Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 50 yard freestyle relay explained

Event:Men's 4 × 50 yard freestyle relay
Games:1904 Summer
Venue:Forest Park
Date:September 7
Competitors:16
Nations:1
Longnames:yes
Gold:
Charles Daniels, Leo Goodwin, Louis Handley, Joe Ruddy
Silver:
Hugo Goetz, David Hammond, Raymond Thorne, Bill Tuttle
Bronze:
Gwynne Evans, Bill Orthwein, Amedee Reyburn, Marquard Schwarz

The men's 4 × 50 yard freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the first time any relay event was held at the Olympics. It was the only time yards were used instead of metres, and the only time the 50 was used as a distance rather than the 100 or 200 metre legs that were common.

4 teams of 4 swimmers each competed.

Results

Final

Rank Nation Team Swimmers Time
2:04.6
Unknown
Unknown
4 Unknown

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 4 × 50 Yard Freestyle Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165647/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/SWI/mens-4-x-50-yard-freestyle-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 27 August 2016 . Sports Reference.