Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle

The men's 100 metre freestyle
Freestyle swimming
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event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, ten swimming events were contested. The women's 300 metre freestyle event was new since the previous Games in 1912. The competitions were held from Sunday August 22, 1920 to Sunday August 29, 1920...

programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event.

A total of 31 swimmers from 15 nations competed in the event, which was held from August 22 to August 29, 1920. The United States swept the medals, and Duke Kahanamoku

Duke Kahanamoku

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broke his own Olympic record in the semifinals and bettered his time again in the final to successfully defend his championship from 1912.

Records

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

World Record	1:01.4	Duke Kahanamoku Duke Kahanamoku Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was a Hawaiian swimmer, actor, lawman, early beach volleyball player and businessman credited with spreading the sport of surfing. He was a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming.-Early years:The name "Duke" is not a title, but a given name...	New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	August 9, 1918
Olympic Record	1:02.4	Duke Kahanamoku Duke Kahanamoku Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was a Hawaiian swimmer, actor, lawman, early beach volleyball player and businessman credited with spreading the sport of surfing. He was a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming.-Early years:The name "Duke" is not a title, but a given name...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 7, 1912

In the first heat Duke Kahanamoku

Duke Kahanamoku

set a new Olympic record with 1:01.8 minutes. In the semi-final he equalled the standing world record with 1:01.4 minutes. In the final which was later re-swum Kahanamoku

Duke Kahanamoku

set a new world record with 1:00.4 minutes, in the second final he equalled his record of 1:01.4 minutes again.

Quarterfinals

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

Heat 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		1:01.8	Q OR
2		1:08.0	Q
3		1:09.0
4
5

Heat 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		1:11.8	Q
2		1:19.2	Q
3		1:22.0
4

Heat 3

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		1:02.0	Q
2		1:04.2	Q
3		1:08.4
4
5
6

Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		1:05.2	Q
2		1:06.8	Q
3		1:07.8	q
4
5
6
7

Heat 5

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		1:04.2	Q
2		1:08.8	Q
3		1:10.4
4
5

Heat 6

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		1:04.4	Q
2		1:05.6	Q
3		1:10.0
4

Semifinals

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.
1		1:01.4	Q =WR
2		1:04.2	Q
3		1:05.8
4
5
6

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		1:02.4	Q
2		1:04.8	Q
3		1:05.8	q
4
5
6
7

Final

In the first final Norman Ross

Norman Ross

Norman Ross was a swimmer from the United States notable for winning five events at the Inter-Allied Games in June, 1919, held at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris and three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He set thirteen world records and held eighteen U.S...

finished fourth and William Herald

William Herald

William Herald was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s and early 1920s, who won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp...

finished fifth, but a second final was run after a protest by Herald

William Herald

William Herald was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s and early 1920s, who won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp...

, claiming that Ross

Norman Ross

had fouled him. For the second run Ross

Norman Ross

was disqualified. None of the medal ranks changed.

Place	Swimmer	Time (1st)	Time (2nd)
1		1:00.4 WR	1:01.4 =WR
2		1:02.2	1:02.6
3		1:03.2	1:03.0
4			1:03.8
—		1:03.8 DSQ	—

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