Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, 11 swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.

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	Johnny Weissmuller United States (USA)	59.0	Duke Kahanamoku United States (USA)	1:01.4	Samuel Kahanamoku United States (USA)	1:01.8
400 m freestyle	Johnny Weissmuller United States (USA)	5:04.2	Arne Borg Sweden (SWE)	5:05.6	Boy Charlton Australia (AUS)	5:06.6
1500 m freestyle	Boy Charlton Australia (AUS)	20:06.6	Arne Borg Sweden (SWE)	20:41.4	Frank Beaurepaire Australia (AUS)	21:48.4
100 m backstroke	Warren Kealoha United States (USA)	1:13.2	Paul Wyatt United States (USA)	1:15.4	Károly Bartha Hungary (HUN)	1:17.8
200 m breaststroke	Robert Skelton United States (USA)	2:56.6	Joseph de Combe Belgium (BEL)	2:59.2	William Kirschbaum United States (USA)	3:01.0
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Ralph Breyer Harrison Glancy Wallace O'Connor Johnny Weissmuller	9:53.4	Australia (AUS) Boy Charlton Moss Christie Frank Beaurepaire Ernest Henry	10:02.2	Sweden (SWE) Åke Borg Arne Borg Orvar Trolle Georg Werner	10:06.8

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Ethel Lackie United States (USA)	1:12.4	Mariechen Wehselau United States (USA)	1:12.8	Gertrude Ederle United States (USA)	1:14.2
400 m freestyle	Martha Norelius United States (USA)	6:02.2	Helen Wainwright United States (USA)	6:03.8	Gertrude Ederle United States (USA)	6:04.8
100 m backstroke	Sybil Bauer United States (USA)	1:23.2	Phyllis Harding Great Britain (GBR)	1:27.4	Aileen Riggin United States (USA)	1:28.2
200 m breaststroke	Lucy Morton Great Britain (GBR)	3:33.2	Agnes Geraghty United States (USA)	3:34.0	Gladys Carson Great Britain (GBR)	3:35.4
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Euphrasia Donnelly Gertrude Ederle Ethel Lackie Mariechen Wehselau	4:58.8	Great Britain (GBR) Florence Barker Constance Jeans Grace McKenzie Irene Tanner	5:17.0	Sweden (SWE) Aina Berg Gurli Ewerlund Wivian Pettersson Hjördis Töpel	5:35.6

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	9	5	5	19
2	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	1	4
3	Australia (AUS)	1	1	2	4
4	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	2	4
5	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.

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