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.
| Men's 440 yard freestyle at the Games of the III Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Forest Park | ||||||||||||
| Date | September 7 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 4 from 3 nations | ||||||||||||
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4 swimmers from 3 nations competed.
Results
editFinal
edit| Final | ||
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 Charles Daniels (USA) |
6:16.2 |
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 Francis Gailey (AUS) |
6:22.0 |
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 Otto Wahle (AUT) |
6:39.0 |
| 4. | Leo Goodwin (USA) |
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References
edit- ^ "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.
Sources
edit- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 December 2006.