Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre breaststroke
| Men's 400 metre breaststroke at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 22–25 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 300 m | women | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
The men's 400 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the third and last appearance of the event.
A total of 20 swimmers from ten nations competed in the event, which was held from Sunday, August 22 to Wednesday, August 25, 1920.
Records
[edit]These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 6:14.4 |  Percy Courtman
|
? | 1912 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 6:29.6 |  Walter Bathe
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Stockholm (SWE) | July 12, 1912 |
Results
[edit]Quarterfinals
[edit]The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.
Quarterfinal 1
[edit]| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thor Henning |  Sweden |
6:46.2 | Q |
| 2 | Lucien Lebaillif |  France |
7:12.2 | Q |
| 3 | Mike McDermott |  United States |
7:12.8 | q |
| 4 | Rex Lassam |  Great Britain |
Unknown | |
| — | Sidney Gooday |  Canada |
DNF |
Quarterfinal 2
[edit]| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Håkan Malmrot | Sweden |
6:49.0 | Q |
| 2 | Arvo Aaltonen |  Finland |
6:50.0 | Q |
| 3 | Félicien Courbet |  Belgium |
7:20.0 | |
| 4 | Charles Quinby | United States |
Unknown | |
| — | Luis Balcells |  Spain |
DNF |
Quarterfinal 3
[edit]| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Howell | United States |
6:57.0 | Q |
| 2 | Per Cederblom | Sweden |
7:14.0 | Q |
| 3 | George Robertson | Great Britain |
7:28.0 | |
| 4 | Émile Arbogast | France |
Unknown | |
| 5 | Édouard Henry | Belgium |
Unknown |
Quarterfinal 4
[edit]| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olle Dickson | Sweden |
7:12.0 | Q |
| 2 | Henri Demiéville |  Switzerland |
7:12.4 | Q |
| 3 | Stephen Ruddy | United States |
7:13.0 | |
| 4 | Édouard Van Haelen | Belgium |
Unknown | |
| 5 | Eduard Stibor |  Czechoslovakia |
Unknown |
Semifinals
[edit]The fastest two in each semifinal and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
[edit]| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Håkan Malmrot | Sweden |
6:44.8 | Q |
| 2 | Per Cederblom | Sweden |
7:05.6 | Q |
| 3 | Mike McDermott | United States |
7:13.2 | |
| 4 | Henri Demiéville | Switzerland |
Unknown |
Semifinal 2
[edit]| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arvo Aaltonen | Finland |
6:45.0 | Q |
| Thor Henning | Sweden |
6:45.0 | Q | |
| 3 | Jack Howell | United States |
6:51.4 | q |
| 4 | Olle Dickson | Sweden |
6:59.0 | |
| 5 | Lucien Lebaillif | France |
Unknown |
Final
[edit]| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
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Håkan Malmrot | Sweden |
6:31.8 |
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Thor Henning | Sweden |
6:45.2 |
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Arvo Aaltonen | Finland |
6:48.0 |
| 4 | Jack Howell | United States |
6:51.0 |
| 5 | Per Cederblom | Sweden |
Unknown |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 2 May 2008.
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