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.
Men's 100 yard backstroke at the Games of the III Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Forest Park | ||||||||||||
Date | September 6 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 6 from 2 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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6 swimmers from 2 nations competed.
Results
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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
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 100 Yard Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
Sources
edit- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 December 2006.