The men's 4000 metre freestyle was an event on the Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, seven swimming events were contested. Only men competed in the swimming competition. There was a total of 76 participants from 12 countries competing.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

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Paris

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. It was the longest of the three freestyle events. It was held on 15 August and 19 August 1900. 29 swimmers from 7 nations competed.

The 4000 metre freestyle event was held only once. It was the longest Olympic swimming event for over a century, until the 10 kilometre open water event was introduced at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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Semifinals

In the first round, there were three semifinals. The winner of each semifinal advanced to the final, as did the six fastest losers from across all the semifinals. The semifinals were held on 15 August.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time
1		1:01:48.4
2		1:15:04.8
3		1:22:29.6
4		1:26:25.6
5		1:38:31.8
6		1:50:36.4
7		2:02:27.0
—		DNF
		DNF

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time
1		1:11:33.4
2		1:17:55.4
3		1:22:58.4
4		1:31:02.8
5		1:37:10.4
6		1:46:40.4
—		DNF
		DNF
		DNF

Semifinal 3

Place	Swimmer	Time
1		1:25:16.6
2		1:28:32.6
3		1:35:03.2
4		1:40:16.8
—		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF

Final

The final was held on 19 August. Jarvis won easily, more than ten minutes ahead of Halmay.

Place	Athlete	Time
1		58:24.0
2		1:08:55.4
3		1:13:08.4
4		1:15:07.6
5		1:16:37.2
6		1:18:25.4
7		1:26:32.2
—		DNF
		DNF