At the 1912 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. Swimming events were held in a 100 m course built in Stockholm harbor. For the first time, women's events were part of the Olympic swimming program. The competitions were held from Saturday July 6, 1912, to Friday July 12, 1912. There was a total of 120 participants from 17 countries competing.
Medal table
Medal summary
Men's events 100 m freestyle 400 m freestyle 1500 m freestyle 100 m backstroke 200 m breaststroke 400 m breaststroke 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Cecil HealyMalcolm ChampionLeslie BoardmanHarold Hardwick Ken HuszaghHarry HebnerPerry McGillivrayDuke Kahanamoku William FosterThomas BattersbyJohn HatfieldHenry Taylor
Women's events 100 m freestyle 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Belle MooreJennie FletcherAnnie SpeirsIrene Steer Wally DresselLouise OttoHermine StindtGrete Rosenberg Margarete AdlerKlara MilchJosephine StickerBerta Zahourek
Participating nations A total of 120 swimmers (93 men and 27 women) from 17 nations (men from 17 nations - women from 8 nations) competed at the Stockholm Games:
(men:7 women:2) (men:3 women:5) (men:4 women:1) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:4 women:2) (men:3 women:0) (men:13 women:4) (men:12 women:6) (men:1 women:0) (men:8 women:0) (men:2 women:0) (men:4 women:1) (men:4 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:18 women:6) (men:7 women:0)
References
Philipps, Wolfgang: „There was a hard struggle between Miss Fletcher and Fräulein Rosenberg“. Ein Beitrag zur niedersächsischen Schwimmsport-Geschichte (in German). In: Jahrbuch des Niedersächsischen Instituts für Sportgeschichte, Bd. 20-21 (2017-2018), pp. 183–209