From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Great Britain (GBR) 4 2 1 7
2 United States (USA) 1 0 1 2
3 Germany (GER) 1 0 0 1
4 Hungary (HUN) 0 2 0 2
5 Australasia (ANZ) 0 1 1 2
6 Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1
7 Sweden (SWE) 0 0 2 2
8 Austria (AUT) 0 0 1 1
Swimming at the continued their streaks of appearing each time. Fourteen
1908 Summer Olympics nations competed in all, with 100 swimmers entering the
events.
Medal table
Freestyle
100 m men Medal summary
400 m men
1500 m men Participating nations
Backstroke
A total of 100 swimmers from 14 nations competed at the
100 m men London Games:
Breaststroke • • Germany (5)
200 m men Australasia (5) • Great
Freestyle relay • Austria (1) Britain (28)
4×200 m men • Belgium (7) • Hungary (10)
• Canada (1) • Italy (4)
At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, six swimming
events were contested. These were the first Olympic • •
Games in which a 100 metre pool had been especially Denmark (5) Netherlands (7)
constructed (inside the main stadium’s track and field • Finland (3) • Sweden (12)
oval). Previous Olympic events were swum in open water • France (4) • United
(1896: The Mediterranean Sea, 1900: The Seine River, States (8)
1904: an artificial lake). Only men participated in the
swimming events. The competitions were held from
Monday, July 13, 1908 to Saturday, July 25, 1908. References
All six of the 1908 events became staples of the • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic
Olympic swimming programme, and have been contest- Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/
ed at every edition of the Games since. The 50 m, 200 m, results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
and 800 m freestyle events were dropped from the pre- • Cook, Theodore Andrea (May 1909) (PDF). The Fourth
vious edition (though the 50 m and 200 m would later Olympiad London 1908 Official Report. London: British
return), the relay was lengthened from 4×50 yards to Olympic Association. pp. 296–310.
4×200 m, and the 400 m breaststroke was shortened to http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/
200 metres. OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf. Retrieved
Canada and Finland made their first appearances in 2008-03-19.
swimming, while Austria, Hungary, and the United States
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Charles Daniels Zoltán Halmay Harald Julin
United States (USA) Hungary (HUN) Sweden (SWE)
400 m freestyle Henry Taylor Frank Beaurepaire Otto Scheff
Great Britain (GBR) Australasia (ANZ) Austria (AUT)
1500 m freestyle Henry Taylor Thomas Battersby Frank Beaurepaire
Great Britain (GBR) Great Britain (GBR) Australasia (ANZ)
100 m backstroke Arno Bieberstein Ludvig Dam Herbert Haresnape
Germany (GER) Denmark (DEN) Great Britain (GBR)
200 m breaststroke Frederick Holman William Robinson Pontus Hanson
Great Britain (GBR) Great Britain (GBR) Sweden (SWE)
4×200 m Great Britain (GBR) Hungary (HUN) United States (USA)
freestyle relay John Derbyshire József Munk Harry Hebner
Paul Radmilovic Imre Zachár Leo Joseph Goodwin
William Foster Béla Las-Torres Charles Daniels
Henry Taylor Zoltán Halmay Leslie Rich
• Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (February 2000). The 1908 With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina:
Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, McFarland. ISBN 978-0786405985.
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