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
Venue	Forest Park
Date	September 6
Competitors	6 from 2 nations
Medalists
Walter Brack  Germany Georg Hoffmann  Germany Georg Zacharias  Germany
1908 (100 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 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

Final
	Walter Brack (GER)	1:16.8
	Georg Hoffmann (GER)
	Georg Zacharias (GER)
4.	Bill Orthwein (USA)
5-6	David Hammond (USA)
	Edwin Swatek (USA)

References

1. ^ "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 100 Yard Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

Sources

• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 December 2006.