Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 50 yard freestyle relay

Men's 4×50 yard freestyle relay at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Forest Park
Date	September 7
Competitors	16 from 1 nation
Medalists
United States (USA) Charles Daniels, Leo Goodwin, Louis Handley, Joe Ruddy  United States (USA) Hugo Goetz, David Hammond, Raymond Thorne, Bill Tuttle  United States (USA) Gwynne Evans, Bill Orthwein, Amedee Reyburn, Marquard Schwarz

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

The men's 4 x 50 yard freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time any relay event was held at the Olympics. It was the only time yards were used instead of metres, and the only time the 50 was used as a distance rather than the 100 or 200 metre legs that were common.

4 teams of 4 swimmers each, all from the United States, competed.

Results

Final

Final
	Joe Ruddy, Leo Goodwin, Louis Handley, and Charles Daniels (USA)	New York Athletic Club
	David Hammond, Bill Tuttle, Hugo Goetz, and Raymond Thorne (USA)	Chicago Athletic Association
	Amedee Reyburn, Gwynne Evans, Marquard Schwarz, and Bill Orthwein (USA)	Missouri Athletic Club
4.	Edgar Adams, David Bratton, George van Cleaf, and David Hesser (USA)	New York Athletic Club