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Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre breaststroke

Men's 400 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates August 22–25
Competitors 20 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Håkan Malmrot  Sweden
2nd, silver medalist(s) Thor Henning  Sweden
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Arvo Aaltonen  Finland
← 1912
1st, gold medalist(s) Håkan Malmrot  Sweden
2nd, silver medalist(s) Thor Henning  Sweden
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Arvo Aaltonen  Finland

The men's 400 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third and last appearance of the event.

A total of 20 swimmers from ten nations competed in the event, which was held from Sunday, August 22 to Wednesday, August 25, 1920.

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2


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