Swimming At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, which along with the individual 100 metre freestyle marked the debut of women's Olympic swimming. Four teams entered the event: Australasia, whose swimmers finished first and second in the individual 100m freestyle, did not have any other women present to make a relay team, and a request for their swimmers to swim two legs each was rejected. Great Britain, with two of the individual finalists, won the gold. Germany took silver and Austria won bronze over the host Swedes Swedes ( sv, svenskar) are a North Germanic ethnic group native to the Nordic region, primarily their nation state of Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countr .... The competition was held on Monday July 15, 1912. Sixteen swimmers from four nations co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
Djurgårdsbrunnsviken is a bay in central Stockholm, Sweden, together with the canal Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen forming the northern shore line of the island Djurgården (or more correctly between Northern and Southern Djurgården). The bridge Djurgårdsbron stretches over the bay. ; Old names : ''Ladugårdsviken'' (17th-18th centuries), ''Surbrunnsviken'', ''Södra brunnsviken'' Historically known as a good fishing ground, Djurgårdsbrunnsviken, also known as the Bay of Sweden, is today popular for bathing in summer. The bay was used for the diving, swimming (including the part for the modern pentathlon event), water polo and rowing competitions during the 1912 Summer Olympics, and during the Swedish championship 1930. pp. 211-7, 22 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Swimming At The 1912 Summer Olympics
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 Women's events 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 * * * {{Swimming at the Summer Olympics 1912 Summer O ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Swimming At The 1912 Summer Olympics
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 Women's events 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 * * * {{Swimming at the Summer Olympics 1912 Summer O ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vera Thulin
Vera Julia Thulin (later ''Mirsky'', 7 June 1893 – 9 April 1974) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. She was eliminated in the first round of the 100 m event and finished fourth with the Swedish 4 × 100 m relay team. Her older sister Willy Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William or Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to: People Given name or nickname * Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and scree ... competed in diving at the same Olympics. References 1893 births 1974 deaths Swedish female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Uppsala Stockholms KK swimmers 20th-century Swedish women {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sonja Johnsson
Sonja Sofia Valfrida Johnsson (later ''Dymling'', 7 August 1895 – 18 June 1986) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. She was eliminated in the first round of the 100 m event and finished fourth with the Swedish 4 × 100 m team. Her nephew Stein competed for Norway in the discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ... at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. References 1895 births 1984 deaths Olympic swimmers of Sweden Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Stockholm Stockholms KK swimmers Swedish female freestyle swimmers 20th-century Swedish women {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Greta Johansson
Anna Teresa Margareta "Greta" Johansson (9 January 1895 – 28 January 1978) was a Swedish diver and swimmer, who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal in the 10 m platform and finished fourth with the Swedish 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team. Johansson learned to swim and dive in Stockholm's municipal baths. She attended them on free tickets given at her public school, as all Swedish children were then required to learn swimming and diving. She won the Swedish titles in 1910, in the breaststroke, and in 1911, in the 100 m freestyle and high diving. In 1913 she emigrated to the United States, where she first worked as a shop assistant. There she married the Swedish diver Ernst Brandsten who also competed at the 1912 Olympics. The couple trained divers at the Stanford University from 1915 to 1948 and operated the sports recreation Searsville Lake Park. They were both inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame: Brandsten as a diving coach in 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Greta Carlsson
Greta Carlsson (later ''Nygren'', July 7, 1898 – March 19, 1980) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 she was part of the Swedish team which finished fourth in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be .... In the solo 100 metre freestyle competition she was eliminated in the first round. References Sources * 1898 births 1980 deaths Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Eskilstuna Swedish female freestyle swimmers {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sweden At The 1912 Summer Olympics
