1912 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 | Djurgårdsbrunnsviken | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 6-10, 1912 | ||||||||
Winning time | 1: 03.4 min | ||||||||
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100 m freestyle | Men | Women |
400 m freestyle | Men | |
1500 m freestyle | Men | |
100 m back | Men | |
200 m chest | Men | |
400 m chest | Men | |
4 × 100 m freestyle | Women | |
4 × 200 m freestyle | Men |
The men's 100 meter freestyle swimming competition at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm was held on July 6th and 10th. The American Duke Kahanamoku became Olympic champion. The silver medal went to Cecil Healy from the Australasia team . In the battle for bronze, Ken Huszagh was only two hundredths ahead of the German Kurt Bretting .
Records
Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.
World record | 1: 02.4 min |
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Brussels (Belgium) | April 6, 1912 |
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Olympic record | 3: 09.2 min |
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London (Great Britain) | July 20, 1908 |
The following new records were set:
World record | 1: 02.4 min |
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Semi-final 3 |
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Olympic record | 1: 02.6 min |
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Forward 5 |
1: 04.8 min |
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Results
Prelims
Run 1
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | László Beleznai |
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1: 08.0 min | Q |
2 | Robert Andersson |
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1: 09.4 min | Q |
3 | Andreas Asimakopoulos |
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1: 15.4 min | |
4th | Herbert von Kuhlberg |
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Run 2
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Kurt Bretting |
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1: 07.0 min | Q |
2 | Paul Radmilovic |
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1: 10.4 min | Q |
3 | Theodore Tartakover |
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1: 12.2 min | |
4th | Jules Wuyts |
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1: 13.6 min |
Run 3
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Leslie Boardman |
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1: 06.0 min | Q |
2 | Nicholas Nerich |
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1: 07.6 min | Q |
3 | John Derbyshire |
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1: 09.2 min | |
4-6 | Davide Baiardo |
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Walther Binner |
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Alajos Kenyery |
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Run 4
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Perry McGillivray |
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1: 04.8 min | Q, OR |
2 | Cecil Healy |
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1: 05.2 min | Q |
3 | Ken Huszagh |
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1: 06.2 min | q |
4th | Erik Andersson |
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1: 13.0 min | |
5 | Georg Kunisch |
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Run 5
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Duke Kahanamoku |
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1: 02.6 min | Q, OR |
2 | William Longworth |
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1: 05.2 min | Q |
3 | Harry Hebner |
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1: 10.4 min | |
4th | Gérard Meister |
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1: 16.6 min |
Run 6
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Harold Hardwick |
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1: 05.8 min | Q |
2 | Max Ritter |
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1: 08.0 min | Q |
3 | Herman Meyboom |
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1: 15.4 min | |
4th | James Reilly |
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Run 7
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Walter Ramme |
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1: 10.2 min | Q |
2 | Harald Julin |
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1: 11.8 min | Q |
Mario Massa |
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1: 11.8 min | Q | |
4th | John Johnsen |
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1: 19.2 min |
Run 8
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Erik Bergqvist |
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1: 13.4 min | Q |
2 | Georges Rigal |
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1: 17.8 min | Q |
3 | László Szentgróthy |
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Quarter finals
Quarter finals 1
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Kurt Bretting |
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1: 04.2 min | Q |
2 | William Longworth |
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1: 05.2 min | Q |
3 | Harold Hardwick |
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1: 06.0 min | |
4th | Robert Andersson |
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1: 10.0 min | |
- | László Beleznai |
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DNS | |
Georges Rigal |
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DNS |
Quarter finals 2
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Duke Kahanamoku |
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1: 03.8 min | Q |
2 | Walter Ramme |
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1: 07.8 min | Q |
3 | Nicholas Nerich |
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1: 08.8 min | |
Max Ritter |
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1: 08.8 min | ||
- | Erik Bergqvist |
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DNS | |
Harald Julin |
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DNS |
Quarter finals 3
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Ken Huszagh |
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1: 04.2 min | Q |
2 | Perry McGillivray |
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1: 04.4 min | Q |
3 | Cecil Healy |
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1: 04.8 min | q |
4th | Leslie Boardman |
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1: 05.4 min | |
5 | Paul Radmilovic |
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1: 19.0 min | |
- | Mario Massa |
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DNS | q |
Semifinals
Semi-final 1
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Cecil Healy |
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1: 05.6 min | Q |
2 | Walter Ramme |
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1: 05.8 min | Q |
3 | William Longworth |
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1: 06.2 min | G |
Semi-final 2
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Kurt Bretting |
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1: 04.6 min | Q |
Semi-final 3
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Duke Kahanamoku |
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1: 02.4 min | Q, WR |
2 | Ken Huszagh |
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1: 06.2 min | Q |
3 | Perry McGillivray |
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1: 06.2 min | |
- | Mario Massa |
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DNF |
final
William Longworth was ill and could not compete for this reason.
rank | athlete | nation | time |
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1 | Duke Kahanamoku |
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1: 03.4 min |
2 | Cecil Healy |
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1: 04.6 min |
3 | Ken Huszagh |
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1: 05.6 min |
4th | Kurt Bretting |
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1: 05.8 min |
5 | Walter Ramme |
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1: 06.4 min |
- | William Longworth |
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DNS |