freestyle	Duke Kahanamoku	Cecil Healy	Ken Huszagh
400 m freestyle	George Hodgson	John Hatfield	Harold Hardwick
1500 m freestyle	George Hodgson	John Hatfield	Harold Hardwick
100 m freestyle	Harry Hebner	Otto Fahr	Paul waiter
200 m chest	Walter Bathe	Wilhelm Lützow	Paul Malisch
400 m chest	Walter Bathe	Thor Henning	Percy Courtman
4 × 200 m freestyle	Australasia Cecil Healy Malcolm Champion Leslie Boardman Harold Hardwick	United States Kenneth Huszagh Harry Hebner Perry McGillivray Duke Kahanamoku	Great Britain William Foster Thomas Battersby John Hatfield Henry Taylor

Women

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m freestyle	Fanny Durack	Wilhelmina Wylie	Jennie Fletcher
4 × 100 m freestyle	Great Britain Isabella Moore Jennie Fletcher Annie Speirs Irene Steer	German Empire Wally Dressel Louise Otto Hermine Stindt Grete Rosenberg	Austria Margarete Adler Klara Milch Josephine Sticker Bertha Zahourek

Results men

100 m freestyle

→ Main article : 1912 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Duke Kahanamoku	1: 03.4 min
2	ANZ	Cecil Healy	1: 04.6 min
3	United States	Ken Huszagh	1: 05.6 min
4th	GER	Kurt Bretting	1: 05.8 min
5	GER	Walter Ramme	1: 06.4 min
	ANZ	William Longworth	DNS

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	CAN	George Hodgson	5: 24.4 min
2	GBR	John Hatfield	5: 28.8 min
3	ANZ	Harold Hardwick	5: 31.2 min
4th	ANZ	Cecil Healy	5: 37.8 min
5	HUN	Béla of Las Torres	5: 42.0 min

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	CAN	George Hodgson	22: 00.0 min
2	GBR	John Hatfield	22: 39.0 min
3	ANZ	Harold Hardwick	23: 15.4 min
	ANZ	Malcolm Champion	DNF
	HUN	Béla of Las Torres	DNF

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Harry Hebner	1: 21.2 min
2	GER	Otto Fahr	1: 22.4 min
3	GER	Paul waiter	1: 24.0 min
4th	HUN	András Baronyi	1: 25.2 min
5	GER	Otto Gross	1: 25.8 min

200 m chest

→ Main article : 1912 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200m chest (men)

space	country	athlete	time
1	GER	Walter Bathe	3: 01.8 min ( OR )
2	GER	Wilhelm Lützow	3: 05.0 min
3	GER	Paul Malisch	3: 08.0 min
4th	GBR	Percy Courtman	3: 08.8 min
	SWE	Thor Henning	DNF

400 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	GER	Walter Bathe	6: 29.6 min ( OR )
2	SWE	Thor Henning	6: 35.6 min
3	GBR	Percy Courtman	6: 36.4 min
4th	GER	Paul Malisch	6: 37.0 min
	GER	Wilhelm Lützow	DNF

4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	ANZ	Cecil Healy Malcolm Champion Leslie Boardman Harold Hardwick	10: 11.6 min
2	United States	Kenneth Huszagh Harry Hebner Perry McGillivray Duke Kahanamoku	10: 20.2 min
3	GBR	William Foster Thomas Battersby John Hatfield Henry Taylor	10: 28.2 min
4th	GER	Oskar Schiele Georg Kunisch Kurt Bretting Max Ritter	10: 37.0 min
	HUN	László Beleznai Alajos Kenyery Béla by Las-Torres Imre Zachár	DNS

Women

100 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	ANZ	Fanny Durack	1: 22.2 min
2	ANZ	Wilhelmina Wylie	1: 25.4 min
3	GBR	Jennie Fletcher	1: 27.0 min
4th	GER	Grete Rosenberg	1: 27.2 min
5	GBR	Annie Speirs	1: 27.4 min
	GBR	Daisy Curwen	DNS

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	GBR	Isabella Moore Jennie Fletcher Annie Speirs Irene Steer	5: 52.8 min ( WR )
2	GER	Wally Dressel Louise Otto Hermine Stindt Grete Rosenberg	6: 04.6 min
3	AUT	Margarete Adler Klara Milch Josephine Sticker Bertha Zahourek	6: 17.0 min
4th	SWE	Greta Carlsson Greta Johansson Sonja Johnsson Vera Thulin