Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates	22–29 August 1920
No. of events	10
Competitors	116 from 19 nations

At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, ten swimming events were contested.^[1] The women's 300 metre freestyle event was new since the previous Games in 1912. The competitions were held from Sunday August 22, 1920, to Sunday August 29, 1920. There was a total of 116 participants from 19 countries competing.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	8	5	3	16
2	Sweden (SWE)	2	2	1	5
3	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
6	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
7	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		10	10	10	30

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Duke Kahanamoku  United States	Pua Kealoha  United States	Bill Harris  United States
400 m freestyle details	Norman Ross  United States	Ludy Langer  United States	George Vernot  Canada
1500 m freestyle details	Norman Ross  United States	George Vernot  Canada	Frank Beaurepaire  Australia
100 m backstroke details	Warren Kealoha  United States	Ray Kegeris  United States	Gérard Blitz  Belgium
200 m breaststroke details	Håkan Malmrot  Sweden	Thor Henning  Sweden	Arvo Aaltonen  Finland
400 m breaststroke details	Håkan Malmrot  Sweden	Thor Henning  Sweden	Arvo Aaltonen  Finland
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Duke Kahanamoku Pua Kealoha Perry McGillivray Norman Ross	Australia (AUS) Frank Beaurepaire Henry Hay William Herald Ivan Stedman	Great Britain (GBR) Harold Annison Edward Peter Leslie Savage Henry Taylor

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Ethelda Bleibtrey  United States	Irene Guest  United States	Frances Schroth  United States
300 m freestyle details	Ethelda Bleibtrey  United States	Margaret Woodbridge  United States	Frances Schroth  United States
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Ethelda Bleibtrey Irene Guest Frances Schroth Margaret Woodbridge	Great Britain (GBR) Hilda James Constance Jeans Grace McKenzie Charlotte Radcliffe	Sweden (SWE) Aina Berg Jane Gylling Emily Machnow Carin Nilsson

Participating nations

A total of 116 swimmers (92 men and 24 women) from 19 nations (men from 17 nations - women from 9 nations) competed at the Antwerp Games:

•  Australia (6) (men:5 women:1)
•  Belgium (12) (men:11 women:1)
•  Brazil (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  Canada (3) (men:3 women:0)
•  Czechoslovakia (4) (men:4 women:0)
•  Finland (1) (men:1 women:0)
•  France (13) (men:10 women:3)
•  Great Britain (18) (men:12 women:6)
•  Italy (4) (men:4 women:0)
•  Japan (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  Luxembourg (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  Netherlands (4) (men:3 women:1)
•  New Zealand (1) (men:0 women:1)
•  Norway (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  South Africa (1) (men:0 women:1)
•  Spain (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  Sweden (13) (men:9 women:4)
•  Switzerland (4) (men:4 women:0)
•  United States (22) (men:16 women:6)

References

1. "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
• Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 — Official Report (PDF) (in French). Belgian Olympic Committee. 1957. pp. 119–124, 128–129. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
• Mallon, Bill; Bijkerk, Anthony Th. (January 2003). The 1920 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1280-8.