Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, seven swimming events were contested. Only men competed in the swimming competition. There was a total of 76 participants from 12 countries competing.^[1][2] As with the rowing events, swimming took place on the Seine between the Courbevoie Bridge and the Asnières Bridge.

Swimming at the Games of the II Olympiad
Swimming pictogram
Venue	Seine
Dates	11–19 August 1900
No. of events	7
Competitors	76 from 12 nations
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Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	1	3
2	Australia (AUS)	2	0	0	2
	Germany (GER)	2	0	0	2
4	France (FRA)	1	2	2	5
5	Austria (AUT)	0	3	1	4
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	1	3
7	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		7	7	7	21

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
200 m freestyle details	Frederick Lane (AUS)	Zoltán Halmay (HUN)	Karl Ruberl (AUT)
1000 m freestyle details	John Arthur Jarvis (GBR)	Otto Wahle (AUT)	Zoltán Halmay (HUN)
4000 m freestyle details	John Arthur Jarvis (GBR)	Zoltán Halmay (HUN)	Louis Martin (FRA)
200 m backstroke details	Ernst Hoppenberg (GER)	Karl Ruberl (AUT)	Johannes Drost (NED)
200 m team swimming details	Germany (GER)[3] Ernst Hoppenberg Max Hainle Ernst Lührsen Gustav Lexau Herbert von Petersdorff	France (FRA) Maurice Hochepied Victor Hochepied Joseph Bertrand Jules Verbecke Victor Cadet	France (FRA) René Tartara Louis Martin Désiré Mérchez Georges Leuillieux Philippe Houben[4]
200 m obstacle event details	Frederick Lane (AUS)	Otto Wahle (AUT)	Peter Kemp (GBR)
Underwater swimming details	Charles Devendeville (FRA)	André Six (FRA)	Peder Lykkeberg (DEN)

Participating nations

A total of 76 swimmers from 12 nations competed at the Paris Games:

•  Australia (1)
•  Austria (4)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Denmark (1)
•  France (47)
•  Germany (6)
•  Great Britain (7)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Netherlands (4)
•  Sweden (1)
•  United States (1)