Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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At the 1912 Summer Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...

, nine swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

events were contested. Swimming events were held in a 100 m course built in Stockholm harbor. For the first time, women's events were part of the Olympic swimming program. The competitions were held from Saturday July 6, 1912 to Friday July 12, 1912. There was a total of 120 participants from 17 countries competing.

Medal table

1 2 3 2 7
2 2 2 2 6
3 2 1 1 4
4 2 0 0 2
5 1 2 3 6
6 0 1 0 1
7 0 0 1 1
Total 9 9 9 27

Men's events

100 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
200 m breaststroke
400 m breaststroke
4×200 m freestyle relay

Cecil Healy
Cecil Healy
Cecil Patrick Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s, who won silver in the 100m freestyle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He also won gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay...


Malcolm Champion
Malcolm Champion
Malcolm Eadie Champion was New Zealand's first Olympic gold medallist, and the first swimmer to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games...


Leslie Boardman
Leslie Boardman
Leslie Boardman was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm....


Harold Hardwick
Harold Hardwick
Harold Hampton Hardwick was a versatile Australian sports star of the early 20th century - an Olympic gold-medal swimmer, national heavyweight boxing champion and a state representative rugby union player...


Kenneth Huszagh
Kenneth Huszagh
Kenneth Arthur "Ken" Huszagh was an American freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics....


Harry Hebner
Harry Hebner
Harry Joseph Hebner was an American backstroke and freestyle swimmer as well as a water polo player, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....


Perry McGillivray
Perry McGillivray
Perry McGillivray was an American swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics....


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...


William Foster
William Foster (swimmer)
William Foster was a British freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics....


Thomas Battersby
Thomas Battersby
Thomas Sydney Battersby was a British freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics....


John Hatfield
Henry Taylor
Henry Taylor (swimmer)
Henry Taylor was a British freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He served in the Royal Navy during the First World War, and continued to swim competitively until 1926...


Women's events

100 m freestyle
4×100 m freestyle relay

Belle Moore
Belle Moore
Isabella "Belle" Mary Moore was a British freestyle swimmer, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.She was born in Glasgow....


Jennie Fletcher
Jennie Fletcher
Jennie Fletcher was a British freestyle swimmer, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.She won the gold medal in relay together with her teammates Irene Steer, Annie Speirs and Belle Moore....


Annie Speirs
Annie Speirs
Annie Coupe Speirs was a British freestyle swimmer from West Derby, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.She won the gold medal in relay together with her teammates Jennie Fletcher, Irene Steer and Belle Moore....


Irene Steer
Irene Steer
Irene Steer was a Welsh freestyle swimmer, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.She won the gold medal in relay together with her teammates Jennie Fletcher, Annie Speirs and Belle Moore....


Wally Dressel
Wally Dressel
Wally Dressel was a German freestyle swimmer, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.She won a silver medal in relay together with her teammates Grete Rosenberg, Louise Otto and Hermine Stindt....


Louise Otto
Louise Otto
Louise Otto was a German freestyle swimmer, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.She won a silver medal in relay together with her teammates Grete Rosenberg, Wally Dressel, and Hermine Stindt....


Hermine Stindt
Hermine Stindt
Hermine Stindt was a German freestyle swimmer, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.She won a silver medal in relay together with her teammates Grete Rosenberg, Louise Otto and Wally Dressel....


Grete Rosenberg
Grete Rosenberg
Margareta "Grete" Rosenberg was a German freestyle swimmer, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.She won a silver medal in relay together with her teammates Wally Dressel, Louise Otto and Hermine Stindt....


Margarete Adler
Margarete Adler
Margarete "Grete" Adler was an Austrian freestyle swimmer, diver, and gymnastics teacher, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.She was Jewish, and was born in Vienna....


Klara Milch
Klara Milch
Klara Milch was an Austrian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. She was Jewish....


Josephine Sticker
Josephine Sticker
Josephine Sticker was an Austrian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event, becoming the first Austrian woman to win an Olympic medal together with her teammates Margarete Adler, Klara Milch and Berta...


Berta Zahourek
Berta Zahourek
Berta Zahourek-Blaha was an Austrian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event, becoming the first Austrian woman to win an Olympic medal together with her teammates Margarete Adler, Klara Milch and Josephine...


Participating nations

A total of 120 swimmers (93 men and 27 women) from 17 nations (men from 17 nations - women from 8 nations) competed at the Stockholm Games:
(men:7 women:2) (men:3 women:5) (men:4 women:1) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:4 women:2) (men:3 women:0) (men:13 women:4) (men:12 women:6) (men:1 women:0) (men:8 women:0) (men:2 women:0) (men:4 women:1) (men:4 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:18 women:6) (men:7 women:0)
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