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Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 1 mile freestyle

Men's 1 mile freestyle
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue Forest Park
Date September 6
Competitors 7 from 4 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Emil Rausch  Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Géza Kiss  Hungary
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Francis Gailey  United States
1908
(1500 m) →
1st, gold medalist(s) Emil Rausch  Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Géza Kiss  Hungary
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Francis Gailey  United States

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.


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