| Men's 50 yard freestyle at the Games of the III Olympiad |
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| Venue | Forest Park | |||||||||
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| Date | September 6 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 2 nations | |||||||||
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| 1988 (50 m)» |
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| Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 yard | men | |||
| 100 yard | men | |||
| 220 yard | men | |||
| 440 yard | men | |||
| 880 yard | men | |||
| 1 mile | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 yard | men | |||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 440 yard | men | |||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×50 yard | men | |||
The men's 50 yard freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time the short-distance event was held at the Olympics, and the only time the distance of 50 yards was used. Subsequent editions of the programme would use a distance of 50 metres, though the short sprint would not reappear until the 1988 Summer Olympics.
9 swimmers from 2 nations competed.
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The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the final. The results of the non-advancing swimmers are unclear, but David Hammond, Edwin Swatek and William Orthwein are named by de Wael as possible competitors.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Zoltán Halmay (HUN) | 29.6 | QF |
| 2. | Leo Goodwin (USA) | QF | |
| 3. | Raymond Thorne (USA) | QF | |
| 4. | Unknown | ||
| 5. | Unknown | ||
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | Scott Leary (USA) | 28.2 | QF |
| 2. | Charles Daniels (USA) | QF | |
| 3. | David Gaul (USA) | QF | |
| 4. | Unknown | ||
| Final | ||
| Zoltán Halmay (HUN) | 28.2 28.0 |
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| Scott Leary (USA) | 28.2 28.6 |
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| Charles Daniels (USA) | ||
| 4. | David Gaul (USA) | |
| 5. | Leo Goodwin (USA) | |
| 6. | Raymond Thorne (USA) | |