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

Men's 440 yard freestyle
at the Games of the III Olympiad
VenueForest Park
DateSeptember 7
Competitors4 from 3 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Daniels  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Francis Gailey  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Otto Wahle  Austria
1908
(400 m) →
Swimming at the
1904 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
50 yardmen
100 yardmen
220 yardmen
440 yardmen
880 yardmen
1 milemen
Backstroke
100 yardmen
Breaststroke
440 yardmen
Freestyle relay
4 × 50 yardmen

The men's 440 yard 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 the Olympics, and the only time yards were used instead of metres. The length of 440 yards (402.336 metres) was slightly longer than the 400 metres that would be used in every subsequent edition of the swimming programme.

4 swimmers from 3 nations competed.

Results

Final

Final
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Charles Daniels (USA) 6:16.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Francis Gailey (AUS) 6:22.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Otto Wahle (AUT) 6:39.0
4.  Leo Goodwin (USA)

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 440 yard Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

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