Sweden was the host nation for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. 444 competitors, 421 men and 23 women, took part in 95 events in 16 sports. Medalists Athletics 106 or 107 athletes represented Sweden in the sport. Tage Brauer is listed in some sources as having competed and having cleared 1.60 metres in high jump, but other sources make clear he did not start. Aside from the 107 athletes listed above Hugo Ahrén, Janne Andersson, Lennart Andrén, Tage Brauer, Carl Frick, Folke Hellstedt, Georg Holmqvist, John Johansson, Erik Larsson, Seth Levin, Josef Lindblom, Filip Löwendahl, Helmer Måhl, Anton Nilsson, Torwald Norling, David Nygren, Carl Silfverstrand, Erik Simonsson, Erik Svensson, Knut Thelning and Tor Österlund were also registered to participate in one or several athletic events, but did not do so. Cycling Road cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Football ;Summary Round of 16 Gymnastics Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Austria At The 1912 Summer Olympics
Austria competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time. 85 competitors, 76 men and 6 women, took part in 46 events in 12 sports. Medalists Aquatics Swimming Eight swimmers competed for Austria at the 1912 Games. It was the fifth time the nation had competed in swimming, a sport in which Austria had competed at each Olympic Games. The team finished with a bronze medal, won in the women's relay event, for the third straight time that the Austrian swimming team had won precisely one bronze medal. None of the Austrian swimmers advanced to the finals in their individual events; only two reached the semifinals. The women's relay team was one of four to compete. A single race was held, in which the Austrian women came in third behind Great Britain and Germany but before the host Sweden. ; Men ; Women Water polo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Germany At The 1912 Summer Olympics
Germany competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 185 competitors, 180 men and 5 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports. Due to the political fallout from World War I, this was that country's last appearance until 1928. Medalists Gold * Paul Günther — Diving, Men's 3m Springboard * Albert Arnheiter, Hermann Wilker, Otto Fickeisen, Rudolf Fickeisen and Karl Leister — Rowing, Men's coxed fours * Walter Bathe — Swimming, Men's 200m breaststroke * Walter Bathe — Swimming, Men's 400m breaststroke * Dorothea Köring and Heinrich Schomburgk — Tennis, Mixed doubles outdoor Silver * Hanns Braun — Athletics, Men's 400m * Hans Liesche — Athletics, Men's high jump * Albert Zürner — Diving, Men's 10m Platform * Hans Luber — Diving, Men's 3m Springboard * Friedrich von Rochow — Equestrian, Individual eventing * Friedrich von Rochow, Richard Graf von Schaesberg-Tannheim, Eduard von Lütcken and Carl vo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Great Britain At The 1912 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 274 competitors, 264 men and 10 women, took part in 79 events in 16 sports. British athletes won ten gold medals and 41 medals overall, finishing third. Medallists Aquatics Diving Three divers, including one woman, represented Great Britain. The inclusion of Isabelle White on the British team made Great Britain one of three nations (along with Austria and host Sweden to send a woman to the first Olympic diving competition open to women. It was Great Britain's second appearance in diving. White was the only diver to win a medal for the nation, giving Great Britain its first diving medal. Each of the men advanced to the final in one event, but were unable to finish in the top three. Rankings given are within the diver's heat. Swimming 18 swimmers, including six women, competed for Great Britain at the 1912 Games. It was the third time the na ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Australasia At The 1912 Summer Olympics
Australasia was the name of a combined team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, consisting of 26 athletes from Australia and New Zealand. The combined team had also competed at the 1908 Games, but Australia and New Zealand would send separate teams to the next Games in 1920. There were three New Zealanders in the 1912 team; Malcolm Champion, Anthony Wilding and George Hill. Wilding won a bronze medal in the men's indoor tennis singles, and Champion won a gold medal as part of the swimming relay team. Medallists Results by sport Athletics Five athletes competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games. Rowing Ten athletes competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games. It was a match racing format. Swimming Nine athletes competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games. The team finished with six medals, two of each color, as well as one world record and an additional Olympic record at the end of the Games. Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, the two women who swam for Aus ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |