Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 440 yard freestyle
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's 440 yard freestyle
|games = 1904 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Forest Park
|date = September 7
|competitors = 4
|nations = 3
|longnames =
|gold = Charles Daniels
|goldNOC = USA
|silver = Francis Gailey
|silverNOC = AUS
|bronze = Otto Wahle
|bronzeNOC = AUT
|prev =
|next = 1908
(400 m)
}}
{{SwimmingAt1904SummerOlympics}}
The men's 440 yard freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/SWI/mens-440-yard-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165756/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/SWI/mens-440-yard-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 440 yard Freestyle |accessdate=27 August 2016 |work=Sports Reference}} 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=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" | ||
| colspan=3|Final | ||
| width=30|{{gold01}} | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Charles Daniels|USA|1904 Summer}} | width=60| 6:16.2 |
| {{silver02}} | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Francis Gailey|AUS|1904 Summer}} | 6:22.0 |
| {{bronze03}} | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Otto Wahle|AUT|1904 Summer}} | 6:39.0 |
| 4. | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Leo Goodwin|USA|1904 Summer}} |
References
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Sources
- {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 19 December 2006|language=pl}}
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