| 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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1908 (1500 m) → | |||||||||||||
| Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics | |
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| Freestyle | |
| 50 yard | men |
| 100 yard | men |
| 220 yard | men |
| 440 yard | men |
| 880 yard | men |
| 1 mile | men |
| Backstroke | |
| 100 yard | men |
| Breaststroke | |
| 440 yard | men |
| Freestyle relay | |
| 4 × 50 yard | men |
The men's 1 mile freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. 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.
7 swimmers from 5 nations competed.
Results※
Final※
| 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※
- ^ "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※
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 December 2006.
| 1 mile |
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| 1500 metres |
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| Intercalated Games |
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