Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's underwater swimming

The men's underwater swimming was an event in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was on 12 August. It was in the Seine river. There were 14 swimmers. These swimmers were from 4 different nations. Charles Devendeville of France won the event. André Six of France was in 2nd. Peder Lykkeberg of Denmark was in 3rd place. He was the best underwater swimmer. However, he swam in circles. The distance was measured in a straight line.

Background

The 1900 games was the only underwater swimming event. I t was not watched enough to be used in other Olympic games.

Competition

You were given 1 point for swimming for a second. You were given 2 points for swimming 1 metre underwater.  The distance was counted in a straight line.

Schedule

 Date Time Round Monday, 12 August 1900  9:00  Final

Results

 Rank  Swimmer  Nation  Seconds  Metres  Score       68.4  60.00  188.4       65.4  60.00  185.4       90.0  28.50  147.0 4  de Romand    50.2  47.50  145.2 5  Léon Tisserand    48.0  30.75  109.5 6      30.0  36.95  103.9 7  Menault    38.4  32.50  103.4 8      32.0  34.00  100.0 9      29.6  31.00  91.6 10  Paul Kaisermann    56.8  16.10  89.0 11  Jean Leclerq    28.0  30.00  88.0 12  Chevrand    32.0  20.00  72.0 13      22.4  23.50  69.4 14  Eucher    23.0  21.50  66.0

References

 Other websites 
 1900 Summer Olympics swimming events results

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