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 edit
Final edit
| Final | ||
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 Emil Rausch (GER) |
27:18.2 |
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 Géza Kiss (HUN) |
28:28.2 |
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 Francis Gailey (AUS) |
28:54.0 |
| 4. |  Otto Wahle (AUT) |
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| — |  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.