Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke


The men's 200 metre backstroke was an event on the Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics schedule in Paris. It was the first Olympic swimming event to not be a freestyle competition. It was held on 11 August and 12 August 1900. 16 swimmers from 6 nations competed.

Results

Semifinals

In the first round, there were three semifinals. The winner of each semifinal advanced to the final, as did the seven fastest losers from across all the semifinals. The semifinals were held on 11 August.

Semifinal 1

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
12:54.4
23:15.0
33:50.4
44:09.2
5Lapostolet4:34.6
6Fumouze5:17.0

Semifinal 2

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
13:09.2
2de Romand3:56.6
3Chevrand4:42.0

Semifinal 3

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
12:56.0
23:10.2
33:10.2
44:05.4
5Lué4:10.0
64:15.6
7Texier4:49.0

Final

The final was held on 12 August.
RankSwimmerNationTime
2:47.0
2:56.0
3:01.0
43:02.2
53:12.0
6de Romand3:38.0
73:45.0
83:56.4
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