Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	River Seine
Dates	August 11 (semifinals) August 12 (final)
Competitors	26 from 10 nations
Medalists
Frederick Lane  Australia Zoltán Halmay  Hungary Karl Ruberl  Austria

Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
200 m		men
1000 m		men
4000 m		men
Backstroke
200 m		men
Other
200 m team		men
200 m obstacle		men
Underwater		men

The men's 200 metre freestyle was a sprint swimming event in the Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics program in Paris. It was the shortest of the three freestyle events. It was held on 11 August and 12 August 1900. 26 swimmers from 10 nations competed.

Results

Semifinals

In the first round, there were five semifinals. The winner of each semifinal advanced to the final, as did the five fastest losers from across all the semifinals. The semifinals were held on 11 August.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Otto Wahle (AUT)	2:35.6
2	Robert Crawshaw (GBR)	2:40.0
3	Julius Frey (GER)	2:50.4
4	Erik Eriksson (SWE)	3:05.8
5	Bussetti (ITA)	3:35.0

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Zoltán Halmay (HUN)	2:38.0
2	Peter Kemp (GBR)	2:51.0
3	Féret (FRA)	3:12.2
4	Victor Cadet (FRA)	3:24.0

Semifinal 3

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Frederick Lane (AUS)	2:59.0
2	Tartara (FRA)	3:13.0
3	Victor Hochepied (FRA)	3:46.6
4	Texier (FRA)	3:47.0
5	Peyrusson (FRA)	3:47.6
DNF	Pujol (FRA)	-

Semifinal 4

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Jules Clévenot (FRA)	3:05.0
2	Herman Alexander de By (NED)	3:10.4
3	Fred Hendschel (USA)	3:42.0
4	R. Foregger (AUT)	4:32.0
5	Léauté (FRA)	4:39.4

Semifinal 5

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Karl Ruberl (AUT)	2:22.6
2	F. Stapleton (GBR)	2:47.0
3	Louis Martin (FRA)	2:47.4
4	Maurice Hochepied (FRA)	2:48.0
5	Adam (FRA)	4:28.0
6	Ronaux (FRA)	4:36.4

Final

The final was held on 12 August. Wahle did not start in the final. Lane won easily, more than six seconds ahead of Halmay and Ruberl.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Frederick Lane (AUS)	2:25.2
2	Zoltán Halmay (HUN)	2:31.4
3	Karl Ruberl (AUT)	2:32.0
4	Robert Crawshaw (GBR)	2:45.6
5	Maurice Hochepied (FRA)	2:53.0
6	F. Stapleton (GBR)	2:55.0
7	Jules Clévenot (FRA)	2:56.2
8	Julius Frey (GER)	2:58.2
9	Louis Martin (FRA)	Unknown
—	Otto Wahle (AUT)	DNS