Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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At the 1920 Summer Olympics, ten swimming events were contested. The women's 300 metre freestyle event was new since the previous Games in 1912.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Men's events 1.2 Women's events 2 Medal table 3 References

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Duke Kahanamoku United States (USA)	1:00.4	Pua Kela Kealoha United States (USA)	1:02.2	William Harris United States (USA)	1:03.2
400 m freestyle	Norman Ross United States (USA)	5:26.8	Ludy Langer United States (USA)	5:29.0	George Vernot Canada (CAN)	5:29.6
1500 m freestyle	Norman Ross United States (USA)	22:23.2	George Vernot Canada (CAN)	22:36.4	Frank Beaurepaire Australia (AUS)	23:04.0
100 m backstroke	Warren Paoa Kealoha United States (USA)	1:15.2	Raymond Kegeris United States (USA)	1:16.2	Gérard Blitz Belgium (BEL)	1:19.0
200 m breaststroke	Håkan Malmrot Sweden (SWE)	3:04.4	Tor Henning Sweden (SWE)	3:09.2	Arvo Aaltonen Finland (FIN)	3:12.2
400 m breaststroke	Håkan Malmrot Sweden (SWE)	6:31.8	Tor Henning Sweden (SWE)	6:45.2	Arvo Aaltonen Finland (FIN)	6:48.0
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Perry McGillivray Pua Kela Kealoha Norman Ross Duke Kahanamoku	10:04.4	Australia (AUS) Henry Hay William Herald Ivan Stedman Frank Beaurepaire	10:25.4	Great Britain (GBR) Leslie Savage Edward Percival Peter Henry Taylor Harold Edward Annison	10:37.2

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Ethelda Bleibtrey United States (USA)	1:13.6	Irene Guest United States (USA)	1:17.0	Frances Schroth United States (USA)	1:17.2
300 m freestyle	Ethelda Bleibtrey United States (USA)	4:34.0	Margaret Woodbridge United States (USA)	4:42.8	Frances Schroth United States (USA)	4:52.0
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Margaret Woodbridge Frances Schroth Irene Guest Ethelda Bleibtrey	5:11.6	Great Britain (GBR) Hilda James Constance Mabel Jeans Charlotte Radcliffe Grace MacKenzie	5:40.6	Sweden (SWE) Aina Berg Emy Machnow Carin Nilsson Jane Gylling	5:43.6

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	8	5	3	16
2	Sweden (SWE)	2	2	1	5
3	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
6	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
7	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• 1920 Antwerp Games Official Report (digitized copy online)

Events at the 1920 Summer Olympics (Antwerp)
Archery • Athletics • Boxing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Figure skating • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Ice hockey • Modern pentathlon • Polo • Rowing • Rugby • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis • Tug of war • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

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)