1920 Summer Olympics / Swimming

Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Antwerp
Competition venue	Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Nations	19th
Athletes	116 (92 , 24 )
date	August 22 - September 1, 1920
decisions	10
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At the VII Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 , ten swimming competitions were held, seven for men and three for women.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	8th	5	3	16
2	Sweden	2	2	1	5
3	Australia	-	1	1	2
	Great Britain	-	1	1	2
	Canada	-	1	1	2
6th	Finland	-	-	2	2
7th	Belgium	-	-	1	1
total		10	10	10	30th

Medalist

Men

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m freestyle	Duke Kahanamoku	Pua Kealoha	William Harris
400 m freestyle	Norman Ross	Ludy Langer	George Vernot
1500 m freestyle	Norman Ross	George Vernot	Frank Beaurepaire
100 m back	Warren Paoa Kealoha	Raymond Kegeris	Gérard Blitz
200 m chest	Håkan Malmrot	Thor Henning	Arvo Aaltonen
400 m chest	Håkan Malmrot	Thor Henning	Arvo Aaltonen
4 × 200 m freestyle	USA Perry McGillivray Pua Kealoha Norman Ross Duke Kahanamoku	Australia Henry Hay William Herald Ivan Stedman Frank Beaurepaire	Great Britain Leslie Savage Edward Peter Henry Taylor Harold Annison

Women

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m freestyle	Ethelda Bleibtrey	Irene Guest	Frances Schroth
300 m freestyle	Ethelda Bleibtrey	Margaret Woodbridge	Frances Schroth
4 × 100 m freestyle	United States Margaret Woodbridge Frances Schroth Irene Guest Ethelda Bleibtrey	Great Britain Hilda James Constance Jeans Charlotte Radcliffe Grace MacKenzie	Sweden Aina Berg Emy Machnow Karin Nilsson Jane Gylling

Men

100 m freestyle

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space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Duke Kahanamoku	1: 01.4 min ( WR )
2	United States	Pua Kealoha	1: 02.2 min
3	United States	William Harris	1: 03.0 min
4th	OUT	William Herald	1: 03.8 min
	United States	Norman Ross	DSQ

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Norman Ross	5: 26.8 min
2	United States	Ludy Langer	5: 29.0 min
3	CAN	George Vernot	5: 29.6 min
4th	United States	Fred Kahele
	OUT	Frank Beaurepaire	DNF

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Norman Ross	22: 23.2 min
2	CAN	George Vernot	22: 36.4 min
3	OUT	Frank Beaurepaire	23: 04.0 min
4th	United States	Fred Kahele	23: 59.1 min
5	United States	Eugene Bolden	24: 04.3 min

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Warren Paoa Kealoha	1: 15.2 min
2	United States	Raymond Kegeris	1: 16.2 min
3	BEL	Gérard Blitz	1: 19.0 min
4th	United States	Perry McGillivray	1: 19.4 min
5	United States	Harold Kruger

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Håkan Malmrot	3: 04.4 min
2	SWE	Thor Henning	3: 09.2 min
3	FIN	Arvo Aaltonen	3: 12.2 min
4th	United States	Jack Howell
5	OUT	Ivan Stedman
	SWE	Per Cederblom	DNF

400 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Håkan Malmrot	6: 31.8 min
2	SWE	Thor Henning	6: 45.2 min
3	FIN	Arvo Aaltonen	6: 48.0 min
4th	United States	Jack Howell	6: 51.0 min
5	SWE	Per Cederblom

4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Perry McGillivray Pua Kealoha Norman Ross Duke Kahanamoku	10: 04.4 min
2	OUT	Henry Hay William Herald Ivan Stedman Frank Beaurepaire	10: 25.4 min
3	GBR	Leslie Savage Edward Peter Henry Taylor Harold Annison	10: 37.2 min
4th	SWE	Robert Andersson , Frans Möller , Orvar Trolle , Arne Borg	10: 50.2 min
5	ITA	Mario Massa , Agostino Frassinetti , Antonio Quarantotto , Gilio Bisagno

Women

100 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Ethelda Bleibtrey	1: 13.6 min
2	United States	Irene Guest	1: 17.0 min
3	United States	Frances Schroth	1: 17.2 min
4th	GBR	Constance Jeans	1: 22.8 min
5	NZL	Violet Walrond
6th	SWE	Jane Gylling	1: 25.6 min
	United States	Charlotte Boyle	DNF

300 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Ethelda Bleibtrey	4: 34.0 min
2	United States	Margaret Woodbridge	4: 42.8 min
3	United States	Frances Schroth	4: 52.0 min
4th	GBR	Constance Jeans	4: 52.4 min
5	United States	Eleanor Uhl
6th	SWE	Jane Gylling	5: 04.8 min
7th	NZL	Violet Walrond

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Margaret Woodbridge Frances Schroth Irene Guest Ethelda Bleibtrey	5: 11.6 min ( WR )
2	GBR	Hilda James Constance Jeans Charlotte Radcliffe Grace MacKenzie	5: 40.8 min
3	SWE	Aina Berg Emy Machnow Karin Nilsson Jane Gylling	5: 43.6 min