1912 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

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
Medalist  Duke Kahanamoku ( USA )  Cecil Healy ( ANZ )  Ken Huszagh ( USA )

Swimming competitions at the 1912 Olympics
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	Kurt Bretting	Brussels (Belgium)	April 6, 1912
Olympic record	3: 09.2 min	Charles Daniels	London (Great Britain)	July 20, 1908

The following new records were set:

World record	1: 02.4 min	Duke Kahanamoku	Semi-final 3
Olympic record	1: 02.6 min	Duke Kahanamoku	Forward 5
	1: 04.8 min	Perry McGillivray	Forward 4

Results

Prelims

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	László Beleznai	Hungary	1: 08.0 min	Q
2	Robert Andersson	Sweden	1: 09.4 min	Q
3	Andreas Asimakopoulos	Greece	1: 15.4 min
4th	Herbert von Kuhlberg	Russian Empire

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Kurt Bretting	German Empire	1: 07.0 min	Q
2	Paul Radmilovic	Great Britain	1: 10.4 min	Q
3	Theodore Tartakover	Australasia	1: 12.2 min
4th	Jules Wuyts	Belgium	1: 13.6 min

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Leslie Boardman	Australasia	1: 06.0 min	Q
2	Nicholas Nerich	United States	1: 07.6 min	Q
3	John Derbyshire	Great Britain	1: 09.2 min
4-6	Davide Baiardo	Italy
	Walther Binner	German Empire
	Alajos Kenyery	Hungary

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Perry McGillivray	United States	1: 04.8 min	Q, OR
2	Cecil Healy	Australasia	1: 05.2 min	Q
3	Ken Huszagh	United States	1: 06.2 min	q
4th	Erik Andersson	Sweden	1: 13.0 min
5	Georg Kunisch	German Empire

Run 5

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Duke Kahanamoku	United States	1: 02.6 min	Q, OR
2	William Longworth	Australasia	1: 05.2 min	Q
3	Harry Hebner	United States	1: 10.4 min
4th	Gérard Meister	France	1: 16.6 min

Run 6

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Harold Hardwick	Australasia	1: 05.8 min	Q
2	Max Ritter	German Empire	1: 08.0 min	Q
3	Herman Meyboom	Belgium	1: 15.4 min
4th	James Reilly	United States

Run 7

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Walter Ramme	German Empire	1: 10.2 min	Q
2	Harald Julin	Sweden	1: 11.8 min	Q
	Mario Massa	Italy	1: 11.8 min	Q
4th	John Johnsen	Norway	1: 19.2 min

Run 8

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Erik Bergqvist	Sweden	1: 13.4 min	Q
2	Georges Rigal	France	1: 17.8 min	Q
3	László Szentgróthy	Hungary

Quarter finals

Quarter finals 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Kurt Bretting	German Empire	1: 04.2 min	Q
2	William Longworth	Australasia	1: 05.2 min	Q
3	Harold Hardwick	Australasia	1: 06.0 min
4th	Robert Andersson	Sweden	1: 10.0 min
-	László Beleznai	Hungary	DNS
	Georges Rigal	France	DNS

Quarter finals 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Duke Kahanamoku	United States	1: 03.8 min	Q
2	Walter Ramme	German Empire	1: 07.8 min	Q
3	Nicholas Nerich	United States	1: 08.8 min
	Max Ritter	German Empire	1: 08.8 min
-	Erik Bergqvist	Sweden	DNS
	Harald Julin	Sweden	DNS

Quarter finals 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Ken Huszagh	United States	1: 04.2 min	Q
2	Perry McGillivray	United States	1: 04.4 min	Q
3	Cecil Healy	Australasia	1: 04.8 min	q
4th	Leslie Boardman	Australasia	1: 05.4 min
5	Paul Radmilovic	Great Britain	1: 19.0 min
-	Mario Massa	Italy	DNS	q

Semifinals

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Cecil Healy	Australasia	1: 05.6 min	Q
2	Walter Ramme	German Empire	1: 05.8 min	Q
3	William Longworth	Australasia	1: 06.2 min	G

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Kurt Bretting	German Empire	1: 04.6 min	Q

Semi-final 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Duke Kahanamoku	United States	1: 02.4 min	Q, WR
2	Ken Huszagh	United States	1: 06.2 min	Q
3	Perry McGillivray	United States	1: 06.2 min
-	Mario Massa	Italy	DNF

final

William Longworth was ill and could not compete for this reason.

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Duke Kahanamoku	United States	1: 03.4 min
2	Cecil Healy	Australasia	1: 04.6 min
3	Ken Huszagh	United States	1: 05.6 min
4th	Kurt Bretting	German Empire	1: 05.8 min
5	Walter Ramme	German Empire	1: 06.4 min
-	William Longworth	Australasia	DNS

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