Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 440 yard breaststroke explained

Event:Men's 440 yard breaststroke
Games:1904 Summer
Venue:Forest Park
Date:September 7
Competitors:4
Nations:2
Gold:Georg Zacharias
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Walter Brack
Silvernoc:GER
Bronze:Jam Handy
Bronzenoc:USA
Next:1912
(400 m)

The men's 440 yard breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the first time any breaststroke event was held at the Olympics. Two later editions of the swimming programme used the 400 metre breaststroke, but the shorter 200 and 100 metre races became more common.

4 swimmers from 2 nations competed.

Results

Rank Swimmer Nation Time
7:23.6
Unknown
Unknown
4 Unknown

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 440 Yard Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165524/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/SWI/mens-440-yard-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 27 August 2016 . Sports Reference.