Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 1 mile freestyle
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Quick Facts Men's 1 mile freestyle at the Games of the III Olympiad, Venue ...
Men's 1 mile freestyle at the Games of the III Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Forest Park | ||||||||||||
Date | September 6 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 7 from 5 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's 1 mile freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme.[1] 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 5 nations competed.