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Swimming at the 1908 London Summer Games:

Men's 400 metres Freestyle Round One

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Host City: London, Great Britain
Location: White City Stadium
Date Started: July 13, 1908
Date Finished: July 14, 1908
Format: Winners of heats and fastest loser advanced to the semi-finals.

Gold:GBR Henry Taylor
Silver:AUZ Frank Beaurepaire
Bronze:AUT Otto Scheff

Round One Heat One

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Sydney Battersby 20 Great Britain GBR 5:48.8 QU/OR
2 Béla von Las-Torres 18 Hungary HUN 5:52.2 QC
3 Budd Goodwin 24 United States USA
4 Wille Andersson 17 Sweden SWE
AC Henri Decoin 18 France FRA DNF

Round One Heat Two

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Willie Foster 17 Great Britain GBR 5:54.8 QU
2 Robert Andersson 21 Sweden SWE 6:28.0

Round One Heat Three

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Theodore Tartakover Australasia AUZ 6:35.0 QU

Round One Heat Four

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Frank Beaurepaire 16 Australasia AUZ 5:49.2 QU
2 Sam Blatherwick 19 Great Britain GBR 6:16.8
3 Conrad Trubenbach 25 United States USA
AC Davide Baiardo 20 Italy ITA DNF

Round One Heat Five

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Paul Radmilovic 22 Great Britain GBR 6:10.0 QU
2 Aage Holm 18 Denmark DEN 8:08.8

Round One Heat Six

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T M
1 Henry Taylor 23 Great Britain GBR 5:42.2 QU/OR
2 Frank Springfield Australasia AUZ 5:57.4
3 Mario Massa 15 Italy ITA at 50 yards

Round One Heat Seven

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Otto Scheff 18 Austria AUT 5:51.0 QU
2 William Haynes Great Britain GBR 6:21.2
3 József Ónody 25 Hungary HUN
AC Friedrich Meuring 25 Netherlands NED
AC Hjalmar Saxtorph 25 Denmark DEN

Round One Heat Eight

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Imre Zachár 17 Hungary HUN 6:09.8 QU

Round One Heat Nine

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Henrik Hajós 21 Hungary HUN 6:19.8 QU
2 Arthur Sharp Great Britain GBR 7:00.4