Men 400m Freestyle Swimming VII Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp, Belgium - Saturday, 28th August - Gold Medal: Norman Ross, United States 
Venue: Stade Nautique d'Antwerp (Zwemstadion van Antwerpen). 
Final 17:00 time gap Q. 1. Norman Ross   United States5:26.8   11.4. 2. Ludy Langer   United States5:29.0 +3.2s 3. 2. 3. George Vernot   Canada5:29.6 +3.8s 1. 1. 4. Fred Kahele   United States    2. 5. -. Frank Beaurepaire   AustraliaDNF   4. 3. 
 
 
      
 
 Beaurepaire went out too quickly and eventually was forced to retire. Ross then won easily. The Olympic record of 5:24.4, set by George Hodgson (CAN), who won in 1912 at Stockholm, survived the 1920 Olympics. Hodgson competed in Antwerp, finishing fourth in the second semi-final.
 Semi-Finals  - Friday, 27th August 16:40 First 2 and Best 3rd time (Frank Beaurepaire, Australia) advanced to Final. 
Semi 1 time gap   Rk. 1. Norman Ross   United States5:33.8   Q 4. 2. Fred Kahele   United States5:35.8 +2.0s Q 5. 3. Bill Harris   United States5:36.0 +2.2s   6. 4. Henry Taylor   Great Britain        -. Kenkichi Saito   JapanDNF       
 
 
Semi 2 time gap   Rk. 1. George Vernot   Canada5:27.8   Q 1. 2. Ludy Langer   United States5:29.2 +1.4s Q 2. 3. Frank Beaurepaire   Australia5:32.8 +5.0s q 3. 4. George Hodgson   Canada        5. Harold Annison   Great Britain        -. Keith Kirkland   AustraliaDNF       
 
 Heats  - Thursday, 26th August 15:30 (15:50) First 2 from each Heat and Best 3rd time (Frank Beaurepaire, Australia) advanced to Semi-Finals . 
Heat 1 time gap   Rk. 1. Norman Ross   United States6:16.2   Q 11. 2. Kenkichi Saito   Japan6:16.8 +0.6s Q 12. 
 
 
Heat 2 time gap   Rk. 1. Harold Annison   Great Britain5:58.0   Q 8. 2. Keith Kirkland   Australia6:12.2 +14.2s Q 10. 3. Paul Vasseur   France6:30.4 +32.4s   13. 4. Alfred Steen   Norway6:30.6 +32.6s   14. 5. René Ricolfi-Doria   Switzerland        
 
Heat 3 time gap   Rk. 1. Bill Harris   United States5:57.8   Q 7. 2. Henry Taylor   Great Britain6:01.2 +3.4s Q 9. 3. Masaren Uchida   Japan6:40.0 +42.2s   15. 4. Alois Hrašek   Czechoslovakia        
 
 
Heat 4 time gap   Rk. 1. George Vernot   Canada5:32.6   Q 1. 2. Fred Kahele   United States5:37.4 +4.8s Q 2. 3. Frank Beaurepaire   Australia5:42.0 +9.4s q 4. 4. Arne Borg   Sweden        5. Percy Peter   Great Britain        6. Gilio Bisagno   Italy        
 
Heat 5 time gap   Rk. 1. Ludy Langer   United States5:41.4   Q 3. 2. George Hodgson   Canada5:49.8 +8.4s Q 5. 3. John Hatfield   Great Britain5:50.6 +9.2s   6. 4. Harry Hay   Australia        5. Antonio Quarantotto   Italy        
 
 
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