100 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1938 European Aquatics Championships
Venue London GBR
Held 6 – 8 August 1938
Status Medal
Competitors 13
Countries 8

Heats and semi-finals held on 6 August 1938, final held on 8 August 1938.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Semi-Finals Classification Round Final
🥇 Kees Hoving NED 1:01.8
(1 h3)
1:01.0
(2 h1)
59.8
(1 F)
🥈 Freddie Dove GBR 1:00.8
(2 h2)
1:01.4
(3 h2)
1:00.6
(2 F)
🥉 István Körösi HUN 1:02.3
(3 h3)
1:01.2
(3 h1)
1:01.2
(3 F)
4 Hermann Heibel GER 1:01.4
(2 h1)
1:00.8
(1 h2)
1:01.8
(4 F)
5 Helmut Fischer GER 1:00.4
(1 h2)
1:00.4
(1 h1)
1:01.9
(5 F)
6 Ferenc Csík HUN 1:01.6
(4 h2)
1:01.0
(2 h2)
DNS
(6 F)
7 Artem Nakache FRA 1:01.4
(3 h2)
1:02.0
(4 h2)
1:01.8
(1 F)
8 Per-Olof Olsson SWE 1:02.0
(5 h2)
1:02.1
(2 F)
9 Olaf Tandberg NOR 1:02.3
(3 h1)
1:02.4
(5 h2)
1:02.2
(3 F)
10 Stans Scheffer NED 1:02.9
(4 h1)
1:02.6
(4 F)
11 Børge Bæth DEN
(DNS h3)
1:02.7
(5 F)
12 Björn Borg SWE 1:00.4
(1 h1)
1:02.2
(4 h1)
13 Norman Wainwright GBR 1:02.2
(2 h3)
1:02.8
(5 h1)
DNS Draško VilfanDNS YUG
(DNS h3)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Björn Borg SWE 1:00.4
2 Hermann Heibel GER 1:01.4
3 Olaf Tandberg NOR 1:02.3
4 Stans Scheffer NED 1:02.9

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Helmut Fischer GER 1:00.4
2 Freddie Dove GBR 1:00.8
3 Artem Nakache FRA 1:01.4
4 Ferenc Csík HUN 1:01.6
5 Per-Olof Olsson SWE 1:02.0

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kees Hoving NED 1:01.8
2 Norman Wainwright GBR 1:02.2
3 István Körösi HUN 1:02.3
DNS Børge BæthDNS DEN
DNS Draško VilfanDNS YUG

Semi-Finals

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Helmut Fischer GER 1:00.4
2 Kees Hoving NED 1:01.0
3 István Körösi HUN 1:01.2
4 Björn Borg SWE 1:02.2
5 Norman Wainwright GBR 1:02.8

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Hermann Heibel GER 1:00.8
2 Ferenc Csík HUN 1:01.0
3 Freddie Dove GBR 1:01.4
4 Artem Nakache FRA 1:02.0
5 Olaf Tandberg NOR 1:02.4

Classification Round

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Artem Nakache FRA 1:01.8
2 Per-Olof Olsson SWE 1:02.1
3 Olaf Tandberg NOR 1:02.2
4 Stans Scheffer NED 1:02.6
5 Børge Bæth DEN 1:02.7

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Kees Hoving NED 59.8
2 Freddie Dove GBR 1:00.6
3 István Körösi HUN 1:01.2
4 Hermann Heibel GER 1:01.8
5 Helmut Fischer GER 1:01.9
6 Ferenc Csík HUN DNS