The men's 400 metre breaststroke

Breaststroke

The breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on his or her chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to its stability and the ability to keep the head out of the water a large portion of the time. In most swimming classes, beginners learn...

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Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, ten swimming events were contested. The women's 300 metre freestyle event was new since the previous Games in 1912. The competitions were held from Sunday August 22, 1920 to Sunday August 29, 1920...

 programme. It was the third appearance of the event.

A total of 20 swimmers from ten nations competed in the event, which was held from Sunday, August 22 to Wednesday, August 25, 1920.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	6:14.4	Percy Courtman Percy Courtman Percy Courtman was an English breaststroke swimmer from Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics....	?	1912
Olympic Record	6:29.6	Walter Bathe Walter Bathe Walter Bathe was a German breaststroke swimmer, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Bathe was born in Probsthain, Silesia. He won two gold medals in 200 metre breaststroke as well as in 400 metre breaststroke.-External links:**...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 12, 1912

Quarterfinals

The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		6:46.2	Q
2		7:12.2	Q
3		7:12.8	q
4
—		DNF

Heat 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		6:49.0	Q
2		6:50.0	Q
3		7:20.0
4
—		DNF

Heat 3

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		6:57.0	Q
2		7:14.0	Q
3		7:28.0
4
5

Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		7:12.0	Q
2		7:12.4	Q
3		7:13.0
4
5

Semifinals

The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		6:44.8	Q
2		7:05.6	Q
3		7:13.2
4

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1		6:45.0	Q
		6:45.0	Q
3		6:51.4	q
4		6:59.0
5

Final

Place	Swimmer	Time
1		6:31.8
2		6:45.2
3		6:48.0
4		6:51.0
5