Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the sixth appearance of the event, which had not been featured only at the 1900 Games. The competition was held on Friday and Saturday, 10 and 11 August 1928.
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| Venue | Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 10–11 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | women | |
| 4×200 m | men | |
Thirty swimmers from 17 nations competed.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 57.4 |  |
Miami (USA) | 17 February 1924 |
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| Olympic Record | 59.0 | |
Paris (FRA) | 20 July 1924 |
Johnny Weissmuller improved his own Olympic record in the semi-finals with 58.6 seconds and equalized this time again in the final.
Competition format
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 7 heats of between 3 and 5 swimmers, allowing 15 swimmers to advance to the semifinals. The 3 semifinals had 5 swimmers each; 7 advanced to the final.
Each race involved two lengths of the 50-metre pool.
Results
Heats
The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.
Heat 1
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Laufer | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:00.8 | Q |
| 2 | Katsuo Takaishi | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:01.2 | Q |
| 3 | August Heitmann | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:02.2 | q |
| 4 | Eskil Lundahl |  | 1:03.0 | |
| 5 | Hernán Schüler |  | Unknown |
Heat 2
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rezső Wanié | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:03.4 | Q |
| 2 | Francisco Uranga |  | 1:05.6 | Q |
| 3 | Gustave Klein |  | 1:05.8 | |
| 4 | Mario Astaburuaga | | Unknown | |
| 5 | Martial van Schelle | .svg.png){kind=small} | Unknown |
Heat 3
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Weissmuller | | 1:00.0 | Q |
| 2 | Walter Spence | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:00.6 | Q |
| 3 | Norman Brooks |  | 1:03.4 | |
| 4 | Herbert Heinrich | | Unknown |
Heat 4
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antal Gáborfi | | 1:04.0 | Q |
| 2 | Antonio Conelli | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:07.0 | Q |
| 3 | Adán Gordón |  | 1:10.8 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Zorrilla | | 1:01.8 | Q |
| 2 | Knut Olsen |  | 1:05.0 | Q |
| 3 | Sven-Pelle Pettersson | | 1:06.4 | |
| 4 | Faelo Zúñiga | | Unknown |
Heat 6
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Kojac | | 1:01.6 | Q |
| 2 | Karl Schubert | | 1:03.8 | Q |
| 3 | Reginald Sutton | | 1:04.0 | |
| 4 | Munroe Bourne | | Unknown |
Heat 7
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | István Bárány | | 1:01.2 | Q |
| 2 | Emilio Polli | | 1:04.0 | Q |
| 3 | Henk van Essen |  | 1:07.4 | |
| 4 | José González | .svg.png){kind=small} | Unknown | |
| 5 | Władysław Kuncewicz | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:10.8 |
Semifinals
The fastest two in each semi-final and the fastest third-placed from across the semi-finals advanced.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katsuo Takaishi | | 1:00.0 | Q |
| 2 | Walter Laufer | | 1:00.6 | Q |
| 3 | Walter Spence | | 1:01.4 | q |
| 4 | Antal Gáborfi | | 1:04.8 | |
| 5 | Antonio Conelli | | Unknown |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Kojac | | 1:01.0 | Q |
| 2 | Alberto Zorrilla | | 1:01.6 | Q |
| 3 | Rezső Wanié | | 1:03.8 | |
| 4 | Francisco Uranga | | Unknown | |
| 5 | Karl Schubert | | Unknown |
Semifinal 3
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Weissmuller | | 0:58.6 | Q, OR |
| 2 | István Bárány | | 1:00.8 | Q |
| 3 | August Heitmann | | 1:03.6 | |
| 4 | Knut Olsen | | Unknown | |
| 5 | Emillio Polli | | Unknown |
Final
Saturday 11 August 1928:
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Johnny Weissmuller | | 0:58.6 | =OR |
 | István Bárány | | 0:59.8 | |
 | Katsuo Takaishi | | 1:00.0 | |
| 4 | George Kojac | | 1:00.8 | |
| 5 | Walter Laufer | | 1:01.0 | |
| 6 | Walter Spence | | 1:01.4 | |
| 7 | Alberto Zorrilla | | 1:01.6 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
External links
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 September 2008.
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