| Men's 1 mile freestyle at the Games of the III Olympiad |
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| Venue | Forest Park | |||||||||
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| Date | September 6 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 7 from 4 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 1908 (1500 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 1 mile freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. 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 4 nations competed.
| Final | ||
| Emil Rausch (GER) | 27:18.2 | |
| Géza Kiss (HUN) | 28:28.2 | |
| Francis Gailey (USA) | 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 | |