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100 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	19 – 20 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscine des Tourelles, Saint-Mandé
Participants	30 from 15 countries

Johnny Weissmuller, the world record holder in this event, started the event as a strong favourite having already won the 400 metres freestyle and anchored the US relay team to an easy triumph. His main worry for the final was the possibility of collusion between his two American team-mates, the Kahanamoku brothers Duke and Sam, to impede his progress. These worries had no foundation as the Hawaiians were more interested in seeing an American sweep of the medals than in any foul play. Although Weissmuller finished well outside his own world record, his winning margin of nearly two and a half seconds has never since been approached. The American’s victory was greeted by sustained cheering by the Parisian spectators and was one of the most popular of the entire games. Weissmuller had little time to savour his victory as he was due to play in the final of the third-place tournament for the US water polo team that same afternoon. It is worth noting that the five finalists in this event would win nineteen Olympic medals between them

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Johnny Weissmuller	USA	1:03.8 (1 h5)	1:00.8 (1 h2)	59.0 (1)	Gold
2	Duke Kahanamoku	USA	1:04.2 (2 h1)	1:01.6 (1 h1)	1:01.4 (2)	Silver
3	Sam Kahanamoku	USA	1:03.2 (1 h2)	1:02.2 (2 h1)	1:01.8 (3)	Bronze
4	Arne Borg	SWE	1:05.4 (1 h6)	1:02.6 (2 h2)	1:02.0 (4)
5	Katsuo Takaishi	JPN	1:04.0 (1 h4)	1:02.4 (3 h1)	1:03.0 (5)
6	Orvar Trolle	SWE	1:04.2 (1 h1)	1:02.6 (4 h1)	–
7	Ernest Henry	AUS	1:03.8 (2 h2)	1:03.0 (3 h2)	–
8	Harold Pycock	GBR	1:05.2 (2 h5)	1:05.0 (4 h2)	–
=9	Clayton Bourne	CAN	1:06.2 (1 h3)	1:06.0 (5 h1)	–
=9	Ivan Stedman	AUS	1:06.0 (2 h4)	1:06.0 (5 h2)	–
11	Alberto Zorrilla	ARG	1:08.2 (2 h3)	1:07.6 (6 h2)	–
12	István Bárány	HUN	1:08.4 (2 h6)	1:08.0 (6 h1)	–
13	Torahiko Miyahata	JPN	1:04.2 (3 h2)	– (DNS h1)	–
14	Henri Padou, Sr.	FRA	1:05.0 (4 h2)	–	–
15	Kazuo Onoda	JPN	1:05.4 (3 h1)	–	–
16	Albert Dickin	GBR	1:06.0 (5 h2)	–	–
17	Édouard Vanzeveren	FRA	1:06.8 (3 h5)	–	–
18	Georg Werner	SWE	1:07.0 (3 h4)	–	–
19	Moss Christie	AUS	1:07.2 (4 h5)	–	–
20	Emil Zeibig	FRA	1:08.0 (4 h4)	–	–
21	Charlie Baillie	GBR	1:08.2 (4 h1)	–	–
22	Stanislav Bičák	TCH	1:10.2 (6 h2)	–	–
23	Vlado Smokvina	YUG	1:11.6 (5 h1)	–	–
=24	Július Baláž	TCH	1:11.8 (3 h6)	–	–
=24	Gé Dekker	NED	1:11.8 (5 h4)	–	–
26	Dionysios Vasilopoulos	GRE	1:12.0 (4 h6)	–	–
27	Pieter Jacobszoon	NED	1:12.2 (5 h6)	–	–
28	Viktor Legát	TCH	1:13.2 (3 h3)	–	–
29	José Manuel Pinillo	ESP	1:14.2 (5 h5)	–	–
30	Werner Kopp	SUI	1:15.0 (4 h3)	–	–
DNS	L. Henyeri	HUN	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	Endre Turnovszky	HUN	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One

