The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-09
SWIMMING is BIG
OLYMPIAD FEATURE.
Day and Night Events Through Eight
Days Planned With Water Polo
Matches at Night.

Antwerp, Aug S.-The complete
program of the swimming events of
the Seventh Olympiad to be held at
the big new swimming stadium now
under construction here. provides for
both day and night events running
through eight days. Water polo
matches are to conclude each days
program.
So many nations are expected to
send teams to compete, that the Olym-
pic committees have arranged that
the preliminaries in most of the events
shall be conducted in system Of
series, perhaps half of the swimmers
competing one day and the other half
later in the week.
The swimming program, which is
one of the few in which women can
compete, is expected to draw COM
petitors from most of the famous wo-
men swimmers of Sweden, Australia
and the United States.
For women there are the 100-meter
and 300-meter free swimming races,
two classes of diving events and a
400-meter relay.
The various events have been as
signed as follows:
Sunday, August 22-400- meter free
swimming race, preliminaries: dives.
and 10 meters, first and second SER
les: 400-meter side stroke: first round
series, one. two. three and four; 100
meter free swimming for women;
100-meter swimming on back, series,
one two, three and four; exhibition
of mass swimming; water polo.
Monday, August 23-5 and 10-meter
diving, first round, third and fourth
series; semi-finals 400<meter free
swimming; spring-board diving for
women, preliminaries: 400-meter side
stroke, first round, series. five, six
and seven: semi-finals 100-meter race
for women; 100-meter back swimming,
first round. series, five, six. seven: wa
ter polo.
Tuesday, August 24-Spring- board
diving for men. series, one, two three,
final 400 meter free swimming spring
board diving, men, series, four, five
and six; semi finals, 400-meter side
stroke; finals 100-meter race for wo-
men; semi finals, 100-meter swim
ming on back; Pentathlon, 300-meter
race; water polo.
Wednesday, August 25-Ordinary
diving for women, preliminaries. 1900
meter free swimming, first round, SER
les, one, two and three; finals, mems
ordinary diving; finals, 40o-meter
side stroke exhibition swimming,
women; 100-meter swimming on back,
finals; water polo.
Thursday, August 26-Pancy div
ing, men. first round, series, one, two
and three; 100-meter free swimming;l
preliminaries; 1,500-meter free SWIM
ming prefiminaries, series, four. five
and six; finals, women's spring board
diving, 200-meter side stroke first
round, series, one, two and three;
00-meter free swimming for women,
preliminaries; water polo.
Friday August 27-100-meter free
swimming, second round, (about four
series): semi finals, 1,500--meter race;
finals mems spring board diving; 200
meter side stroke preliminaries for
series four, five and six; finals 300
meters womens race; S00-meter re-
lay; water polo.
Saturday, August 2s-Fancy diving
for men, preliminaries for series four,
five and six; mi-finals, 1.-TWO series);
100-meter free swimming; finals. l.
.500-meter race; finals, women's ordi-
mary diving; semi finals, 200-meter side
stroke; water polo.
Sunday, August 29-Finals. 100me-
er free swimming; finals 400-meter re-
lay, for women; finals, fancy diving;
finals, 200-meter side stroke; demon
stration of water polo by Dutch wo-
men; finals, 6oo-meter relay; water
polo.