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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	Swimmer	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)
3 h2 r2/3	Ernest Henry	AUS	1:03.8 (2 h2)	1:03.0 (3 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/3	Orvar Trolle	SWE	1:04.2 (1 h1)	1:02.6 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	Harold Pycock	GBR	1:05.2 (2 h5)	1:05.0 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/3	Clayton Bourne	CAN	1:06.2 (1 h3)	1:06.0 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	Ivan Stedman	AUS	1:06.0 (2 h4)	1:06.0 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	István Bárány	HUN	1:08.4 (2 h6)	1:08.0 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	Alberto Zorrilla	ARG	1:08.2 (2 h3)	1:07.6 (6 h2)	–
3 h1 r1/3	Kazuo Onoda	JPN	1:05.4 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	Torahiko Miyahata	JPN	1:04.2 (3 h2)	– (DNS h1)	–
3 h3 r1/3	Viktor Legát	TCH	1:13.2 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	Georg Werner	SWE	1:07.0 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	Édouard Vanzeveren	FRA	1:06.8 (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	Július Baláž	TCH	1:11.8 (3 h6)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	Charlie Baillie	GBR	1:08.2 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	Henri Padou, Sr.	FRA	1:05.0 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	Werner Kopp	SUI	1:15.0 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	Emil Zeibig	FRA	1:08.0 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	Moss Christie	AUS	1:07.2 (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	Dionysios Vasilopoulos	GRE	1:12.0 (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	Vlado Smokvina	YUG	1:11.6 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	Albert Dickin	GBR	1:06.0 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	Gé Dekker	NED	1:11.8 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	José Manuel Pinillo	ESP	1:14.2 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	Pieter Jacobszoon	NED	1:12.2 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	Stanislav Bičák	TCH	1:10.2 (6 h2)	–	–
DNS	L. Henyeri	HUN	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	Endre Turnovszky	HUN	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One (19 July 1924 — 10:00)

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

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	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 Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	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 Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	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 Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	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 Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	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 Six

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	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 (19 July 1924 — 15:00)

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

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	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 Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	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 (20 July 1924 — 15:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	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