Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Piscine des Tourelles
Dates	13–20 July 1924
No. of events	11
Competitors	169 from 23 nations

At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Sunday July 13, 1924, to Sunday July 20, 1924.

There were 169 participants from 23 countries competing. The United States team, coached by Bill Bachrach, won 19 of the 33 medals, and 9 of the 11 gold medals.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	9	5	5	19
2	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	1	4
3	Australia (AUS)	1	1	2	4
4	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	2	4
5	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Johnny Weissmuller  United States	Duke Kahanamoku  United States	Samuel Kahanamoku  United States
400 m freestyle	Johnny Weissmuller  United States	Arne Borg  Sweden	Boy Charlton  Australia
1500 m freestyle	Boy Charlton  Australia	Arne Borg  Sweden	Frank Beaurepaire  Australia
100 m backstroke	Warren Kealoha  United States	Paul Wyatt  United States	Károly Bartha  Hungary
200 m breaststroke	Bob Skelton  United States	Joseph De Combe  Belgium	Bill Kirschbaum  United States
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Ralph Breyer Harry Glancy Dick Howell Wally O'Connor Johnny Weissmuller	Australia (AUS) Frank Beaurepaire Boy Charlton Moss Christie Ernest Henry Ivan Stedman	Sweden (SWE) Åke Borg Arne Borg Thor Henning Gösta Persson Orvar Trolle Georg Werner

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Ethel Lackie  United States	Mariechen Wehselau  United States	Gertrude Ederle  United States
400 m freestyle	Martha Norelius  United States	Helen Wainwright  United States	Gertrude Ederle  United States
100 m backstroke	Sybil Bauer  United States	Phyllis Harding  Great Britain	Aileen Riggin  United States
200 m breaststroke	Lucy Morton  Great Britain	Agnes Geraghty  United States	Gladys Carson  Great Britain
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Euphrasia Donnelly Gertrude Ederle Ethel Lackie Mariechen Wehselau	Great Britain (GBR) Florence Barker Constance Jeans Grace McKenzie Iris Tanner	Sweden (SWE) Aina Berg Gurli Ewerlund Wivan Pettersson Hjördis Töpel

Participating nations

A total of 169 swimmers (118 men and 51 women) from 23 nations (men from 22 nations - women from 10 nations) competed at the Paris Games:

•  Argentina (4) (men:4 women:0)
•  Australia (5) (men:5 women:0)
•  Belgium (6) (men:6 women:0)
•  Canada (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  Czechoslovakia (9) (men:6 women:3)
•  Denmark (4) (men:0 women:4)
•  Finland (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  France (20) (men:12 women:8)
•  Great Britain (26) (men:15 women:11)
•  Greece (1) (men:1 women:0)
•  Hungary (6) (men:5 women:1)
•  Italy (6) (men:6 women:0)
•  Japan (6) (men:6 women:0)
•  Luxembourg (4) (men:2 women:2)
•  Netherlands (12) (men:8 women:4)
•  New Zealand (2) (men:1 women:1)
•  Norway (1) (men:1 women:0)
•  Portugal (1) (men:1 women:0)
•  Spain (4) (men:4 women:0)
•  Sweden (14) (men:9 women:5)
•  Switzerland (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  United States (26) (men:14 women:12)
•  Yugoslavia (6) (men:6 women:0)

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-01-26.