Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle
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Men's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the II Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | River Seine | |||||||||
Dates | August 11 (semifinals) August 12 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 26 from 10 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:25.2 | |||||||||
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The men's 200 metre freestyle was a sprint swimming event in the Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics program in Paris. It was the shortest of the three freestyle events. It was held on 11 August and 12 August 1900. 26 swimmers from 10 nations competed.[1] The event was won by Frederick Lane of Australia, with Zoltán Halmay of Hungary earning silver and Karl Ruberl of Austria earning bronze.