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

Men's 100 yard freestyle at the Games of the III Olympiad
Start of 100 yards final
Venue	Forest Park
Date	September 5
Competitors	9 from 2 nations
Medalists
Zoltán Halmay  Hungary Charles Daniels  United States Scott Leary  United States

Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 yard	men
100 yard	men
220 yard	men
440 yard	men
880 yard	men
1 mile	men
Backstroke
100 yard	men
Breaststroke
440 yard	men
Freestyle relay
4×50 yard	men

The men's 100 yard freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] It was the second time the event was held at the Olympics, though the only time yards were used instead of metres.

9 swimmers from 2 nations competed.

Results

Heats

The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the final. The results of the non-advancing swimmers are unclear, but Raymond Thorne, Edwin Swatek and Bill Orthwein are named by de Wael as possible competitors.

Heat 1
1.	Zoltán Halmay (HUN)	1:06.2	QF
2.	Scott Leary (USA)		QF
3.	David Hammond (USA)		QF
4.	Unknown
5.	Unknown
Heat 2
1.	Charles Daniels (USA)	1:07.4	QF
2.	David Gaul (USA)		QF
3.	Leo Goodwin (USA)		QF
4.	Unknown

Final

Final
	Zoltán Halmay (HUN)	1:02.8
	Charles Daniels (USA)
	Scott Leary (USA)
4.	David Gaul (USA)
5.	David Hammond (USA)
6.	Leo Goodwin (USA)

Sources

• De Wael, Herman (2000). "Herman's Full Olympians". Retrieved 19 December 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 December 2006.