Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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 place, gold medalist(s) Norman Ross  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ludy Langer  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) George Vernot  Canada
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Swimming at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
300 mwomen
400 mmen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmen
Breaststroke
200 mmen
400 mmen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen

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.

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

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Norman Ross (USA) 6:16.2 Q
2  Kenkichi Saito (JPN) 6:16.8 Q

Heat 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
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

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Bill Harris (USA) 5:57.8 Q
2  Henry Taylor (GBR) 6:01.2 Q
3  Masayoshi Uchida (JPN) 6:40.0
4  Alois Hrášek (TCH)

Heat 4

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
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

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
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

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
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

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
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

Place Swimmer Time
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. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

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