1928 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	100 m freestyle
gender	Men
Attendees	30 athletes from 17 countries
Competition location	Olympic Zwemstadion
Competition phase	August 10, 1928 (preliminary, semi-finals) August 11, 1928 (final)
Winning time	58.6 s
Medalist  Johnny Weissmüller ( USA )  István Bárány ( HUN )  Katsuo Takaishi ( JPN )

Swimming competitions at the 1928 Olympic Games
100 m freestyle	Men	Women
400 m freestyle	Men	Women
1500 m freestyle	Men
100 m back	Men	Women
200 m chest	Men	Women
4 × 100 m freestyle		Women
4 × 200 m freestyle	Men

The men's 100 meter freestyle swimming competition at the 1928 Olympic Games in Antwerp was held on August 10th and 11th. Johnny Weissmüller swam to the gold medal with a new Olympic record. Silver won István Bárány ahead of Japanese Yasuji Miyazaki .

Records

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

World record	57.4 s	Johnny Weissmüller	Miami , United States	February 17, 1924
Olympic record	58.6 s	Johnny Weissmüller	Paris , France	July 20, 1924

The following new records were set:

Olympic record	58.6 s	Johnny Weissmüller	final
	58.6 s	Johnny Weissmüller	Semi-final 3

Results

Prelims

The preliminary runs were held on August 10th. The first two athletes of each run as well as the fastest third of all runs qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	Walter Laufer	United States	1: 00.8	Q
2	Katsuo Takaishi	Japan	1: 01.2	Q
3	August Heitmann	German Empire	1: 02.2	q
4th	Eskil Lundahl	Sweden	1: 03.0
5	Hernán student	Chile

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	Rezső Wanié	Hungary	1: 03.4	Q
2	Francisco Uranga	Argentina	1: 05.6	Q
3	Gustave Klein	France	1: 05.8
4th	M. Astaburuaga	Chile
5	Martial Van Schelle	Belgium

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	Johnny Weissmüller	United States	1: 00.0	Q
2	Walter Spence	Canada	1: 00.6	Q
3	Norman Brooks	Great Britain	1: 03.4
4th	Herbert Heinrich	German Empire

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	Antal Gáborfi	Hungary	1: 04.0	Q
2	Antonio Conelli	Italy	1: 07.0	Q
3	Adán Gordón	Panama	1: 10.8

Run 5

rank	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	Alberto Zorrilla	Argentina	1: 01.8	Q
2	Knut Olsen	Norway	1: 05.0	Q
3	Sven-Pelle Pettersson	Sweden	1: 06.4
4th	Faelo Zúñiga	Chile

Run 6

rank	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	George Kojac	United States	1: 01.6	Q
2	Karl Schubert	German Empire	1: 03.8	Q
3	Reginald Sutton	Great Britain	1: 04.0
4th	Munroe Bourne	Canada

Run 7

rank	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	István Bárány	Hungary	1: 01.2	Q
2	Emilio Polli	Italy	1: 04.0	Q
3	Henk van Essen	Netherlands	1: 07.4
4th	José González	Spain
5	Wladyslaw Kuncewicz	Poland	1: 10.8

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on August 10th. The first two athletes of each run and the fastest third qualified for the final.

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	Katsuo Takaishi	Japan	1: 00.0	Q
2	Walter Laufer	United States	1: 00.6	Q
3	Walter Spence	Canada	1: 01.4	q
4th	Antal Gáborfi	Hungary	1: 04.8
5	Antonio Conelli	Italy

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	George Kojac	United States	1: 01.0	Q
2	Alberto Zorrilla	Argentina	1: 01.6	Q
3	Rezső Wanié	Hungary	1: 03.8
4th	Francisco Uranga	Argentina
5	Karl Schubert	German Empire

Semi-final 3

rank	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	Johnny Weissmüller	United States	0: 58.6	Q, OR
2	István Bárány	Hungary	1: 00.8	Q
3	August Heitmann	German Empire	1: 03.6
4th	Knut Olsen	Norway
5	Emillio Polli	Italy

final

August 11, 1928

rank	athlete	nation	Time (min)	Note
1	Johnny Weissmüller	United States	0: 58.6	OR
2	István Bárány	Hungary	0: 59.8
3	Katsuo Takaishi	Japan	1: 00.0
4th	George Kojac	United States	1: 00.8
5	Walter Laufer	United States	1: 01.0
6th	Walter Spence	Canada	1: 01.4
7th	Alberto Zorrilla	Argentina	1: 01.6

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