Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 1 mile freestyle
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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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.
7 swimmers from 5 nations competed.
Results
Final
| Final | ||
 |  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
- ^ "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.
Olympic champions in men's 1500 m freestyle | |
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| 1 mile |
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| 1500 metres |
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| Intercalated Games | |
