| Men's 400 metre breaststroke at the Games of the VII Olympiad |
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| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 22–25 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 10 nations | |||||||||
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| «1912 | ||||||||||
| 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. It was the third 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.
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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 6:14.4 | Percy Courtman | ? | 1912 |
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| Olympic Record | 6:29.6 | Walter Bathe | Stockholm (SWE) | July 12, 1912 |
The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.
Heat 1
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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| 1 | Thor Henning (SWE) | 6:46.2 | Q |
| 2 | Lucien Lebaillif (FRA) | 7:12.2 | Q |
| 3 | Mike McDermott (USA) | 7:12.8 | q |
| 4 | Rex Lassam (GBR) | ||
| — | Sidney Gooday (CAN) | DNF |
Heat 2
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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| 1 | Håkan Malmrot (SWE) | 6:49.0 | Q |
| 2 | Arvo Aaltonen (FIN) | 6:50.0 | Q |
| 3 | Félicien Courbet (BEL) | 7:20.0 | |
| 4 | Charles Quimby (USA) | ||
| — | Luis Balcells (ESP) | DNF |
Heat 3
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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| 1 | Jack Howell (USA) | 6:57.0 | Q |
| 2 | Per Cederblom (SWE) | 7:14.0 | Q |
| 3 | George Robertson (GBR) | 7:28.0 | |
| 4 | Émile Arbogast (FRA) | ||
| 5 | Édouard Henry (BEL) |
Heat 4
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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| 1 | Olle Dickson (SWE) | 7:12.0 | Q |
| 2 | Henri Demiéville (SUI) | 7:12.4 | Q |
| 3 | Stephen Ruddy (USA) | 7:13.0 | |
| 4 | Édouard Van Haelen (BEL) | ||
| 5 | Eduard Stibor (TCH) |
The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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| 1 | Håkan Malmrot (SWE) | 6:44.8 | Q |
| 2 | Per Cederblom (SWE) | 7:05.6 | Q |
| 3 | Mike McDermott (USA) | 7:13.2 | |
| 4 | Henri Demiéville (SUI) |
Semifinal 2
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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| 1 | Arvo Aaltonen (FIN) | 6:45.0 | Q |
| Thor Henning (SWE) | 6:45.0 | Q | |
| 3 | Jack Howell (USA) | 6:51.4 | q |
| 4 | Olle Dickson (SWE) | 6:59.0 | |
| 5 | Lucien Lebaillif (FRA) |
| Place | Swimmer | Time |
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| 1 | Håkan Malmrot (SWE) | 6:31.8 |
| 2 | Thor Henning (SWE) | 6:45.2 |
| 3 | Arvo Aaltonen (FIN) | 6:48.0 |
| 4 | Jack Howell (USA) | 6:51.0 |
| 5 | Per Cederblom (SWE) |
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