| Swimming at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp |
| Dates | 22–29 August 1920 |
| No. of events | 10 |
| Competitors | 116 from 19 nations |
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| Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 300 m | 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 | |
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At the 1920 Summer OlympicsinAntwerp, ten swimming events were contested.[1] The women's 300 metre freestyle event was new since the previous Games in 1912. The competitions were held from Sunday August 22, 1920, to Sunday August 29, 1920. There was a total of 116 participants from 19 countries competing.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States (USA) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 |  Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 100 m freestyle details |
Duke Kahanamoku United States
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Pua Kealoha United States
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Bill Harris United States
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| 400 m freestyle details |
Norman Ross United States
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Ludy Langer United States
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George Vernot Canada
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| 1500 m freestyle details |
Norman Ross United States
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George Vernot Canada
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Frank Beaurepaire Australia
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| 100 m backstroke details |
Warren Kealoha United States
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Ray Kegeris United States
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Gérard Blitz Belgium
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| 200 m breaststroke details |
Håkan Malmrot Sweden
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Thor Henning Sweden
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Arvo Aaltonen Finland
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| 400 m breaststroke details |
Håkan Malmrot Sweden
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Thor Henning Sweden
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Arvo Aaltonen Finland
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| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details |
United States (USA) Duke Kahanamoku Pua Kealoha Perry McGillivray Norman Ross |
Australia (AUS) Frank Beaurepaire Henry Hay William Herald Ivan Stedman |
Great Britain (GBR) Harold Annison Edward Peter Leslie Savage Henry Taylor |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 100 m freestyle details |
Ethelda Bleibtrey United States
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Irene Guest United States
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Frances Schroth United States
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| 300 m freestyle details |
Ethelda Bleibtrey United States
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Margaret Woodbridge United States
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Frances Schroth United States
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| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details |
United States (USA) Ethelda Bleibtrey Irene Guest Frances Schroth Margaret Woodbridge |
Great Britain (GBR) Hilda James Constance Jeans Grace McKenzie Charlotte Radcliffe |
Sweden (SWE) Aina Berg Jane Gylling Emily Machnow Carin Nilsson |
A total of 116 swimmers (92 men and 24 women) from 19 nations (men from 17 nations - women from 9 nations) competed at the Antwerp Games:
Australia (6) (men:5 women:1) Belgium (12) (men:11 women:1)
Brazil (2) (men:2 women:0) Canada (3) (men:3 women:0)
Czechoslovakia (4) (men:4 women:0) Finland (1) (men:1 women:0)
France (13) (men:10 women:3) Great Britain (18) (men:12 women:6)
Italy (4) (men:4 women:0)
Japan (2) (men:2 women:0)
Luxembourg (2) (men:2 women:0)
Netherlands (4) (men:3 women:1)
New Zealand (1) (men:0 women:1)
Norway (2) (men:2 women:0)
South Africa (1) (men:0 women:1)
Spain (2) (men:2 women:0) Sweden (13) (men:9 women:4)
Switzerland (4) (men:4 women:0) United States (22) (men:16 women:6)|
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