Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 yard backstroke

Men's 100 yard backstroke
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue Forest Park
Date September 6
Competitors 6 from 2 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Walter Brack  Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Georg Hoffmann  Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Georg Zacharias  Germany

The men's 100 yard backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the first time the event was held at such a distance at the Olympics and the only time yards rather than metres were used.

6 swimmers from 2 nations competed.

Results

Final

Final
 Walter Brack (GER)1:16.8
 Georg Hoffmann (GER)
 Georg Zacharias (GER)
4. Bill Orthwein (USA)
5-6 David Hammond (USA)
 Edwin Swatek (USA)

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 100 Yard Backstroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

Sources

  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 December 2006.
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