Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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At the 1912 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. For the first time, women's events were part of the Olympic swimming program.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Men's events 1.2 Women's events 2 Medal table

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metre freestyle	Duke Kahanamoku United States (USA)	1:03.4	Cecil Healy Australasia (ANZ)	1:04.6	Kenneth Huszagh United States (USA)	1:05.6
400 metre freestyle	George Hodgson Canada (CAN)	5:24.4	John Hatfield Great Britain (GBR)	5:25.8	Harold Hardwick Australasia (ANZ)	5:31.2
1500 metre freestyle	George Hodgson Canada (CAN)	22:00.0	John Hatfield Great Britain (GBR)	22:39.0	Harold Hardwick Australasia (ANZ)	23:15.4
100 metre backstroke	Harry Hebner United States (USA)	1:21.2	Otto Fahr Germany (GER)	1:22.4	Paul Kellner Germany (GER)	1:24.0
200 metre breaststroke	Walter Bathe Germany (GER)	3:01.8	Wilhelm Lützow Germany (GER)	3:05.0	Kurt Malisch Germany (GER)	3:08.0
400 metre breaststroke	Walter Bathe Germany (GER)	6:29.6	Tor Henning Sweden (SWE)	6:35.6	Percy Courtman Great Britain (GBR)	6:36.4
4×200 metre freestyle relay	Australasia (ANZ) Cecil Healy Malcolm Champion Leslie Boardman Harold Hardwick	10:11.6	United States (USA) Kenneth Huszagh Harry Hebner Perry McGillivray Duke Kahanamoku	10:20.0	Great Britain (GBR) William Foster Thomas Battersby John Hatfield Henry Taylor	10:28.2

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metre freestyle	Fanny Durack Australasia (ANZ)	1:22.2	Wilhelmina Wylie Australasia (ANZ)	1:25.4	Jennie Fletcher Great Britain (GBR)	1:27.0
4×100 metre freestyle relay	Great Britain (GBR) Isabella Mary Moore Jennie Fletcher Annie Speirs Irene Steer	5:52.8	Germany (GER) Wally Dressel Louise Otto Hermine Stindt Grete Rosenberg	6:04.6	Austria (AUT) Margarete Adler Klara Milch Josephine Sticker Bertha Zahourek	6:17.0

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	2	3	2	7
2	Australasia (ANZ)	2	2	2	6
3	United States (USA)	2	1	1	4
4	Canada (CAN)	2	0	0	2
5	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	3	6
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
7	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
Total		9	9	9	27

Swimming at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) and List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)

Events at the 1912 Summer Olympics (Stockholm)
Athletics • Baseball (demonstration) • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis • Tug of war • Water polo • Wrestling