1920 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	100 m freestyle
gender	Men
Attendees	31 athletes from 15 countries
Competition location	Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Competition phase	August 22-29, 1920
Winning time	1: 00.4 min
Medalist  Duke Kahanamoku ( USA )  Pua Kealoha ( USA )  Bill Harris ( USA )

Swimming competitions at the 1920 Olympic Games
100 m freestyle	Men	Women
300 m freestyle		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 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp was held from August 22 to 29, 1920. All of the medalists were from the United States.

Records

Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.

World record	1: 01.4 min	Duke Kahanamoku	New York City , United States	August 9, 1918
Olympic record	1: 02.4 min	Duke Kahanamoku	Stockholm , Sweden	July 7, 1912

The following new records were set:

World record	1: 00.4 min	Duke Kahanamoku	final
	1: 01.4 min	Duke Kahanamoku	final
	1: 01.4 min	Duke Kahanamoku	Semi-final 1
Olympic record	1: 01.8 min	Duke Kahanamoku	Quarter finals 1

Results

Quarter finals

The first two athletes of each run as well as the fastest athlete of all runs qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Duke Kahanamoku	United States	1: 01.8 min	Q ( OR )
2	Keith Kirkland	Australia	1: 08.0 min	Q
3	Jean van Silfhout	Netherlands	1: 09.0 min
4th	Georges Pouilley	France
5	Albert Dickin	Great Britain

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Agostino Frassinetti	Italy	1: 11.8 min	Q
2	Václav Bucháček	Czechoslovakia	1: 19.2 min	Q
3	Ângelo Gammaro	Brazil	1: 22.0 min
4th	Harold Annison	Great Britain

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Pua Kealoha	United States	1: 02.0 min	Q
2	Ivan Stedman	Australia	1: 04.2 min	Q
3	Henri Padou	France	1: 08.4 min
4th	Martial Van Schelle	Belgium
5	Jean Jenni	Switzerland
6th	Kenkichi Saito	Japan

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	George Vernot	Canada	1: 05.2 min	Q
2	Henry Hay	Australia	1: 06.8 min	Q
3	Orvar trolls	Sweden	1: 07.8 min	q
4th	Léon Pesch	Luxembourg
5	Leslie Savage	Great Britain
6th	Orlando Amêndola	Brazil
7th	Gérard Blitz	Belgium

Run 5

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Norman Ross	United States	1: 04.2 min	Q
2	William Herald	Australia	1: 08.8 min	Q
3	Mario Massa	Italy	1: 10.4 min
4th	Rémy Weil	France
5	Mazars Uchida	Japan

Run 6

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Bill Harris	United States	1: 04.4 min	Q
2	Ko Korsten	Netherlands	1: 05.6 min	Q
3	John Dickin	Great Britain	1: 10.0 min
4th	Alfred Steen	Norway

Semifinals

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

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Duke Kahanamoku	United States	1: 01.4 min	Q
2	Bill Harris	United States	1: 04.2 min	Q
3	George Vernot	Canada	1: 05.8 min
4th	Agostino Frassinetti	Italy
5	Václav Bucháček	Czechoslovakia
6th	Henry Hay	Australia

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Pua Kealoha	United States	1: 02.4 min	Q
2	Norman Ross	United States	1: 04.8 min	Q
3	William Herald	Australia	1: 05.8 min	q
4th	Ivan Stedman	Australia
5	Orvar trolls	Sweden
6th	Keith Kirkland	Australia
7th	Ko Korsten	Netherlands

final

rank	athlete	nation	Time 1	Time 2
1	Duke Kahanamoku	United States	1: 00.4 min ( WR )	1: 01.4 min ( WR )
2	Pua Kealoha	United States	1: 02.2 min	1: 02.6 min
3	Bill Harris	United States	1: 03.2 min	1: 03.0 min
4th	William Herald	Australia		1: 03.8 min
-	Norman Ross	United States	1: 03.8 min DSQ	-

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