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.
Men's 1 mile freestyle at the Games of the III Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Forest Park | ||||||||||||
Date | September 6 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 7 from 5 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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7 swimmers from 5 nations competed.
Results
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Emil Rausch (GER) | 27:18.2 | |
Géza Kiss (HUN) | 28:28.2 | |
Francis Gailey (AUS) | 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
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's One Mile Freestyle". 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.