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

Men's 200 metre obstacle course at the Games of the II Olympiad
Frederick Lane, after winning the gold medal
Venue	River Seine
Dates	August 11 (semifinals) August 12 (final)
Competitors	12 from 5 nations
Medalists
Frederick Lane  Australia   Otto Wahle  Austria   Peter Kemp  Great Britain

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 obstacle event was an event in the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris. The 1900 Games were the only occasion such an event was held. It was held on 11 August and 12 August 1900. Twelve swimmers from five nations competed.

There were three obstacles throughout the 200 metre course. Swimmers had to climb over the first two (a pole and a row of boats), and swim under the third (another row of boats).^[1]

Results

Semifinals

The two fastest swimmers in each heat as well as the four fastest losers from across the three heats advanced. This meant that 10 of the 12 swimmers moved on to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Frederick Lane (AUS)	3:04.0
2	Karl Ruberl (AUT)	3:06.0
3	F. Stapleton (GBR)	3:18.4
4	Louis Marc (FRA)	3:29.2

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Otto Wahle (AUT)	2:56.1
2	William Henry (GBR)	3:14.4
3	Verbecke (FRA)	3:18.0
4	Victor Hochepied (FRA)	3:37.2

Semifinal 3

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Peter Kemp (GBR)	3:12.1
2	Maurice Hochepied (FRA)	3:16.2
3	Bertrand (FRA)	3:28.2
4	Fred Hendschel (USA)	3:45.2

Final

The final was held on 12 August.

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Frederick Lane (AUS)	2:38.4
2	Otto Wahle (AUT)	2:40.0
3	Peter Kemp (GBR)	2:47.4
4	Karl Ruberl (AUT)	2:51.2
5	F. Stapleton (GBR)	2:55.0
6	William Henry (GBR)	2:58.0
7	Maurice Hochepied (FRA)	2:58.0
8	Verbecke (FRA)	3:08.4
9	Bertrand (FRA)	3:17.0
10	Louis Marc (FRA)	3:30.6

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