Olympic Intermediate Games 1906 / Swimming

Swimming at the Olympic Intermediate Games
information
Attendees:	43 athletes
Date:	April 24th - April 25th
Competition location:	Athens
Decisions:	4th

Olympic Intermediate Games 1906 (swimming medal table)
space	team				Total
01	Great Britain	1	2	2	5
02	Hungary	1	1	-	2
03	Austria	1	-	1	2
04th	United States	1	-	-	1
05	German Empire	-	1	-	1
06th	Australia	-	-	1	1

At the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 , 4 competitions were held in freestyle swimming . The competitions took place in the open water of the bay of Kea near Phaleron .

Men

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Charles Daniels	1: 13.4
2	HUN	Zoltán from Halmay	k. A.
3	OUT	Cecil Healy	k. A.

The 100 m were swum continuously without turning.

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	AUT	Otto Scheff	6: 24.0
2	GBR	Henry Taylor	6: 26.0
3	GBR	John Arthur Jarvis	k. A.

The 400 m were swum continuously without turning. There was only the finals with 6 swimmers.

4 × 250 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	HUN	József Ónody , Géza Kiss , Henrik Hajós , Zoltán von Halmay	16: 52.4
2	GER	Ernst Bahnmayer , Emil Rausch , Oskar Schiele , Max Pape	17: 16.2
3	GBR	John Derbyshire , Henry Taylor , William Henry , John Arthur Jarvis	k. A.

Start and tack took place in the water. After 125 m a buoy was turned around.

1 mile (1609 m) freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	GBR	Henry Taylor	28: 28.0
2	GBR	John Arthur Jarvis	30: 07.6
3	AUT	Otto Scheff	30: 53.4

The start took place in the water. After 804.5 m, a buoy was turned around.