Date	19 July 1924 — 10:00
Format	Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Sam Kahanamoku	USA	1:03.2	Q
=2	Ernest Henry	AUS	1:03.8	Q
=2	Johnny Weissmuller	USA	1:03.8	Q
4	Katsuo Takaishi	JPN	1:04.0	Q
=5	Orvar Trolle	SWE	1:04.2	Q
=5	Duke Kahanamoku	USA	1:04.2	Q
=5	Torahiko Miyahata	JPN	1:04.2	q
8	Henri Padou, Sr.	FRA	1:05.0
9	Harold Pycock	GBR	1:05.2	Q
=10	Kazuo Onoda	JPN	1:05.4
=10	Arne Borg	SWE	1:05.4	Q
=12	Albert Dickin	GBR	1:06.0
=12	Ivan Stedman	AUS	1:06.0	Q
14	Clayton Bourne	CAN	1:06.2	Q
15	Édouard Vanzeveren	FRA	1:06.8
16	Georg Werner	SWE	1:07.0
17	Moss Christie	AUS	1:07.2
18	Emil Zeibig	FRA	1:08.0
=19	Charlie Baillie	GBR	1:08.2
=19	Alberto Zorrilla	ARG	1:08.2	Q
21	István Bárány	HUN	1:08.4	Q
22	Stanislav Bičák	TCH	1:10.2
23	Vlado Smokvina	YUG	1:11.6
=24	Gé Dekker	NED	1:11.8
=24	Július Baláž	TCH	1:11.8
26	Dionysios Vasilopoulos	GRE	1:12.0
27	Pieter Jacobszoon	NED	1:12.2
28	Viktor Legát	TCH	1:13.2
29	José Manuel Pinillo	ESP	1:14.2
30	Werner Kopp	SUI	1:15.0
DNS	L. Henyeri	HUN	–
DNS	Endre Turnovszky	HUN	–

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Orvar Trolle	SWE	1:04.2	Q
2	Duke Kahanamoku	USA	1:04.2	Q
3	Kazuo Onoda	JPN	1:05.4
4	Charlie Baillie	GBR	1:08.2
5	Vlado Smokvina	YUG	1:11.6
DNS	L. Henyeri	HUN	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Sam Kahanamoku	USA	1:03.2	Q
2	Ernest Henry	AUS	1:03.8	Q
3	Torahiko Miyahata	JPN	1:04.2	q
4	Henri Padou, Sr.	FRA	1:05.0
5	Albert Dickin	GBR	1:06.0
6	Stanislav Bičák	TCH	1:10.2

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Clayton Bourne	CAN	1:06.2	Q
2	Alberto Zorrilla	ARG	1:08.2	Q
3	Viktor Legát	TCH	1:13.2
4	Werner Kopp	SUI	1:15.0
DNS	Endre Turnovszky	HUN	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Katsuo Takaishi	JPN	1:04.0	Q
2	Ivan Stedman	AUS	1:06.0	Q
3	Georg Werner	SWE	1:07.0
4	Emil Zeibig	FRA	1:08.0
5	Gé Dekker	NED	1:11.8

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Johnny Weissmuller	USA	1:03.8	Q
2	Harold Pycock	GBR	1:05.2	Q
3	Édouard Vanzeveren	FRA	1:06.8
4	Moss Christie	AUS	1:07.2
5	José Manuel Pinillo	ESP	1:14.2

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Arne Borg	SWE	1:05.4	Q
2	István Bárány	HUN	1:08.4	Q
3	Július Baláž	TCH	1:11.8
4	Dionysios Vasilopoulos	GRE	1:12.0
5	Pieter Jacobszoon	NED	1:12.2

Semi-Finals

Date	19 July 1924 — 15:00
Format	Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Johnny Weissmuller	USA	1:00.8	QOR
2	Duke Kahanamoku	USA	1:01.6	Q
3	Sam Kahanamoku	USA	1:02.2	Q
4	Katsuo Takaishi	JPN	1:02.4	q
=5	Orvar Trolle	SWE	1:02.6
=5	Arne Borg	SWE	1:02.6	Q
7	Ernest Henry	AUS	1:03.0
8	Harold Pycock	GBR	1:05.0
=9	Clayton Bourne	CAN	1:06.0
=9	Ivan Stedman	AUS	1:06.0
11	Alberto Zorrilla	ARG	1:07.6
12	István Bárány	HUN	1:08.0
DNS	Torahiko Miyahata	JPN	–

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Duke Kahanamoku	USA	1:01.6	Q
2	Sam Kahanamoku	USA	1:02.2	Q
3	Katsuo Takaishi	JPN	1:02.4	q
4	Orvar Trolle	SWE	1:02.6
5	Clayton Bourne	CAN	1:06.0
6	István Bárány	HUN	1:08.0
DNS	Torahiko Miyahata	JPN	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Johnny Weissmuller	USA	1:00.8	QOR
2	Arne Borg	SWE	1:02.6	Q
3	Ernest Henry	AUS	1:03.0
4	Harold Pycock	GBR	1:05.0
5	Ivan Stedman	AUS	1:06.0
6	Alberto Zorrilla	ARG	1:07.6

Final

Date	20 July 1924 — 15:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Johnny Weissmuller	USA	59.0	OR
2	Duke Kahanamoku	USA	1:01.4
3	Sam Kahanamoku	USA	1:01.8
4	Arne Borg	SWE	1:02.0
5	Katsuo Takaishi	JPN	1:03.0