Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Swimming
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Swimming; at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Piscine des Tourelles
Dates	13–20 July 1924
No. of events	11
Competitors	169 from 23 nations
	← 1920 1928 →

At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.^[1] The competitions were held from Sunday July 13, 1924, to Sunday July 20, 1924.

There were 169 participants from 23 countries competing. The United States team, coached by Bill Bachrach, won 19 of the 33 medals, and 9 of the 11 gold medals.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	9	5	5	19
2	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	1	4
3	Australia (AUS)	1	1	2	4
4	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	2	4
5	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Johnny Weissmuller United States	Duke Kahanamoku United States	Samuel Kahanamoku United States
400 m freestyle details	Johnny Weissmuller United States	Arne Borg Sweden	Boy Charlton Australia
1500 m freestyle details	Boy Charlton Australia	Arne Borg Sweden	Frank Beaurepaire Australia
100 m backstroke details	Warren Kealoha United States	Paul Wyatt United States	Károly Bartha Hungary
200 m breaststroke details	Bob Skelton United States	Joseph De Combe Belgium	Bill Kirschbaum United States
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Ralph Breyer Harry Glancy Dick Howell Wally O'Connor Johnny Weissmuller	Australia (AUS) Frank Beaurepaire Boy Charlton Moss Christie Ernest Henry Ivan Stedman	Sweden (SWE) Åke Borg Arne Borg Thor Henning Gösta Persson Orvar Trolle Georg Werner

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Ethel Lackie United States	Mariechen Wehselau United States	Gertrude Ederle United States
400 m freestyle details	Martha Norelius United States	Helen Wainwright United States	Gertrude Ederle United States
100 m backstroke details	Sybil Bauer United States	Phyllis Harding Great Britain	Aileen Riggin United States
200 m breaststroke details	Lucy Morton Great Britain	Agnes Geraghty United States	Gladys Carson Great Britain
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Euphrasia Donnelly Gertrude Ederle Ethel Lackie Mariechen Wehselau	Great Britain (GBR) Florence Barker Constance Jeans Grace McKenzie Iris Tanner	Sweden (SWE) Aina Berg Gurli Ewerlund Wivan Pettersson Hjördis Töpel