Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 440 yard breaststroke

Men's 440 yard breaststroke
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue Forest Park
Date September 7
Competitors 4 from 2 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Georg Zacharias  Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Walter Brack  Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jam Handy  United States

The men's 440 yard breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the first time any breaststroke event was held at the Olympics. Two later editions of the swimming programme used the 400 metre breaststroke, but the shorter 200 and 100 metre races became more common.

4 swimmers from 2 nations competed.

Results

Final

Final
 Georg Zacharias (GER)7:23.6
 Walter Brack (GER)
 Jam Handy (USA)
4. Georg Hoffmann (GER)

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 440 Yard Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

Sources

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