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Host City: Stockholm, Sweden
Venue(s): Swimming Stadium, Djurgården Bay, Stockholm
Date Started: July 13, 1912
Date Finished: July 13, 1912
Format: Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the final.
| Gold: | George Hodgson |
| Silver: | Jack Hatfield |
| Bronze: | Harold Hardwick |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Hodgson | 18 | Canada | CAN | 5:25.4 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Jack Hatfield | 18 | Great Britain | GBR | 5:25.6 | QU |
| 3 | Willie Foster | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 5:49.0 | |
| 4 | Nicholas Nerich | 18 | United States | USA | 5:51.0 | |
| 5 | Sydney Battersby | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 5:51.2 | |
| 6 | John Johnsen | 20 | Norway | NOR |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harold Hardwick | 23 | Australasia | ANZ | 5:31.0 | QU |
| 2 | Béla von Las-Torres | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 5:34.8 | QU |
| 3 | Cecil Healy | 30 | Australasia | ANZ | 5:37.8 | QC |
| 4 | Malcolm Champion | 28 | Australasia | ANZ | 5:38.0 | |
| 5 | Henry Taylor | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 5:48.2 |