Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle Contents Records Results References Notes Navigation menue"Swimming at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle"Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Reportthe original"Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich"sports-referencee

Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics


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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the VII Olympiad

VenueStade Nautique d'Antwerp
DatesAugust 26–28
Competitors22 from 11 nations
Medalists












1st, gold medalist(s)

Norman Ross

 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s)

Ludy Langer

 United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s)

George Vernot

 Canada

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Swimming at the
1920 Summer Olympics
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Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
300 mwomen
400 mmen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmen
Breaststroke
200 mmen
400 mmen
Freestyle relay
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The men's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the third appearance of the event.


A total of 22 swimmers from 11 nations competed in the event, which was held from Thursday, August 26 to Saturday, August 28, 1920.




Contents





  • 1 Records


  • 2 Results

    • 2.1 Quarterfinals


    • 2.2 Semifinals


    • 2.3 Final



  • 3 References


  • 4 Notes




Records


These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.












World Record
5:14.6

United States Norman Ross

Los Angeles (USA)
October 9, 1919
Olympic Record
5:24.4

Canada George Hodgson

Stockholm (SWE)
July 14, 1912


Results



Quarterfinals


The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.


Heat 1














PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1
 Norman Ross (USA)
6:16.2
Q
2
 Kenkichi Saito (JPN)
6:16.8
Q

Heat 2


























PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1
 Harold Annison (GBR)
5:58.0
Q
2
 Keith Kirkland (AUS)
6:12.2
Q
3
 Paul Vasseur (FRA)
6:30.4
4
 Alfred Steen (NOR)
6:30.6
5
 René Ricolfi-Doria (SUI)

Heat 3






















PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1
 Bill Harris (USA)
5:57.8
Q
2
 Henry Taylor (GBR)
6:01.2
Q
3
 Masaren Uchida (JPN)
6:40.0
4
 Alois Hrášek (TCH)

Heat 4






























PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1
 George Vernot (CAN)
5:32.6
Q
2
 Fred Kahele (USA)
5:37.4
Q
3
 Frank Beaurepaire (AUS)
5:42.0
q
4
 Arne Borg (SWE)

5
 Edward Peter (GBR)

6
 Gilio Bisagno (ITA)

Heat 5


























PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1
 Ludy Langer (USA)
5:41.1
Q
2
 George Hodgson (CAN)
5:49.8
Q
3
 Jack Hatfield (GBR)
5:50.6
4
 Henry Hay (AUS)

5
 Antonio Quarantotto (ITA)


Semifinals


The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.


Semifinal 1


























PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1
 Norman Ross (USA)
5:33.8
Q
2
 Fred Kahele (USA)
5:35.8
Q
3
 Bill Harris (USA)
5:36.0
4
 Henry Taylor (GBR)

—
 Kenkichi Saito (JPN)
DNF

Semifinal 2






























PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1
 George Vernot (CAN)
5:27.8
Q
2
 Ludy Langer (USA)
5:29.2
Q
3
 Frank Beaurepaire (AUS)
5:32.8
q
4
 George Hodgson (CAN)

5
 Harold Annison (GBR)

—
 Keith Kirkland (AUS)
DNF


Final




















PlaceSwimmerTime
1
 Norman Ross (USA)
5:26.8
2
 Ludy Langer (USA)
5:29.0
3
 George Vernot (CAN)
5:29.6
4
 Fred Kahele (USA)

—
 Frank Beaurepaire (AUS)
DNF


References




  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 August 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em




Notes



  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French). Archived from the original on 22 May 2008.


  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 April 2008.

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