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

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Men's 440 yard breaststroke
at the Games of the III Olympiad
VenueForest Park
DateSeptember 7
Competitors4 from 2 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Georg Zacharias  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Walter Brack  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jam Handy  United States
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

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Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Georg Zacharias  Germany 7:23.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Walter Brack  Germany Unknown
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jam Handy  United States Unknown
4 Georg Hoffmann  Germany Unknown

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 440 Yard Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

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