Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 yard backstroke
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| Men's 100 yard backstroke at the Games of the III Olympiad
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| Venue | Forest Park | ||||||||||||
| Date | September 6 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 6 from 2 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics  |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 yard | men | |||
| 100 yard | men | |||
| 220 yard | men | |||
| 440 yard | men | |||
| 880 yard | men | |||
| 1 mile | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 yard | men | |||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 440 yard | men | |||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×50 yard | men | |||
The men's 100 yard backstroke 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 yards rather than metres were used.
6 swimmers from 2 nations competed.
Results
Final
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 Walter Brack (GER) |
1:16.8 |
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Georg Hoffmann (GER) |
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Georg Zacharias (GER) |
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| 4. |  Bill Orthwein (USA) |
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| 5-6 | David Hammond (USA) |
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| Edwin Swatek (USA) |
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