| | Event type
200 metres Obstacle Course, Men
| Date | 11 – 12 August 1900 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Seine, Pont de Courbevoie – Pont d'Asnières, Paris | |
| Participants | 12 from 4 countries | |
| Format | There were three obstacles. The competitors first had to climb over a pole, then climb over a row of boats, and then swim under another row of boats. | |
This was another unusual event, also held for the only time in Olympic history. There were three obstacles. The competitors first had to climb over a pole, then climb over a row of boats, and then swim under another row of boats. Fred Lane (AUS) won his second championship of the 1900 Olympic swimming events, although this was a close race between Lane and Austria’s Otto Wahle. Wahle was a well-known Austrian swim coach who later coached in the United States and also swam at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis.
| Pos | Swimmer | NOC | R1 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Lane |  GBR | 3:04.0 (1 h1) | 2:38.4 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Otto Wahle |  AUT | 2:56.0 (1 h2) | 2:40.0 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Peter Kemp | GBR | 3:12.0 (1 h3) | 2:47.4 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Karl Ruberl | AUT | 3:06.0 (2 h1) | 2:51.2 (4) | |||
| 5 | Frederick Stapleton | GBR | 3:18.4 (3 h1) | 2:55.0 (5) | |||
| 6 | William Henry | GBR | 3:14.4 (2 h2) | 2:58.0 (6) | |||
| 7 | Maurice Hochepied |  FRA | 3:16.2 (2 h3) | 2:58.0 (7) | |||
| 8 | Jules Verbecke | FRA | 3:18.0 (3 h2) | 3:08.4 (8) | |||
| 9 | Joseph Bertrand | FRA | 3:28.2 (3 h3) | 3:17.0 (9) | |||
| 10 | Louis Marc | FRA | 3:29.2 (4 h1) | 3:30.6 (10) | |||
| 4 h2 r1/2 | Victor Hochepied | FRA | 3:37.2 (4 h2) | – | |||
| 4 h3 r1/2 | Fred Hendschel |  USA | 3:45.2 (4 h3) | – | |||
| Bill Burgess | FRA | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| René Lériche | FRA | – (DNS h3) | – | ||||
| Charles Treffel | FRA | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| Bennett | FRA | – (DNS h1) | – | ||||
| Berset | FRA | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| Bossard | FRA | – (DNS h1) | – | ||||
| Cadet | FRA | – (DNS h1) | – | ||||
| Gille | FRA | – (DNS h1) | – | ||||
| V. Kreth | FRA | – (DNS h3) | – | ||||
| Legoff | FRA | – (DNS h3) | – | ||||
| Roques | FRA | – (DNS h3) | – | ||||
| Robert Crawshaw | GBR | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| Rob Derbyshire | GBR | – (DNS h3) | – | ||||
| Albert Campbell | GBR | – (DNS h1) | – | ||||
| A. J. Gough | GBR | – (DNS h3) | – | ||||
| Gustav Lexau |  GER | – (DNS h1) | – | ||||
| Max Hirschfeld | GER | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| Bill Tuttle | USA | – (DNS h2) | – |
Round One (11 August 1900 — 10:30)
Winners and runners-up and four next fastest times.
Heat One
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Fred Lane | GBR | 3:04.0 | |||
| 2 | – | Karl Ruberl | AUT | 3:06.0 | |||
| 3 | – | Frederick Stapleton | GBR | 3:18.4 | |||
| 4 | – | Louis Marc | FRA | 3:29.2 | |||
| – | Bennett | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Bossard | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Cadet | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Gille | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Albert Campbell | GBR | – | ||||
| – | Gustav Lexau | GER | – |
Heat Two
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Otto Wahle | AUT | 2:56.0 | |||
| 2 | – | William Henry | GBR | 3:14.4 | |||
| 3 | – | Jules Verbecke | FRA | 3:18.0 | |||
| 4 | – | Victor Hochepied | FRA | 3:37.2 | |||
| – | Bill Burgess | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Charles Treffel | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Berset | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Robert Crawshaw | GBR | – | ||||
| – | Max Hirschfeld | GER | – | ||||
| – | Bill Tuttle | USA | – |
Heat Three
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Peter Kemp | GBR | 3:12.0 | |||
| 2 | – | Maurice Hochepied | FRA | 3:16.2 | |||
| 3 | – | Joseph Bertrand | FRA | 3:28.2 | |||
| 4 | – | Fred Hendschel | USA | 3:45.2 | |||
| – | René Lériche | FRA | – | ||||
| – | V. Kreth | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Legoff | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Roques | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Rob Derbyshire | GBR | – | ||||
| – | A. J. Gough | GBR | – |
Final (12 August 1900 — 15:15)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Fred Lane | GBR | 2:38.4 | |||
| 2 | – | Otto Wahle | AUT | 2:40.0 | |||
| 3 | – | Peter Kemp | GBR | 2:47.4 | |||
| 4 | – | Karl Ruberl | AUT | 2:51.2 | |||
| 5 | – | Frederick Stapleton | GBR | 2:55.0 | |||
| 6 | – | William Henry | GBR | 2:58.0 | |||
| 7 | – | Maurice Hochepied | FRA | 2:58.0 | |||
| 8 | – | Jules Verbecke | FRA | 3:08.4 | |||
| 9 | – | Joseph Bertrand | FRA | 3:17.0 | |||
| 10 | – | Louis Marc | FRA | 3:30.6 |