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Encyclopedia > Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. The Games of the VII Olympiad were held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. ... Swimming is the method by which humans (or other animals) move themselves through water. ...

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100 m Freestyle, Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Duke Paoa Kahanamoku (USA) 1:00.4
Silver Pua Kela Kealoha (USA) 1:02.2
Bronze William Harris (USA) 1:03.2

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400 m Freestyle, Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Norman Ross (USA) 5:26.8
Silver Ludy Langer (USA) 5:29.0
Bronze George Vernot (CAN) 5:29.6

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1500 m Freestyle, Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Norman Ross (USA) 22:23.2
Silver George Vernot (CAN) 22:36.4
Bronze Frank Beaurepaire (AUS) 23:04.0

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100 m Backstroke, Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Warren Paoa Kealoha (USA) 1:15.2
Silver Raymond Kegeris (USA) 1:16.2
Bronze Gérard Blitz (BEL) 1:19.0

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200 m Breaststroke, Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Håkan Malmrot (SWE) 3:04.4
Silver Tor Henning (SWE) 3:09.2
Bronze Arvo Ossian Aaltonen (FIN) 3:12.2

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400 m Breaststroke, Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Håkan Malmrot (SWE) 6:31.8
Silver Tor Henning (SWE) 6:45.2
Bronze Arvo Ossian Aaltonen (FIN) 6:48.0

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4 x 200 m Freestyle relay, Men

Pos Team Time
Gold Perry McGillivray, Pua Kela Kealoha, Norman Ross, Duke Paoa Kahanamoku (USA) 10:04.4
Silver Henry Hay, William Herald, Ivan Stedman, Frank Beaurepaire (AUS) 10:25.4
Bronze Leslie Savage, Edward Percival Peter, Henry Taylor, Harold Edward Annison (GBR) 10:37.2

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100 m Freestyle, Women

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA) 1:13.6
Silver Irene Guest (USA) 1:17.0
Bronze Frances Schroth (USA) 1:17.2

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300 m Freestyle, Women

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA) 4:34.0
Silver Margaret Woodbridge (USA) 4:42.8
Bronze Frances Schroth (USA) 4:52.0

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4 x 100m Freestyle relay, Women

Pos Team Time
Gold Margaret Woodbridge, Frances Schroth, Irene Guest, Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA) 5:11.6
Silver Hilda James, Constance Mabel Jeans, Charlotte Radcliffe, Grace MacKenzie (GBR) 5:40.6
Bronze Aina Berg, Emy Machnow, Karin Nilsson, Jane Gylling (SWE) 5:43.6


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Swimming at the Summer Olympics
1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1906 | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004
Swimming has been a sport at every modern Olympic Games. ... At the 1896 Summer Olympics, four swimming events were contested. ... At the 1900 Summer Olympics, seven swimming events were contested. ... At the 1904 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. ... At the 1908 Summer Olympics, six swimming events were contested. ... At the 1912 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. ... Medals Awarded Swimming Gertrude Ederle Gold in 400 meter freestyle relay Bronze in 400 meter freestyle Bronze in 100 meter freestyle External link 1924 olympics medalists - from CBS Categories: Olympic stubs ... At the 1928 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ... At the 1932 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ... At the 1936 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ... At the 1948 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ... At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested. ... Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics as usual was a part of the Swimming Sport, other two parts were Water Polo and Diving. ... Swimming event highlights at the 1984 Summer Olympics Victor Davis of Canada captured the gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke, in the process establishing a new world record. ... Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ... At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 32 swimming events were contested. ... At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 32 swimming events were contested. ... Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. ...

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1920 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (355 words)
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.
The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey were not invited due to their part in the war.
These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was uttered, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and was the first time the Olympic Flag was flown.
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The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, reflected a changed political landscape: the 172 participating nations and territories included the Unified Team (with athletes from 12 former Soviet republics), a reunited Germany, and South Africa, which was allowed to compete for the first time since 1960.
The Olympic games are competitions of individual athletes, not of nations, and the IOC does not keep national scores; however, the media of all nations report national standings according to one of two scoring systems.
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