Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre team swimming

The men's 200 metre team swimming was an event on the swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics schedule in Paris. It was held on August 12, 1900. 20 swimmers from two nations constituted four teams; 18 of the swimmers actually swam.

Men's 200 metre team swimming
at the Games of the II Olympiad
VenueRiver Seine
DateAugust 12
Competitors20 from 2 nations
Medalists
Deutscher Schwimm-Verband Berlin
 Germany
Tritons Lillois
 France
Pupilles de Neptune de Lille
 France

There were four heats, with five swimmers in each heat. Scoring used a fairly strange system—swimmers were seeded into the heats, then received a number of points depending on what place they received in which heat. The five swimmers in the first heat were given between 1 and 5 points, with the winner receiving 1 and points increasing with place. The swimmers in the second heat received between 6 and 10 points, and so on. The scores of the five swimmers on a team were summed, and the team with the fewest points won. This gave a strong advantage to the German team, which had three swimmers in the first heat, and an equally strong disadvantage to the Parisian team, with three swimmers in the fourth heat.

If points are given by best time regardless of heat, the Pupilles de Neptune and the Tritons switch places, though the Germans still win and the Parisian team still takes fourth.[1]

Results

Heat 1

RankSwimmerNationTeamTimePoints
1Ernst Hoppenberg GermanyDeutscher Schwimm-Verband Berlin2:35.41
2Max Hainle GermanyDeutscher Schwimm-Verband Berlin2:36.02
3Maurice Hochepied FranceTritons Lillois2:53.03
4Julius Frey[2] GermanyDeutscher Schwimm-Verband Berlin2:55.04
5Joseph Bertrand FranceTritons Lillois3:00.05

Heat 2

RankSwimmerNationTeamTimePoints
1Max Schöne[3] GermanyDeutscher Schwimm-Verband Berlin2:42.06
2Jules Clévenot FranceLibellule de Paris2:45.07
3René Tartara FrancePupilles de Neptune de Lille2:48.68
4Désiré Mérchez FrancePupilles de Neptune de Lille2:55.49
5B. Rosier FranceLibellule de Paris3:04.410

Heat 3

RankSwimmerNationTeamTimePoints
1Louis Martin FrancePupilles de Neptune de Lille2:51.411
2Victor Hochepied FranceTritons Lillois2:56.412
3Jules Verbecke FranceTritons Lillois3:01.613
4Georges Leuillieux FrancePupilles de Neptune de Lille2:55.014

Heat 4

RankSwimmerNationTeamTimePoints
1R. Féret FranceLibellule de Paris3:00.415
2Gasaigne FranceLibellule de Paris3:02.016
3Pelloy FranceLibellule de Paris3:06.017
4Victor Cadet FranceTritons Lillois3:18.018

Did not start

The following two swimmers did not compete and thus earned 20 points for their teams:

Team scores

The final was held on August 12.

RankNationTeamSwimmersPoints
 Germany (GER)Deutscher Schwimm-Verband Berlin33
1+2+4+6+20
 France (FRA)Tritons Lillois51
3+5+12+13+18
 France (FRA)Pupilles de Neptune de Lille62
8+9+11+14+20
4 France (FRA)Libellule de Paris
65
7+10+15+16+17

Notes

  1. Mallon, pp. 201, 205-6
  2. Mallon gives this swimmer as Ernest Luhrsen.
  3. Mallon gives this swimmer as Gustav Lexau.

References

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