Men's 1 mile freestyle
at the Games of the III Olympiad
VenueForest Park
DateSeptember 6
Competitors7 from 5 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emil Rausch  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Géza Kiss  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Francis Gailey  Australia

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emil Rausch (GER)27:18.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Géza Kiss (HUN)28:28.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ↑ "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.

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