The men's 400 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the third and last appearance of the event.
| Men's 400 metre breaststroke at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 22–25 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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A total of 20 swimmers from ten nations competed in the event, which was held from Sunday, August 22 to Wednesday, August 25, 1920.
RecordsEdit
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 6:14.4 |  Percy Courtman
|
? | 1912 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 6:29.6 |  Walter Bathe
|
Stockholm (SWE) | July 12, 1912 |
ResultsEdit
QuarterfinalsEdit
The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.
Quarterfinal 1Edit
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thor Henning |  Sweden |
6:46.2 | Q |
| 2 | Lucien Lebaillif |  France |
7:12.2 | Q |
| 3 | Mike McDermott |  United States |
7:12.8 | q |
| 4 | Rex Lassam |  Great Britain |
Unknown | |
| — | Sidney Gooday |  Canada |
DNF |
Quarterfinal 2Edit
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Håkan Malmrot | Sweden |
6:49.0 | Q |
| 2 | Arvo Aaltonen |  Finland |
6:50.0 | Q |
| 3 | Félicien Courbet |  Belgium |
7:20.0 | |
| 4 | Charles Quinby | United States |
Unknown | |
| — | Luis Balcells |  Spain |
DNF |
Quarterfinal 3Edit
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Howell | United States |
6:57.0 | Q |
| 2 | Per Cederblom | Sweden |
7:14.0 | Q |
| 3 | George Robertson | Great Britain |
7:28.0 | |
| 4 | Émile Arbogast | France |
Unknown | |
| 5 | Édouard Henry | Belgium |
Unknown |
Quarterfinal 4Edit
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olle Dickson | Sweden |
7:12.0 | Q |
| 2 | Henri Demiéville |  Switzerland |
7:12.4 | Q |
| 3 | Stephen Ruddy | United States |
7:13.0 | |
| 4 | Édouard Van Haelen | Belgium |
Unknown | |
| 5 | Eduard Stibor |  Czechoslovakia |
Unknown |
SemifinalsEdit
The fastest two in each semifinal and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1Edit
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Håkan Malmrot | Sweden |
6:44.8 | Q |
| 2 | Per Cederblom | Sweden |
7:05.6 | Q |
| 3 | Mike McDermott | United States |
7:13.2 | |
| 4 | Henri Demiéville | Switzerland |
Unknown |
Semifinal 2Edit
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arvo Aaltonen | Finland |
6:45.0 | Q |
| Thor Henning | Sweden |
6:45.0 | Q | |
| 3 | Jack Howell | United States |
6:51.4 | q |
| 4 | Olle Dickson | Sweden |
6:59.0 | |
| 5 | Lucien Lebaillif | France |
Unknown |
FinalEdit
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Håkan Malmrot | Sweden |
6:31.8 |
 |
Thor Henning | Sweden |
6:45.2 |
 |
Arvo Aaltonen | Finland |
6:48.0 |
| 4 | Jack Howell | United States |
6:51.0 |
| 5 | Per Cederblom | Sweden |
Unknown |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Swimming at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
External linksEdit
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 2 May 2008.