Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000 metre freestyle

The men's 1000 metre freestyle was an event in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was the middle length of the events. It was on 11 August and 12 August 1900. There were 16 swimmers. These swimmers were from 6 different nations. John Arthur Jarvis of Great Britain won the event. Otto Wahle of Austria was in 2nd place. Zoltán Halmay of Hungary was in 3rd place.

Men's 1000 metre freestyle at the Games of the II Olympiad
Jarvis 1900.jpg Gold medalist John Arthur Jarvis
Venue	River Seine
Dates	August 11 (semifinals) August 12 (final)
Competitors	16 from 6 nations
Winning time	13:40.2 OR
Medalists
John Arthur Jarvis  Great Britain   Otto Wahle  Austria   Zoltán Halmay  Hungary

Background

This was the only 1000 metre freestyle event in the Olympics. In 1896, they swam 1200 metres. The 1000 metres was supposed to replace the 1200. In 1904, the 880 yard and 1 mile replaced the 1000 metres. The 800 metres was used every year after that. The 1500 metres would not be used until 2020.

John Arthur Jarvis was most famous distance swimmer of the time. He was the favorite swimmer in the race.

Competition

There was a semifinals and a final. There were 4 semifinals. Each semifinal had 4 swimmers. The fastest swimmer in each semifinal went to the final. The fastest 6 times also went to the final. If you were the fastest swimmer in your semifinal, you would not be counted in the 6 fastest times. This meant that the final had 10 swimmers.

The races were in the Seine.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 11 August 1900	11:45	Semifinals
Monday, 12 August 1900	14:00	Final

Results

Semifinals

There were 4 semifinals. The semifinals were on 11 August.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	John Arthur Jarvis	Great Britain	14:28.6	Q, OR
2	Maurice Hochepied	France	17:13.2	q
3	Erik Eriksson	Sweden	17:41.2	q
4	Fumouze	France	18:00.0

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jules Verbecke	France	17:18.0	Q
2	Lué	France	24:15.0
3	Lapostolet	France	25:52.0
—	Souchu	France	DNF

Semifinal 3

Place	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Zoltán Halmay	Hungary	14:52.0	Q
2	Otto Wahle	Austria	15:27.0	q
3	Georges Leuillieux	France	17:09.6	q
4	Désiré Mérchez	France	18:17.2

Semifinal 4

Place	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Max Hainle	Germany	15:54.0	Q
2	Bill Burgess	Great Britain	16:54.0	q
3	Louis Martin	France	16:58.0	q
4	Texier	France	21:33.0

Final

The final was held on 12 August. Jarvis won easily. He was a minute faster than 2nd place.

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	John Arthur Jarvis	Great Britain	13:40.2	OR
	Otto Wahle	Austria	14:43.6
	Zoltán Halmay	Hungary	15:16.4
4	Max Hainle	Germany	15:22.6
5	Louis Martin	France	16:30.4
6	Georges Leuillieux	France	16:53.2
7	Maurice Hochepied	France	16:53.4
8	Jules Verbecke	France	17:13.8
9	Erik Eriksson	Sweden	17:50.0
—	Bill Burgess	Great Britain	DNF

Results summary

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Semifinals	Final	Notes
	John Arthur Jarvis	Great Britain	14:28.6	13:40.2	OR
	Otto Wahle	Austria	15:27.0	14:43.6
	Zoltán Halmay	Hungary	14:52.0	15:16.4
4	Max Hainle	Germany	15:54.0	15:22.6
5	Louis Martin	France	16:58.0	16:30.4
6	Georges Leuillieux	France	17:09.6	16:53.2
7	Maurice Hochepied	France	17:13.2	16:53.4
8	Jules Verbecke	France	17:18.0	17:13.8
9	Erik Eriksson	Sweden	17:41.2	17:50.0
10	Bill Burgess	Great Britain	16:54.0	DNF
11	Fumouze	France	18:00.0	Did not advance
12	Désiré Mérchez	France	18:17.2
13	Texier	France	21:33.0
14	Lué	France	24:15.0
15	Lapostolet	France	25:52.0
—	Souchu	France	DNF