Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 yard backstroke
| Men's 100 yard backstroke at the Games of the III Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Forest Park | |||||||||
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| Date | September 6 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 6 from 2 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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
| 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) | ||
Sources
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 December 2006.
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