Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Finish of the final. Weissmuller is in lane 4, D. Kahanamoku in lane 5.
VenuePiscine des Tourelles
DateJuly 19–20
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Winning time59.0 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johnny Weissmuller
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Duke Kahanamoku
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Samuel Kahanamoku
 United States
← 1920
1928 →
Swimming at the
1924 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen

The men's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the sixth appearance of the event, which had not been featured at the 1900 Games. The competition was held on Saturday July 19, 1924 and on Sunday July 20, 1924. There were 30 competitors from 15 nations.[2] Nations were limited to three swimmers each, down from four in 1920. The United States swept the medals for the second consecutive Games, winning its fourth consecutive gold medal. Johnny Weissmuller beat two-time defending champion Duke Kahanamoku in the final. Kahanamoku was the first man to win three medals in the event. His brother Samuel Kahanamoku earned the bronze medal.

Background[edit]

This was the sixth appearance of the men's 100 metre freestyle. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 (when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres), though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres.[2]

One of the five finalists from 1920 returned: two-time gold medalist Duke Kahanamoku of the United States. American Johnny Weissmuller, the world record holder in the event, was a heavy favorite in the event. His teammates, Duke and Samuel Kahanamoku, were also strong contenders.[2]

Argentina, Spain, and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its sixth appearance, having competed at each edition of the event to date.

Competition format[edit]

The competition used a three-round (quarterfinals, semifinals, final) format. The advancement rule was the one used since 1912; for each round before the final, the top two in each heat plus the fastest third-place swimmer would advance. There were 6 quarterfinals of between 4 and 6 swimmers, allowing 13 swimmers to advance to the semifinals. The 2 semifinals had 6 or 7 swimmers; 5 advanced to the final.

Each race involved two lengths of the 50-metre pool.

Records[edit]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World record  Johnny Weissmuller (USA) 57.4 Miami, United States 17 February 1924
Olympic record  Duke Kahanamoku (USA) 1:00.4 Antwerp, Belgium 24 August 1920

In the second semifinal Johnny Weissmuller set a new Olympic record with 1:00.8 minutes. In the final he bettered his record with a time of 59.0 seconds.

Schedule[edit]

Date Time Round
Saturday, 19 July 1924 10:00
15:00		 Heats
Semifinals
Sunday, 20 July 1924 15:00 Final

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

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

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Orvar Trolle  Sweden 1:04.2 Q
2 Duke Kahanamoku  United States 1:04.2 Q
3 Kazuo Onoda  Japan 1:05.4
4 Charles Baillee  Great Britain 1:08.2
5 Vlado Smokvina  Yugoslavia 1:11.6

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Samuel Kahanamoku  United States 1:03.2 Q
2 Ernest Henry  Australia 1:03.8 Q
3 Torahiko Miyahata  Japan 1:04.2 q
4 Henri Padou  France 1:05.0
5 Albert Dickin  Great Britain 1:06.0
6 Stanislav Bičák  Czechoslovakia 1:10.2

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Clayton Bourne  Canada 1:06.2 Q
2 Alberto Zorrilla  Argentina 1:08.2 Q
3 Viktor Legát  Czechoslovakia 1:13.2
4 Charles Kopp  Switzerland 1:15.0

Heat 4[edit]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Katsuo Takaishi  Japan 1:04.0 Q
2 Ivan Stedman  Australia 1:06.0 Q
3 Georg Werner  Sweden 1:07.0
4 Émile Zeibig  France 1:08.0
5 Gé Dekker  Netherlands 1:11.8

Heat 5[edit]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Johnny Weissmuller  United States 1:03.8 Q
2 Alfred Harold Pycock  Great Britain 1:05.2 Q
3 Édouard Vanzeveren  France 1:06.8
4 Moss Christie  Australia 1:07.2
5 José Manuel Pinillo  Spain 1:14.2

Heat 6[edit]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Arne Borg  Sweden 1:05.4 Q
2 István Bárány  Hungary 1:08.4 Q
3 Július Baláž  Czechoslovakia 1:11.8
4 Dionysios Vasilopoulos  Greece 1:12.0
5 Pieter Jacobszoon  Netherlands 1:12.2

Semifinals[edit]

The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Duke Kahanamoku  United States 1:01.6 Q
2 Samuel Kahanamoku  United States 1:02.2 Q
3 Katsuo Takaishi  Japan 1:02.4 q
4 Orvar Trolle  Sweden 1:02.6
5 Clayton Bourne  Canada 1:06.0
6 István Bárány  Hungary 1:08.0
— Torahiko Miyahata  Japan DNS

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Johnny Weissmuller  United States 1:00.8 Q, OR
2 Arne Borg  Sweden 1:02.6 Q
3 Ernest Henry  Australia 1:03.0
4 Alfred Harold Pycock  Great Britain 1:05.0
5 Ivan Stedman  Australia 1:06.0
6 Alberto Zorrilla  Argentina 1:07.6

Final[edit]

Weissmuller and Kahanamoku shaking hands after the final
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johnny Weissmuller  United States 59.0 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Duke Kahanamoku  United States 1:01.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Samuel Kahanamoku  United States 1:01.8
4 Arne Borg  Sweden 1:02.0
5 Katsuo Takaishi  Japan 1:03.0

Results summary[edit]

Rank Swimmer Nation Heats Semifinals Final Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johnny Weissmuller  United States 1:03.8 1:00.8 59.0 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Duke Kahanamoku  United States 1:04.2 1:01.6 1:01.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Samuel Kahanamoku  United States 1:03.2 1:02.2 1:01.8
4 Arne Borg  Sweden 1:05.4 1:02.6 1:02.0
5 Katsuo Takaishi  Japan 1:04.0 1:02.4 1:03.0
6 Orvar Trolle  Sweden 1:04.2 1:02.6 Did not advance
7 Ernest Henry  Australia 1:03.8 1:03.0 Did not advance
8 Alfred Harold Pycock  Great Britain 1:05.2 1:05.0 Did not advance
9 Clayton Bourne  Canada 1:06.2 1:06.0 Did not advance
Ivan Stedman  Australia 1:06.0 1:06.0 Did not advance
11 Alberto Zorrilla  Argentina 1:08.2 1:07.6 Did not advance
12 István Bárány  Hungary 1:08.4 1:08.0 Did not advance
13 Torahiko Miyahata  Japan 1:04.2 DNS Did not advance
14 Henri Padou  France 1:05.0 did not advance
15 Kazuo Onoda  Japan 1:05.4 did not advance
16 Albert Dickin  Great Britain 1:06.0 did not advance
17 Édouard Vanzeveren  France 1:06.8 did not advance
18 Georg Werner  Sweden 1:07.0 did not advance
19 Moss Christie  Australia 1:07.2 did not advance
20 Émile Zeibig  France 1:08.0 did not advance
21 Charles Baillee  Great Britain 1:08.2 did not advance
22 Stanislav Bičák  Czechoslovakia 1:10.2 did not advance
23 Vlado Smokvina  Yugoslavia 1:11.6 did not advance
24 Július Baláž  Czechoslovakia 1:11.8 did not advance
25 Gé Dekker  Netherlands 1:11.8 did not advance
26 Dionysios Vasilopoulos  Greece 1:12.0 did not advance
27 Pieter Jacobszoon  Netherlands 1:12.2 did not advance
28 Viktor Legát  Czechoslovakia 1:13.2 did not advance
29 José Manuel Pinillo  Spain 1:14.2 did not advance
30 Charles Kopp  Switzerland 1:15.0 did not advance

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "100 metres Freestyle, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

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