The men's 100 yard freestyle was a swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested, all for men. The 1904 swimming competition was the only time in Olympic history that racing distances were measured in yards. The competition was held September 4–6, 1904. There was a total of 32 participants from 5 countries...

 programme. It was the second time the event was held at the Olympics, though the only time yards were used instead of metres.

9 swimmers from 2 nations competed.

Heats

The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the final. The results of the non-advancing swimmers are unclear, but Raymond Thorne

Raymond Thorne

Raymond Comstock Thorne was an American freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics....

, Edwin Swatek

Edwin Swatek

Edwin Paul Swatek was an American backstroke swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in Illinois and died in Ventura, California....

 and William Orthwein

William Orthwein

William Robert Orthwein was an American freestyle, backstroke swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics....

are named by de Wael as possible competitors.

Heat 1
1.		1:06.2	QF
2.			QF
3.			QF
4.	Unknown
5.	Unknown
Heat 2
1.		1:07.4	QF
2.			QF
3.			QF
4.	Unknown

Final

Final
		1:02.8
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