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

Men's 440 yard breaststroke
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Men's 440 yard breaststroke; at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Forest Park
Date	September 7
Competitors	4 from 2 nations
Medalists
	1912 ; (400 m) →

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 edit

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time
	Georg Zacharias	Germany	7:23.6
	Walter Brack	Germany	Unknown
	Jam Handy	United States	Unknown
4	Georg Hoffmann	Germany	Unknown

References edit

^ "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 440 Yard Breaststroke". 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.

[SportsRef-1] "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 440 Yard Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

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