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Venue	White City Stadium
Dates	13–25 July 1908
No. of events	6
Competitors	100 from 14 nations
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, six swimming events were contested.^[1] These were the first Olympic Games in which a 100-metre pool had been especially constructed (inside the main stadium's track and field oval). Previous Olympic events were swum in open water (1896: The Mediterranean Sea, 1900: The Seine River, 1904: an artificial lake). Only men participated in the swimming events. The competitions were held from Monday, July 13, 1908, to Saturday, July 25, 1908.

All six of the 1908 events became staples of the Olympic swimming programme, and have been contested at every edition of the Games since. The 50 m, 200 m, and 800 m freestyle events were dropped from the previous edition (though these would later return), the relay was lengthened from 4 × 50 yards to 4 × 200 m, and the 400 m breaststroke was shortened to 200 metres.

Canada and Finland made their first appearances in swimming, while Austria, Hungary, and the United States continued their streaks of appearing each time. Fourteen nations competed in all, with 100 swimmers entering the events.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	4	2	1	7
2	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
3	Germany (GER)	1	0	0	1
4	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	0	2
5	Australasia (ANZ)	0	1	1	2
6	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
8	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	6	18

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Charles Daniels (USA)	Zoltán Halmay (HUN)	Harald Julin (SWE)
400 m freestyle details	Henry Taylor (GBR)	Frank Beaurepaire (ANZ)	Otto Scheff (AUT)
1500 m freestyle details	Henry Taylor (GBR)	Thomas Battersby (GBR)	Frank Beaurepaire (ANZ)
100 m backstroke details	Arno Bieberstein (GER)	Ludvig Dam (DEN)	Herbert Haresnape (GBR)
200 m breaststroke details	Frederick Holman (GBR)	William Robinson (GBR)	Pontus Hanson (SWE)
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	Great Britain (GBR) John Derbyshire Paul Radmilovic William Foster Henry Taylor	Hungary (HUN) József Munk Imre Zachár Béla Las-Torres Zoltán Halmay	United States (USA) Harry Hebner Leo Goodwin Charles Daniels Leslie Rich

Participating nations

A total of 100 swimmers from 14 nations competed at the London Games:

Australasia (5)
Austria (1)
Belgium (7)
Canada (1)
Denmark (5)
Finland (3)
France (4)

Germany (5)
Great Britain (28)
Hungary (10)
Italy (4)
Netherlands (7)
Sweden (12)
United States (8)

References

^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
Cook, Theodore Andrea (May 1909). The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. pp. 296–310. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (February 2000). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.

51°30′49″N 0°13′39″E / 51.5136°N 0.2274°E / 51.5136; 0.2274

[1] "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

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+|next = [[Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912]]
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-At the '''[[1908 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[London]], six '''[[Swimming (sport)|swimming]]''' events were contested. These were the first Olympic Games in which a 100-metre pool had been especially constructed (inside the main stadium's track and field oval). Previous Olympic events were swum in open water (1896: The Mediterranean Sea, 1900: The Seine River, 1904: an artificial lake). Only men participated in the swimming events. The competitions were held from Monday, July 13, 1908, to Saturday, July 25, 1908.
+At the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], six [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] events were contested.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics |url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/5/sports/SWM |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> These were the first Olympic Games in which a 100-metre pool had been especially constructed (inside the main stadium's track and field oval). Previous Olympic events were swum in open water (1896: The Mediterranean Sea, 1900: The Seine River, 1904: an artificial lake). Only men participated in the swimming events. The competitions were held from Monday, July 13, 1908, to Saturday, July 25, 1908.
-All six of the 1908 events became staples of the Olympic swimming programme, and have been contested at every edition of the Games since.  The 50&nbsp;m, 200&nbsp;m, and 800&nbsp;m freestyle events were dropped from the previous edition (though the 50&nbsp;m and 200&nbsp;m would later return), the relay was lengthened from 4×50 yards to 4×200&nbsp;m, and the 400&nbsp;m breaststroke was shortened to 200 metres.
+All six of the 1908 events became staples of the Olympic swimming programme, and have been contested at every edition of the Games since.  The 50&nbsp;m, 200&nbsp;m, and 800&nbsp;m freestyle events were dropped from the previous edition (though these would later return), the relay was lengthened from 4 × 50 yards to 4 × 200&nbsp;m, and the 400&nbsp;m breaststroke was shortened to 200 metres.
 Canada and Finland made their first appearances in swimming, while Austria, Hungary, and the United States continued their streaks of appearing each time.  Fourteen nations competed in all, with 100 swimmers entering the events.
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-| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Thomas Battersby]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
+| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Sydney Battersby|Thomas Battersby]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
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+| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay<br />{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}}
 | {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br>[[John Derbyshire (swimmer)|John Derbyshire]] <br> [[Paul Radmilovic]]<br>[[William Foster (swimmer)|William Foster]]<br>[[Henry Taylor (swimmer)|Henry Taylor]]
 | {{flagIOCteam|HUN|1908 Summer}}<br>[[József Munk]]<br>[[Imre Zachár]]<br>[[Béla Las-Torres]]<br> [[Zoltán Halmay]]
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-* {{cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |accessdate=2008-03-19}}
+* {{cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |access-date=2008-03-19}}
-* {{cite book |author=Cook, Theodore Andrea |title=The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report |publisher=British Olympic Association |location=London |date=May 1909 |pages=296–310 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-03-19}}
+* {{cite book |author=Cook, Theodore Andrea |title=The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report |publisher=British Olympic Association |location=London |date=May 1909 |pages=296–310 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf |access-date=2008-03-19}}
 * {{cite book |title=The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary |last=Mallon |first=Bill |author2=Buchanan, Ian |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |date=February 2000 |isbn=978-0-7864-0598-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall_0 }}
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