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Swimming At The 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 Metre Freestyle Relay
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event. A total of 29 swimmers, representing seven teams from seven nations, competed in the event, which was held from Wednesday, August 25 to Sunday, August 29, 1920. Keith Kirkland was replaced by Frank Beaurepaire on the Australian squad between the semifinals and finals. ThInternational Olympic Committee medal databasedoes not show Keith Kirkland as silver medalist for Australia. Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics. Note: The team competed as Australasia at the 1912 Games. In the final the United States set a new world record with 10:04.4 minutes. Results Semifinals Wednesday, August 25, 1920: The top two from each heat and the fastest of third place teams advanced. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final Sunday, August 29, 1920: The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Nautique D'Antwerp
Stade Nautique d'Antwerp (Dutch:''Zwemstadion van Antwerpen'') was an Aquatic sports, aquatics venue located in Antwerp, Belgium. For the 1920 Summer Olympics, it hosted the Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics, diving, Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics, swimming, and Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics, water polo. This was the first structure devoted to the Aquatic sports, aquatics events for the Summer Olympics. During the swimming events, the water was described as cold and very dark, so much so that the swimmers had to be warmed up after every event. Diving events were held in the middle of the pool, with the divers themselves describing the water as cold and dark. ReferencesSports-reference.com profile of Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |