Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the third appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1904. The competition was held from Thursday July 11, 1912 to Sunday July 14, 1912.

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueDjurgårdsbrunnsviken
DatesJuly 11–14
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Medalists
George Hodgson  Canada
John Hatfield  Great Britain
Harold Hardwick  Australasia
Swimming at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmen
Breaststroke
200 mmen
400 mmen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen

Twenty-six swimmers from 13 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record 5:28.4 Béla Las-Torres Budapest (HUN) June 5, 1912
Olympic Record 5:36.8 Henry Taylor London (GBR) July 16, 1908

In the first heat Harold Hardwick set a new Olympic record with 5:36.0 minutes. In the fifth heat Cecil Healy improved the Olympic record with 5:34.0 minutes. In the first semi-final George Hodgson set a world record with 5:25.4 minutes and in the final he improved his record again with 5:24.4 minutes.

Results

Quarterfinals

The top two in each heat advanced along with the fastest loser overall.

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Harold Hardwick (ANZ)5:36.0QS OR
2 Malcolm Champion (ANZ)5:37.0QS
3 James Reilly (USA)6:10.2
4 Nils-Erik Haglund (SWE)6:23.4
5 Davide Baiardo (ITA)
— Mario Massa (ITA)DNF

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Thomas Battersby (GBR)6:03.6QS
2 John Johnsen (NOR)6:14.4QS
3 Eskil Wedholm (SWE)6:29.8
— Pavel Avksentyev (RUS)DNF

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Max Ritter (GER)5:44.6QS
2 Alajos Kenyery (HUN)5:46.0QS
3 Nicholas Nerich (USA)5:50.4qs
— Theodore Tartakover (ANZ)DNF
 David Theander (SWE)DNF

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Béla Las-Torres (HUN)5:36.2QS
2 Henry Taylor (GBR)5:48.4QS
— Nikolay Voronkov (RUS)DNF

Heat 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Cecil Healy (ANZ)5:34.0QS OR
2 John Hatfield (GBR)5:35.6QS
3 Franz Schuh (AUT)6:09.4

Heat 6

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 George Hodgson (CAN)5:50.6QS
2 William Foster (GBR)5:52.4QS
3 Oscar Schiele (GER)5:57.0
4 George Godfrey (RSA)6:30.6
5 Harry Hedegaard (DEN)7:07.8

Semifinals

The top two from each heat and the faster of the two third place swimmers advanced.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 George Hodgson (CAN)5:25.4QF WR
2 John Hatfield (GBR)5:25.6QF
3 William Foster (GBR)5:49.0
4 Nicholas Nerich (USA)5:51.0
5 Thomas Battersby (GBR)5:51.2
6 John Johnsen (NOR)
— Max Ritter (GER)DNS

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Harold Hardwick (ANZ)5:31.0QF
2 Béla Las-Torres (HUN)5:34.8QF
3 Cecil Healy (ANZ)5:37.8qf
4 Malcolm Champion (ANZ)5:38.0
5 Henry Taylor (GBR)5:48.2
— Alajos Kenyery (HUN)DNS

Final
PlaceSwimmerTime
1 George Hodgson (CAN)5:24.4 WR
2 John Hatfield (GBR)5:25.8
3 Harold Hardwick (ANZ)5:31.2
4 Cecil Healy (ANZ)5:37.8
5 Béla Las-Torres (HUN)5:42.0

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

Notes
  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 January 2007.
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