Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 yard freestyle

Men's 50 yard freestyle at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Forest Park
Date	September 6
Competitors	9 from 2 nations
Medalists
Zoltán Halmay  Hungary Scott Leary  United States Charles Daniels  United States
1988 (50 m) →

Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics
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
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The men's 50 yard freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] It was the first time the short-distance event was held at the Olympics, and the only time the distance of 50 yards was used. Subsequent editions of the programme would use a distance of 50 metres, though the short sprint would not reappear until the 1988 Summer Olympics.

9 swimmers from 2 nations competed.

Competition format[]

The competition consisted of two rounds: semifinals and a final. There were two semifinals, with the top 3 swimmers in each semifinal advancing to the final.

Results[]

Semifinals[]

The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the final. The results of the non-advancing swimmers are unclear, but David Hammond, Edwin Swatek and Bill Orthwein are named by de Wael as possible competitors.

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Zoltán Halmay	Hungary	29.6	Q
2	Leo Goodwin	United States	Unknown	Q
3	Raymond Thorne	United States	Unknown	Q
4	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
5	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Scott Leary	United States	28.2	Q
2	Charles Daniels	United States	Unknown	Q
3	David Gaul	United States	Unknown	Q
4	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Final[]

The final had to be run twice because the first race was too close to determine a winner.^[1]

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time
			First race	Second race
	Zoltán Halmay	Hungary	28.2	28.0
	Scott Leary	United States	28.2	28.6
	Charles Daniels	United States	Unknown	Unknown
4	David Gaul	United States	Unknown	Unknown
5	Leo Goodwin	United States	Unknown	Unknown
6	Raymond Thorne	United States	Unknown	Unknown

References[]

Sources[]

• De Wael, Herman (2000). "Herman's Full Olympians". Retrieved 19 December 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 December 2006.