Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 yard freestyle
| Men's 50 yard freestyle at the Games of the III Olympiad
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| Venue | Forest Park | ||||||||||||
| Date | September 6 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 2 nations | ||||||||||||
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Zoltán Halmay |
 Hungary
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Scott Leary |
 United States
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Charles Daniels |
United States
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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. 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.
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.
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