Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m	men		women
300 m			women
400 m	men
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men
Breaststroke
200 m	men
400 m	men
Freestyle relay
4×100 m			women
4×200 m	men

At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, ten swimming events were contested. The women's 300 metre freestyle event was new since the previous Games in 1912. The competitions were held from Sunday August 22, 1920, to Sunday August 29, 1920. There was a total of 116 participants from 19 countries competing.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Duke Kahanamoku  United States	Pua Kealoha  United States	Bill Harris  United States
400 m freestyle	Norman Ross  United States	Ludy Langer  United States	George Vernot 23x15px Canada
1500 m freestyle	Norman Ross  United States	George Vernot 23x15px Canada	Frank Beaurepaire  Australia
100 m backstroke	Warren Kealoha  United States	Ray Kegeris  United States	Gérard Blitz  Belgium
200 m breaststroke	Håkan Malmrot  Sweden	Thor Henning  Sweden	Arvo Aaltonen  Finland
400 m breaststroke	Håkan Malmrot  Sweden	Thor Henning  Sweden	Arvo Aaltonen  Finland
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Duke Kahanamoku Pua Kealoha Perry McGillivray Norman Ross	Australia (AUS) Frank Beaurepaire Henry Hay William Herald Ivan Stedman	Great Britain (GBR) Harold Annison Edward Peter Leslie Savage Henry Taylor

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Ethelda Bleibtrey  United States	Irene Guest  United States	Frances Schroth  United States
300 m freestyle	Ethelda Bleibtrey  United States	Margaret Woodbridge  United States	Frances Schroth  United States
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Ethelda Bleibtrey Irene Guest Frances Schroth Margaret Woodbridge	Great Britain (GBR) Hilda James Constance Jeans Grace McKenzie Charlotte Radcliffe	Sweden (SWE) Aina Berg Jane Gylling Emily Machnow Carin Nilsson

Participating nations

A total of 116 swimmers (92 men and 24 women) from 19 nations (men from 17 nations - women from 9 nations) competed at the Antwerp Games:

•  Australia (6) (men:5 women:1)
•  Belgium (12) (men:11 women:1)
•  Brazil (2) (men:2 women:0)
• 23x15px Canada (3) (men:3 women:0)
•  Czechoslovakia (4) (men:4 women:0)
•  Finland (1) (men:1 women:0)
•  France (13) (men:10 women:3)
•  Great Britain (18) (men:12 women:6)
•  Italy (4) (men:4 women:0)
•  Japan (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  Luxembourg (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  Netherlands (4) (men:3 women:1)
•  New Zealand (1) (men:0 women:1)
•  Norway (2) (men:2 women:0)
• 23x15px South Africa (1) (men:0 women:1)
• 23x15px Spain (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  Sweden (13) (men:9 women:4)
•  Switzerland (4) (men:4 women:0)
•  United States (22) (men:16 women:6)