Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m		men		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 1912 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. Swimming events were held in a 100 m course built in Stockholm harbor. For the first time, women's events were part of the Olympic swimming program. The competitions were held from Saturday July 6, 1912, to Friday July 12, 1912. There was a total of 120 participants from 17 countries competing.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	2	3	2	7
2	Australasia (ANZ)	2	2	2	6
3	United States (USA)	2	1	1	4
4	Canada Canada (CAN)	2	0	0	2
5	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	3	6
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
7	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
Total		9	9	9	27

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Duke Kahanamoku (USA)	Cecil Healy (ANZ)	Ken Huszagh (USA)
400 m freestyle	22x20px George Hodgson (CAN)	John Hatfield (GBR)	Harold Hardwick (ANZ)
1500 m freestyle	22x20px George Hodgson (CAN)	John Hatfield (GBR)	Harold Hardwick (ANZ)
100 m backstroke	Harry Hebner (USA)	Otto Fahr (GER)	Paul Kellner (GER)
200 m breaststroke	Walter Bathe (GER)	Wilhelm Lützow (GER)	Paul Malisch (GER)
400 m breaststroke	Walter Bathe (GER)	Thor Henning (SWE)	Percy Courtman (GBR)
4×200 m freestyle relay	Australasia (ANZ) Cecil Healy Malcolm Champion Leslie Boardman Harold Hardwick	United States (USA) Ken Huszagh Harry Hebner Perry McGillivray Duke Kahanamoku	Great Britain (GBR) William Foster Thomas Battersby John Hatfield Henry Taylor

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Fanny Durack (ANZ)	Wilhelmina Wylie (ANZ)	Jennie Fletcher (GBR)
4×100 m freestyle relay	Great Britain (GBR) Belle Moore Jennie Fletcher Annie Speirs Irene Steer	Germany (GER) Wally Dressel Louise Otto Hermine Stindt Grete Rosenberg	Austria (AUT) Margarete Adler Klara Milch Josephine Sticker Berta Zahourek

Participating nations

A total of 120 swimmers (93 men and 27 women) from 17 nations (men from 17 nations - women from 8 nations) competed at the Stockholm Games:

•  Australasia (9) (men:7 women:2)
•  Austria (8) (men:3 women:5)
•  Belgium (5) (men:4 women:1)
• 23x15px Canada (1) (men:1 women:0)
•  Denmark (1) (men:1 women:0)
•  Finland (6) (men:4 women:2)
•  France (3) (men:3 women:0)
•  Germany (17) (men:13 women:4)
•  Great Britain (18) (men:12 women:6)
•  Greece (1) (men:1 women:0)
•  Hungary (8) (men:8 women:0)
•  Italy (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  Norway (5) (men:4 women:1)
• 23x15px Russia (4) (men:4 women:0)
• 23x15px South Africa (1) (men:1 women:0)
•  Sweden (24) (men:18 women:6)
•  United States (7) (men:7 women:0)