Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Swimming
Games:1900 Summer
Venue:Seine
Dates:11–19 August 1900
Num Events:7
Competitors:76
Nations:12
Prev:1896
Next:1904

At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, seven swimming events were contested. Only men competed in the swimming competition. There was a total of 76 participants from 12 countries competing.[1] [2] As with the rowing events, swimming took place on the Seine between the Courbevoie Bridge and the Asnières Bridge.

Medal summary

200 m freestyle
1000 m freestyle
4000 m freestyle
200 m backstroke
200 m team swimming
[3]
Ernst Hoppenberg
Max Hainle
Ernst Lührsen
Gustav Lexau
Herbert von Petersdorff
Maurice Hochepied
Victor Hochepied
Joseph Bertrand
Jules Verbecke
Victor Cadet
René Tartara
Louis Martin
Désiré Mérchez
Georges Leuillieux
Philippe Houben[4]
200 m obstacle event
Underwater swimming

Participating nations

A total of 76 swimmers from 12 nations competed at the Paris Games:

Notes

  1. Web site: Swimming at the 1900 Paris Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044618/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/SWI/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 27 August 2016 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: Olympedia – Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics . 2023-12-16 . www.olympedia.org.
  3. Web site: Men's 200 metre team swimming. 2021-09-12. Olympics.com. en.
  4. Houben did not compete; however, he is listed in the IOC's medal database as part of the Neptune team.

References

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