Men's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 7–9 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
200 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | |
The men's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Tuesday to Thursday, 7 to 9 August 1928.
Nineteen swimmers from twelve nations competed.
Records
[edit]These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 1:09.0 | ![]() |
Detroit (U.S.) | 23 June 1928 |
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Olympic Record | 1:13.2 | ![]() |
Paris (FRA) | 18 July 1924 |
In the first heat George Kojac set a new Olympic record with 1:09.2 minutes. In the final he set a new world record with 1:08.2 minutes.
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Tuesday 7 August 1928: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced. As there was a tie for second place in the fifth heat both swimmers advanced instead of a third placed.
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | George Kojac | ![]() |
1:09.2 | Q, OR |
2 | Toshio Irie | ![]() |
1:13.4 | Q |
3 | Albert Schumberg | ![]() |
1:16.6 | |
4 | Roland Johansson | ![]() |
1:17.4 |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Walter Laufer | ![]() |
1:12.8 | Q |
2 | John Besford | ![]() |
1:15.0 | Q |
3 | Aladár Bitskey | ![]() |
1:15.6 | |
4 | Johann Schulz | ![]() |
1:17.2 |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Tom Boast | ![]() |
1:17.0 | Q |
2 | Gérard Blitz | ![]() |
1:18.8 | Q |
3 | Len Moorhouse | ![]() |
1:20.4 |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ernst Küppers | ![]() |
1:14.0 | Q |
2 | Willie Francis | ![]() |
1:16.4 | Q |
3 | Émile Zeibig | ![]() |
1:20.0 | |
4 | Eugène Kuborn | ![]() |
Unknown |
Heat 5
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Paul Wyatt | ![]() |
1:14.0 | Q |
2 | Eskil Lundahl | ![]() |
1:14.4 | Q |
Munroe Bourne | ![]() |
1:14.4 | ||
4 | Shourai Kimura | ![]() |
Unknown |
Semifinals
[edit]Wednesday 8 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced.
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | George Kojac | ![]() |
1:10.0 | Q |
2 | Toshio Irie | ![]() |
1:14.0 | Q |
3 | John Besford | ![]() |
1:14.8 | Q |
4 | Munroe Bourne | ![]() |
Unknown | |
5 | Eskil Lundahl | ![]() |
Unknown | |
6 | Willie Francis | ![]() |
Unknown |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Walter Laufer | ![]() |
1:12.6 | Q |
2 | Paul Wyatt | ![]() |
1:14.2 | Q |
Ernst Küppers | ![]() |
1:14.2 | Q | |
4 | Tom Boast | ![]() |
Unknown | |
— | Gérard Blitz | ![]() |
DNS |
Final
[edit]Thursday 9 August 1928:
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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George Kojac | ![]() |
1:08.2 | WR |
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Walter Laufer | ![]() |
1:10.0 | |
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Paul Wyatt | ![]() |
1:12.0 | |
4 | Toshio Irie | ![]() |
1:13.6 | |
5 | Ernst Küppers | ![]() |
1:13.8 | |
6 | John Besford | ![]() |
1:15.4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 5 October 2008.