Men 400m Freestyle Swimming 4th Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1908 - Thursday, 16th July - Gold Medal: Henry Taylor, Great Britain
Venue: White City Stadium. 100-metre Swimming Pool especialy constructed inside track and field oval.
Final 16:15 time SF 1. Henry Taylor Great Britain5:36.8 WR 2. 2. Frank Beaurepaire Australasia5:44.2 3. 3. Otto Scheff Austria5:46.0 1. 4. Willie Foster Great BritainUnknown 4.
25 competitors from 10 Nations. Official World Record was set by Henry Taylor, Great Britain in the Final.
Taylor had the fastest start. After one lap (100 metres in 1:15.0), Taylor, Beaurepaire, and Scheff were in a virtual dead heat. The 200 metres was passed in 2:35 by Taylor, leading Scheff, who was clocked at 2:37.0. Beaurepaire then came up quickly, and after 300 metres, he and Taylor were equal at 4:10.0. But the effort exhausted the Australian as Taylor drew away to win by at least 5 yards. Austria entered a protest in Scheff’s behalf, claiming that he was fouled in the final, but it was disallowed.
Semi-Finals - Wednesday, 15th July 11:00 First 2 from each Semi advanced to Final.
Semi 1 time 1. Otto Scheff Austria5:40.6 Q, OR 2. Henry Taylor Great Britain5:41.0 Q 3. Sydney Battersby Great Britainat 4 yards 4. Béla von Las-Torres HungaryUnknown 5. Henrik Hajós HungaryUnknown
Semi 2 time 1. Frank Beaurepaire Australasia5:44.0 Q 2. Willie Foster Great Britain5:52.2 Q 3. Paul Radmilovic Great Britainat 8 yards 4. Imre Zachár HungaryUnknown -. Theodore Tartakover AustralasiaDNS
Heats - Monday, 13th July 16:45 Winners of each of 9 Heats and Best 2nd - Béla von Las-Torres (HUN) advanced to Semifinals .
Heat 1 time 1. Sydney Battersby Great Britain5:48.8 Q 2. Béla von Las-Torres Hungary5:52.2 q 3. Leo "Budd" Goodwin United StatesUnknown 4. Wille Andersson SwedenUnknown -. Henri Decoin FranceDNF -. Edward Cooke AustralasiaDNS
Heat 2 time 1. Willie Foster Great Britain5:54.8 Q 2. Robert Andersson Sweden6:28.0 -. E. Renou FranceDNS -. Lóránt Apor HungaryDNS -. V. de Stephanis ItalyDNS -. Harry Hebner United StatesDNS
Heat 3 time 1. Theodore Tartakover Australasia6:35.0 Q -. C. Regal FranceDNS -. Fred Unwin Great BritainDNS -. Zoltán Tóbiás HungaryDNS -. Gunnar Wennerström SwedenDNS -. Charlie Daniels United StatesDNS
Heat 4 time 1. Frank Beaurepaire Australasia5:49.2 Q 2. Sam Blatherwick Great Britain6:16.8 3. Conrad Trubenbach United StatesUnknown -. Davide Baiardo ItalyDNF -. F. Roux FranceDNS -. Jenő Hégner-Tóth HungaryDNS
Heat 5 time 1. Paul Radmilovic Great Britain6:10.0 Q 2. Aage Holm Denmark8:08.8 -. Victor Boin Belgium DNS -. Géza Kiss Hungary DNS -. Max Gumpel Sweden DNS -. Leslie Rich United StatesDNS
Heat 6 time 1. Henry Taylor Great Britain5:42.2 OR, Q 2. Frank Springfield Australasia5:57.4 3. Mario Massa Italyat 50 yards -. André Theuriet FranceDNS -. Sándor Ádám Hungary DNS
Heat 7 time 1. Otto Scheff Austria5:51.0 Q 2. William Haynes Great Britain6:21.2 3. József Ónody HungaryUnknown -. Friedrich Meuring NetherlandsUnknown -. Hjalmar Saxtorph DenmarkUnknown
Heat 8 time 1. Imre Zachár Hungary6:09.8 Q -. Snowy Baker AustralsiaDNS -. Fernand Feyaerts BelgiumDNS -. Zoltán Halmay HungaryDNS -. Robert Foster United StatesDNS
Heat 9 time 1. Henrik Hajós Hungary6:19.8 Q 2. Arthur Sharp Great Britain7:00.4 -. Alajos Bruckner HungaryDNS -. A. Gonzani ItalyDNS -. S. D. Larsson SwedenDNS
Prepared and maintained by Todor Krastev
todor1966@yahoo.com
Last updated: 26 Jul 2022Facebook Todor Krastev