Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Swimming
|games = 1900 Summer
|image = Swimming pictogram.svg
|caption = Swimming pictogram
|venue = Seine
|dates = 11–19 August 1900
|num_events = 7
|competitors = 76
|nations = 12
|prev = 1896
|next = 1904
}}
{{SwimmingAt1900SummerOlympics}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/SWI/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044618/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/SWI/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1900 Paris Summer Games |access-date=27 August 2016 |work=Sports Reference}}{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics |url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/2/sports/SWM |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.olympedia.org}} As with the rowing events, swimming took place on the Seine between the Courbevoie Bridge and the Asnières Bridge.
Medal table
{{Medals table
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| event = 1900 Summer
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| gold_GBR = 2 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1
| gold_AUS = 2 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 0
| gold_GER = 2 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 0
| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 2
| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 3 | bronze_AUT = 1
| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 1
| gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 1
| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1
}}
Medal summary
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| 200 m freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Frederick Lane|AUS|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Zoltán Halmay|HUN|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Karl Ruberl|AUT|1900 Summer}} |
| 1000 m freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000 metre freestyle}} | {{flagIOCathlete|John Arthur Jarvis|GBR|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Otto Wahle|AUT|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Zoltán Halmay|HUN|1900 Summer}} |
| 4000 m freestyle {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 4000 metre freestyle}} | {{flagIOCathlete|John Arthur Jarvis|GBR|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Zoltán Halmay|HUN|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Louis Martin|FRA|1900 Summer}} |
| 200 m backstroke {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Ernst Hoppenberg|GER|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Karl Ruberl|AUT|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Johannes Drost|NED|1900 Summer}} |
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| 200 m team swimming | {{flagIOCteam|GER|1900 Summer}} {{Cite web|title=Men's 200 metre team swimming|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-1900/results/swimming/200m-team-swimming-men|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Olympics.com|language=en}} | {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1900 Summer}} |
| 200 m obstacle event {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre obstacle event}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Frederick Lane|AUS|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Otto Wahle|AUT|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Peter Kemp|GBR|1900 Summer}} |
| Underwater swimming {{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's underwater swimming}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Charles Devendeville|FRA|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|André Six|FRA|1900 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Peder Lykkeberg|DEN|1900 Summer}} |
Participating nations
A total of 76 swimmers from 12 nations competed at the Paris Games:
- {{flagIOC|AUS|1900 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer|4}}
- {{flagIOC|BEL|1900 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|DEN|1900 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer|47}}
- {{flagIOC|GER|1900 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|GBR|1900 Summer|7}}
- {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|ITA|1900 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|NED|1900 Summer|4}}
- {{flagIOC|SWE|1900 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|USA|1900 Summer|1}}
Notes
References
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{{Refbegin}}
- {{cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |access-date=2008-03-19}}
- {{cite web |work=Herman's Full Olympians |title=Swimming 1900 |first=Herman |last=De Wael |date=2001-06-07 |url=http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/swi1900.html |access-date=2008-03-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503052523/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/swi1900.html |archive-date=2008-05-03 }}
- {{cite book |title=The 1900 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary |last=Mallon |first=Bill |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |date=December 1997 |isbn=0-7864-0378-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/1900olympicgames00mall }}
- {{cite web |last=Piscine |first=Deligny|work=Deligny the sink pool on the Seine was one of the places for the Olympics 1900 in Paris |title=Piscine Deligny |url=https://www.nageurs.com/blog/radio-piscine/la-piscine-deligny-une-piscine-disparue/ |access-date=2021-08-01 }}
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{{Events at the 1900 Summer Olympics}}
{{Swimming at the Summer Olympics}}
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