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200 metres Team Swimming, Men

Date	12 August 1900
Status	Olympic
Location	Seine, Pont de Courbevoie – Pont d'Asnières, Paris (River Seine at Basins d'Asnières-Courbevoie)
Participants	18 from 2 countries

The German team won easily. The British team would have been formidable but showed up late for the start and did not race. There has been some controversy in the past as to the scoring system and the subsequent placements and we are not quite certain the below is correct.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin	GER	Gold
	Ernst Hoppenberg • Max Hainle • Ernst Lührsen • Gustav Lexau • Herbert von Petersdorff (DNS)
2	Tritons Lillois	FRA	Silver
	Maurice Hochepied • Joseph Bertrand • Victor Hochepied • Jules Verbecke • Victor Cadet
3	Pupilles de Neptune de Lille	FRA	Bronze
	René Tartara • Désiré Mérchez • Louis Martin • Georges Leuillieux • Philippe Houben (DNS)
4	Libellule de Paris	FRA
	Jules Clévenot • B. Rosier • R. Féret • Louis Gazaigne • Pelloy • Chalier (DNS) 1

Round One (12 August 1900 — 7:30)

Five heats with one entrant from each team in heats two thru five. Winner of each heat advanced to final heat one, runner-up to final heat two, third place to final heat three, etc.

Heat One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Joseph Bertrand	FRA	Q1
2	B. Rosier	FRA	Q2
DNS	Herbert von Petersdorff	GER
DNS	Philippe Houben	FRA

Heat Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Ernst Hoppenberg	GER	Q1
2	Jules Clévenot	FRA	Q2
3	Georges Leuillieux	FRA	Q3
4	Victor Cadet	FRA	Q4

Heat Three

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Maurice Hochepied	FRA	Q1
2	Gustav Lexau	GER	Q2
3	Louis Martin	FRA	Q3
4	R. Féret	FRA	Q4

Heat Four

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Ernst Lührsen	GER	Q1
2	Désiré Mérchez	FRA	Q2
3	Victor Hochepied	FRA	Q3
4	Louis Gazaigne	FRA	Q4

Heat Five

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Max Hainle	GER	Q1
2	René Tartara	FRA	Q2
3	Jules Verbecke	FRA	Q3
4	Pelloy	FRA	Q4

Final (12 August 1900)

Modified point-for-place scoring with heat one scoring 1-5 pts., heat two 6-10 pts., heat three 11-14 pts., and heat four 15-18 pts.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	Time
1	Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin	GER	32	–
	Ernst Hoppenberg		1	2:35.4
	Max Hainle		2	2:36.0
	Ernst Lührsen		4	2:55.0
	Gustav Lexau		6	2:42.0
	Herbert von Petersdorff (DNS)		19	–
2	Tritons Lillois	FRA	51	–
	Maurice Hochepied		3	2:53.0
	Joseph Bertrand		5	3:00.0
	Victor Hochepied		12	2:56.4
	Jules Verbecke		13	3:01.6
	Victor Cadet		18	3:18.0
3	Pupilles de Neptune de Lille	FRA	61	–
	René Tartara		8	2:48.6
	Désiré Mérchez		9	2:55.4
	Louis Martin		11	2:51.4
	Georges Leuillieux		14	3:02.0
	Philippe Houben (DNS)		19	–
4	Libellule de Paris	FRA	65	–
	Jules Clévenot		7	2:45.0
	B. Rosier		10	3:04.4
	R. Féret		15	3:00.4
	Louis Gazaigne		16	3:02.0
	Pelloy		17	3:06.0

Heat One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Points
1	Ernst Hoppenberg	GER	2:35.4	1
2	Max Hainle	GER	2:36.0	2
3	Maurice Hochepied	FRA	2:53.0	3
4	Ernst Lührsen	GER	2:55.0	4
5	Joseph Bertrand	FRA	3:00.0	5

Heat Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Points
1	Gustav Lexau	GER	2:42.0	6
2	Jules Clévenot	FRA	2:45.0	7
3	René Tartara	FRA	2:48.6	8
4	Désiré Mérchez	FRA	2:55.4	9
5	B. Rosier	FRA	3:04.4	10

Heat Three

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Points
1	Louis Martin	FRA	2:51.4	11
2	Victor Hochepied	FRA	2:56.4	12
3	Jules Verbecke	FRA	3:01.6	13
4	Georges Leuillieux	FRA	3:02.0	14

Heat Four

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Time	Points
1	R. Féret	FRA	3:00.4	15
2	Louis Gazaigne	FRA	3:02.0	16
3	Pelloy	FRA	3:06.0	17
4	Victor Cadet	FRA	3:18.0	18