Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 1 mile freestyle

Men's 1 mile freestyle
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue Forest Park
Date September 6
Competitors 7 from 4 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Emil Rausch  Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Géza Kiss  Hungary
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Francis Gailey  United States

The men's 1 mile freestyle 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 the mile was used; later incarnations of the event used 1500 metres as the distance.

7 swimmers from 4 nations competed.

Results

Final

Final
 Emil Rausch (GER)27:18.2
 Géza Kiss (HUN)28:28.2
 Francis Gailey (USA)28:54.0
4. Otto Wahle (AUT)
— Edgar Adams (USA)Did not finish
 Louis Handley (USA)Did not finish
 John Meyers (USA)Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's One Mile Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

Sources

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