1924 Summer Olympics / Swimming

Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Paris
Competition venue	Piscine des Tourelles
Nations	23
Athletes	169 (118 , 51 )
date	July 13-20, 1924
decisions	11
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At the VIII Summer Olympics in Paris in 1924 , eleven swimming competitions were held, six of which were for men and five for women.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	9	5	5	19th
2	Great Britain	1	2	1	4th
3	Australia	1	1	2	4th
4th	Sweden	-	2	2	4th
5	Belgium	-	1	-	1
6th	Hungary	-	-	1	1
total		11	11	11	33

Medalist

Men

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m freestyle	Johnny Weissmüller	Duke Kahanamoku	Samuel Kahanamoku
400 m freestyle	Johnny Weissmüller	Arne Borg	Andrew Charlton
1500 m freestyle	Andrew Charlton	Arne Borg	Frank Beaurepaire
100 m back	Warren Paoa Kealoha	Paul Wyatt	Károly Bartha
200 m chest	Bob Skelton	Joseph De Combe	Bill Kirschbaum
4 × 200 m freestyle	United States Ralph Breyer Harrison Glancy Wallace O'Connor Johnny Weissmüller Richard Howell (preliminary)	Australia Andrew Charlton Maurice Christie Frank Beaurepaire Ernest Henry Ivan Stedman (preliminary)	Sweden Åke Borg Arne Borg Orvar Trolle Georg Werner Thor Henning (preliminary) Gösta Persson (preliminary)

Women

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
100 m freestyle	Ethel Lackie	Mariechen Wehselau	Gertrude Ederle
400 m freestyle	Martha Norelius	Helen Wainwright	Gertrude Ederle
100 m back	Sybil Bauer	Phyllis Harding	Aileen Riggin
200 m chest	Lucy Morton	Agnes Geraghty	Gladys Carson
4 × 100 m freestyle	United States Euphrasia Donnelly Gertrude Ederle Ethel Lackie Mariechen Wehselau	Great Britain Florence Barker Constance Jeans Gracie MacKenzie Vera Tanner	Sweden Aina Berg Gurli Ewerlund Wivan Pettersson Hjördis Töpel

Men

100 m freestyle

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space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Johnny Weissmüller	59.0 s ( OR )
2	United States	Duke Kahanamoku	1: 01.4 min
3	United States	Samuel Kahanamoku	1: 01.8 min
4th	SWE	Arne Borg	1: 02.0 min
5	JPN	Katsuo Takaishi	1: 03.0 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Johnny Weissmüller	5: 04.2 min ( OR )
2	SWE	Arne Borg	5: 05.6 min
3	OUT	Andrew Charlton	5: 06.6 min
4th	SWE	Åke Borg	5: 26.0 min
5	GBR	Jack Hatfield	5: 32.0 min

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Andrew Charlton	20: 06.6 min ( WR )
2	SWE	Arne Borg	20: 41.4 min
3	OUT	Frank Beaurepaire	21: 48.4 min
4th	GBR	Jack Hatfield	21: 55.6 min
5	JPN	Katsuo Takaishi	22: 10.4 min

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Warren Paoa Kealoha	1: 13.2 min ( OR )
2	United States	Paul Wyatt	1: 15.4 min
3	HUN	Károly Bartha	1: 17.8 min
4th	BEL	Gérard Blitz	1: 19.6 min
5	GBR	Austin Rawlinson	1: 20.0 min

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Robert Skelton	2: 56.6 min
2	BEL	Joseph de Combe	2: 59.2 min
3	United States	William Kirschbaum	3: 01.0 min
4th	SWE	Bengt Linders	3: 02.2 min
5	SUI	Robert Wyss	3: 05.6 min

4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Ralph Breyer Harrison Glancy Wallace O'Connor Johnny Weissmüller Richard Howell (preliminary)	9: 53.4 min
2	OUT	Andrew Charlton Maurice Christie Frank Beaurepaire Ernest Henry Ivan Stedman (preliminary)	10:02.2 min
3	SWE	Åke Borg Arne Borg Orvar Trolle Georg Werner Thor Henning (preliminary) Gösta Persson (preliminary)	10: 06.8 min
4th	JPN	Torahiko Miyahata Kazuo Noda Kazuo Onoda Katsuo Takaishi	10: 15.2 min
5	GBR	Harold Annison Albert Dickin Edward Peter John Thomson Leslie Savage (preliminary)	10: 29.4 min

Women

100 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Ethel Lackie	1: 12.4 min
2	United States	Mariechen Wehselau	1: 12.8 min
3	United States	Gertrude Ederle	1: 14.2 min
4th	GBR	Constance Jeans	1: 15.4 min
5	GBR	Iris Tanner	1: 20.8 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Martha Norelius	6: 02.2 min
2	United States	Helen Wainwright	6: 03.8 min
3	United States	Gertrude Ederle	6: 04.8 min
4th	GBR	Doris Molesworth	6: 25.4 min
	NZL	Gwitha Shand	DNF

100 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Sybil Bauer	1: 23.2 min ( OR )
2	GBR	Phyllis Harding	1: 27.4 min
3	United States	Aileen Riggin	1: 28.2 min
4th	United States	Florence Chambers	1: 30.8 min
5	TCH	Jarmila Müllerová	1: 31.2 min

200 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GBR	Lucille Morton	3: 33.2 min
2	United States	Agnes Geraghty	3: 34.0 min
3	GBR	Gladys Carson	3: 35.4 min
4th	SWE	Wivan Pettersson	3: 37.6 min
5	GBR	Irene Gilbert	3: 38.0 min
6th	LUX	Laury Koster	3: 39.2 min
7th	SWE	Hjördis Töpel	3: 47.6 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Euphrasia Donnelly Gertrude Ederle Ethel Lackie Mariechen Wehselau	4: 58.8 min ( WR )
2	GBR	Florence Barker Constance Jeans Gracie MacKenzie Vera Tanner	5: 17.0 min
3	SWE	Aina Berg Gurli Ewerlund Wivan Pettersson Hjördis Töpel	5: 35.6 min
4th	DNK	Vibeke Møller Agnete Olsen Hedevig Rasmussen Karen Maud Rasmussen	5: 42.4 min
5	FRA	Ernestine Lebrun Gilberte Mortier Bienna Pélégry Mariette Protin	5: 43.4 min
6th	NED	Mietje Baron Alida Bolten Truus Klapwijk Maria Vierdag	5: 45.8 min