Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Date4–6 August
Competitors20 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martha Norelius  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marie Braun  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Josephine McKim  United States
← 1924
1932 →
Swimming at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen

The women's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the second appearance of the event, which was established in 1924 after 1920 a 300-metre event was held. The competition was held from Saturday to Monday, 4 to 6 August 1928.

Twenty swimmers from nine nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record 5:49.6 United States Martha Norelius New York City (USA) 30 June 1928
Olympic Record 6:02.2 United States Martha Norelius Paris (FRA) 15 July 1924

In the first heat Martha Norelius set a new world record with 5:45.4 minutes. In the final she bettered her own record to 5:42.8 minutes.

Results

Heats

Saturday 4 August 1928: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Martha Norelius  United States 5:45.4 Q, WR
2 Cissie Stewart  Great Britain 6:12.3 Q
3 Truus Baumeister  Netherlands 6:26.4
4 Marguerite Ledoux  France Unknown
5 Mary Bedford  South Africa Unknown
6 Dora Schönemann  Germany 6:37.0

Heat 2

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Ethel McGary  United States 6:04.6 Q
2 Iris Tanner  Great Britain 6:11.0 Q
3 Edna Davey  Australia 6:12.0
4 Charlotte Lehmann  Germany 6:28.0
5 Rhoda Rennie  South Africa Unknown
6 Georgina Roty  France Unknown

Heat 3

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Josephine McKim  United States 6:10.0 Q
2 Kathleen Miller  New Zealand 6:16.8 Q
3 Fritzi Löwy  Austria 6:20.0
4 Disa Lindberg  Finland Unknown

Heat 4

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Marie Braun  Netherlands 5:53.8 Q
2 Freddie van der Goes  South Africa 6:03.6 Q
3 Edith Mayne  Great Britain 6:10.4 q
4 Reni Erkens  Germany Unknown

Semifinals

Sunday 5 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Martha Norelius  United States 5:58.0 Q
2 Freddie van der Goes  South Africa 6:01.6 Q
3 Cissie Stewart  Great Britain 6:06.4 Q
4 Ethel McGary  United States Unknown
5 Kathleen Miller  New Zealand Unknown

Semifinal 2

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Marie Braun  Netherlands 5:54.6 Q
2 Josephine McKim  United States 5:55.0 Q
3 Iris Tanner  Great Britain 6:09.0 Q
4 Edith Mayne  Great Britain Unknown

Final

Monday 6 August 1928:

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martha Norelius  United States 5:42.8 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marie Braun  Netherlands 5:57.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Josephine McKim  United States 6:00.2
4 Cissie Stewart  Great Britain 6:07.0
5 Freddie van der Goes  South Africa 6:07.2
6 Iris Tanner  Great Britain 6:11.6

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

External links

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