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400 metres Breaststroke, Men

Date	8 – 12 July 1912
Status	Olympic
Location	Simstadion, Djurgårdsbrunnsviken, Stockholm
Participants	17 from 10 countries

This event appeared on the Olympic Program for one of only three times - 1904 (at 440 yards), 1912, and 1920. Walter Bathe (GER) won his second breaststroke gold medal, adding this to the title he had won at 200 metres two days earlier. Bathe took an early lead, being ahead by four metres at the first turn (100 metres), and led by 10 metres at the 250 metre mark. He won easily.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Walter Bathe	GER	6:34.6 (1 h5)	6:32.0 (1 h1)	6:29.6 (1)	Gold
2	Thor Henning	SWE	6:52.4 (1 h1)	6:32.0 (2 h1)	6:35.6 (2)	Silver
3	Percy Courtman	GBR	6:43.8 (1 h4)	6:36.6 (3 h1)	6:36.4 (3)	Bronze
4	Paul Malisch	GER	6:47.0 (1 h2)	6:47.6 (2 h2)	6:37.0 (4)
AC r3/3	Willy Lützow	GER	6:49.8 (1 h3)	6:44.6 (1 h2)	– (DNF)		DNF
3 h2 r2/3	Arvo Aaltonen	FIN	6:48.8 (2 h4)	6:56.8 (3 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/3	Félicien Courbet	BEL	6:52.6 (2 h3)	6:59.8 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	Lennart Lindroos	FIN	7:00.0 (2 h2)	7:00.4 (4 h2)	–
AC h1 r2/3	Zeno von Singalewicz	AUT	7:04.0 (3 h3)	– (DNF h1)	–		DNF
AC h2 r2/3	George Innocent	GBR	7:07.8 (2 h1)	– (DNF h2)	–		DNF
2 h5 r1/3	Georgy Baymakov	RUS	7:28.6 (2 h5)	– (DNS h1)	–
3 h2 r1/3	Nils Andersson	SWE	7:17.0 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	Vilhelm Lindgrén	FIN	7:12.6 (3 h4)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	Frank Schryver	ANZ	7:07.8 (4 h3)	–	–
AC h1 r1/3	Josef Wastl	AUT	– (DNF h1)	–	–		DNF
AC h1 r1/3	Oszkár Demján	HUN	[6:35.8] (DQ h1)	–	–		DQ
AC h2 r1/3	Mike McDermott	USA	[7:07.0] (DQ h2)	–	–		DQ
DNS	Rudolf Dlouchy	AUT	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	Herman Cederberg	FIN	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	Louis Laufray	FRA	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	Henri Dubois	FRA	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	Victor Pierre Eggman	FRA	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	Louis André Fanger	FRA	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	Paul Harfort	FRA	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	Georges Lefevre	FRA	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	Sam Blatherwick	GBR	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	Ödön Toldi	HUN	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	Davide Baiardo	ITA	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	Mario Massa	ITA	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	Virgilio Bellezza	ITA	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	Attilio Bellezza	ITA	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	Aldo Cigheri	ITA	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	Mario Pratolongo	ITA	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	Audun Rusten	NOR	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	George Godfrey	RSA	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	Arno Almqvist	RUS	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	Pavel Avksentyev	RUS	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	Nikolay Voronkov	RUS	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	Harald Julin	SWE	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	Pontus Hanson	SWE	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	Sven Henning	SWE	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One1 (8 July 1912 — 12:00)

Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	–	Thor Henning	SWE	– (–) –	6:52.4	QOR
2	–	George Innocent	GBR	– (–) –	7:07.8	Q
DNF	–	Josef Wastl	AUT	– (–) –	–
DQ	–	Oszkár Demján	HUN	– (–) –	[6:35.8]
DNS	–	Georges Lefevre	FRA	– (–) –	–
DNS	–	Audun Rusten	NOR	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	–	Paul Malisch	GER	– (–) –	6:47.0	QOR
2	–	Lennart Lindroos	FIN	– (–) –	7:00.0	Q
3	–	Nils Andersson	SWE	– (–) –	7:17.0
DQ	–	Mike McDermott	USA	– (–) –	[7:07.0]
DNS	–	Victor Pierre Eggman	FRA	– (–) –	–		2
DNS	–	Paul Harfort	FRA	– (–) –	–		3
DNS	–	Sam Blatherwick	GBR	– (–) –	–		4
DNS	–	Davide Baiardo	ITA	– (–) –	–		5
DNS	–	Virgilio Bellezza	ITA	– (–) –	–		6
DNS	–	Attilio Bellezza	ITA	– (–) –	–		7
DNS	–	Arno Almqvist	RUS	– (–) –	–		8
DNS	–	Pontus Hanson	SWE	– (–) –	–		9

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	–	Willy Lützow	GER	– (–) –	6:49.8	Q
2	–	Félicien Courbet	BEL	– (–) –	6:52.6	Q
3	–	Zeno von Singalewicz	AUT	– (–) –	7:04.0	q
4	–	Frank Schryver	ANZ	– (–) –	7:07.8
DNS	–	Henri Dubois	FRA	– (–) –	–
DNS	–	Pavel Avksentyev	RUS	– (–) –	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	–	Percy Courtman	GBR	– (–) –	6:43.8	QOR
2	–	Arvo Aaltonen	FIN	– (–) –	6:48.8	Q
3	–	Vilhelm Lindgrén	FIN	– (–) –	7:12.6
DNS	–	Louis Laufray	FRA	– (–) –	–		10
DNS	–	Louis André Fanger	FRA	– (–) –	–		11
DNS	–	Ödön Toldi	HUN	– (–) –	–		12
DNS	–	Mario Massa	ITA	– (–) –	–		13
DNS	–	Mario Pratolongo	ITA	– (–) –	–		14
DNS	–	George Godfrey	RSA	– (–) –	–		15
DNS	–	Nikolay Voronkov	RUS	– (–) –	–		16
DNS	–	Harald Julin	SWE	– (–) –	–		17
DNS	–	Sven Henning	SWE	– (–) –	–		18

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	–	Walter Bathe	GER	– (–) –	6:34.6	QOR
2	–	Georgy Baymakov	RUS	– (–) –	7:28.6	Q
DNS	–	Rudolf Dlouchy	AUT	– (–) –	–
DNS	–	Herman Cederberg	FIN	– (–) –	–
DNS	–	Aldo Cigheri	ITA	– (–) –	–

Semi-Finals (11 July 1912 — 19:30)

Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	–	Walter Bathe	GER	– (–) –	6:32.0	QOR
2	–	Thor Henning	SWE	– (–) –	6:32.0	Q
3	–	Percy Courtman	GBR	– (–) –	6:36.6	q
4	–	Félicien Courbet	BEL	– (–) –	6:59.8
DNF	–	Zeno von Singalewicz	AUT	– (–) –	–
DNS	–	Georgy Baymakov	RUS	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	–	Willy Lützow	GER	– (–) –	6:44.6	Q
2	–	Paul Malisch	GER	– (–) –	6:47.6	Q
3	–	Arvo Aaltonen	FIN	– (–) –	6:56.8
4	–	Lennart Lindroos	FIN	– (–) –	7:00.4
DNF	–	George Innocent	GBR	– (–) –	–

Final (12 July 1912 — 19:35)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	–	Walter Bathe	GER	– (–) –	6:29.6	OR
2	–	Thor Henning	SWE	– (–) –	6:35.6
3	–	Percy Courtman	GBR	– (–) –	6:36.4
4	–	Paul Malisch	GER	– (–) –	6:37.0
DNF	–	Willy Lützow	GER	– (–) –	–