| | Event type
4,000 metres Freestyle, Men
| Date | 15 – 19 August 1900 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Seine, Pont de Courbevoie – Pont d'Asnières, Paris | |
| Participants | 29 from 7 countries | |
| Format | Swum downstream from Pateaux to Asnières. | |
In the 4,000 metre freestyle, John Jarvis was even more dominant, winning the race by over 10 minutes. The Field noted that he “won … in the easiest possible manner.” He became better the longer the race. Zoltán von Halmay won his third medal in the freestyle events. Jarvis swam in an overhand stroke, likely the Australian crawl, while Halmay used the Trudgeon stroke. The fourth-place finisher, Tom Burgess, in 1911 became the second swimmer to successfully cross the English Channel (after Matthew Webb in 1875), after 11 unsuccessful attempts.
| Pos | Swimmer | NOC | R1 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Jarvis |  GBR | 1-01:48.4 (1 h1) | 58:24.0 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Zoltán Halmay |  HUN | 1-11:33.4 (1 h2) | 1-08:55.4 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Louis Martin |  FRA | 1-22:29.6 (3 h1) | 1-13:08.4 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Bill Burgess | FRA | 1-15:04.8 (2 h1) | 1-15:07.6 (4) | |||
| 5 | Eduard Meijer |  NED | 1-17:55.4 (2 h2) | 1-16:37.2 (5) | |||
| 6 | Fabio Mainoni |  ITA | 1-25:16.6 (1 h3) | 1-18:25.4 (6) | |||
| 7 | Ernest Martin | FRA | 1-28:32.6 (2 h3) | 1-26:32.2 (7) | |||
| AC r2/2 | Alois Anderle |  AUT | 1-26:25.6 (4 h1) | – ( | DNF | ||
| AC r2/2 | William Henry | GBR | 1-22:58.4 (3 h2) | – ( | DNF | ||
| 3 h3 r1/2 | Louis Laufray | FRA | 1-35:03.2 (3 h3) | – | |||
| 4 h2 r1/2 | Texier | FRA | 1-31:02.8 (4 h2) | – | |||
| 4 h3 r1/2 | Mortier | FRA | 1-40:16.8 (4 h3) | – | |||
| 5 h1 r1/2 | Lagarde | FRA | 1-38:31.8 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h2 r1/2 | Kobierski | FRA | 1-37:10.4 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 6 h1 r1/2 | de Romand | FRA | 1-50:36.4 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r1/2 | Lué | FRA | 1-46:40.4 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 7 h1 r1/2 | Fumouze | FRA | 2-02:27.0 (7 h1) | – | |||
| AC h1 r1/2 | Hermand |  BEL | – (DNF h1) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h1 r1/2 | Georges Leuillieux | FRA | – (DNF h1) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h2 r1/2 | Gallais | FRA | – (DNF h2) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h2 r1/2 | L. Baudoin | FRA | – (DNF h2) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h2 r1/2 | Landrich | FRA | – (DNF h2) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h3 r1/2 | Pierre Gellé | FRA | – (DNF h3) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h3 r1/2 | Heyberger | FRA | – (DNF h3) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h3 r1/2 | Regnault | FRA | – (DNF h3) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h3 r1/2 | Jules Clévenot | FRA | – (DNF h3) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h3 r1/2 | Loppé | FRA | – (DNF h3) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h3 r1/2 | Vallée | FRA | – (DNF h3) | – | DNF | ||
| AC h3 r1/2 | E. T. Jones | GBR | – (DNF h3) | – | DNF | ||
| Fernand Feyaerts | BEL | – (DNS h1) | – | ||||
| Désiré Mérchez | FRA | – (DNS h1) | – | ||||
| Jules Verbecke | FRA | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| Lapostolet | FRA | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| Jacques Léauté | FRA | – (DNS h3) | – | ||||
| Pelloy | FRA | – (DNS h4) | – | ||||
| Souchu | FRA | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| A. Baudoin | FRA | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| Bourdon | FRA | – (DNS h3) | – | ||||
| Chabroux | FRA | – (DNS h4) | – | ||||
| Coigneux | FRA | – (DNS h4) | – | ||||
| Debergue | FRA | – (DNS h3) | – | ||||
| Durand | FRA | – (DNS h1) | – | ||||
| Hardonin | FRA | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| Malterre | FRA | – (DNS h4) | – | ||||
| Maubert | FRA | – (DNS h3) | – | ||||
| Scherer | FRA | – (DNS h3) | – | ||||
| Soulignac | FRA | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| Valère | FRA | – (DNS h4) | – | ||||
| Peter Kemp | GBR | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| Harry Winter | GBR | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
| Max Hirschfeld |  GER | – (DNS h4) | – | ||||
| Károly Graefl | HUN | – (DNS h1) | – | ||||
| Amleto Allegri | ITA | – (DNS h4) | – |
Round One (15 August 1900 — 7:30)
Winner and next six fastest losers qualified for the final.
Heat One (7:30)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | John Jarvis | GBR | 1-01:48.4 | |||
| 2 | – | Bill Burgess | FRA | 1-15:04.8 | |||
| 3 | – | Louis Martin | FRA | 1-22:29.6 | |||
| 4 | – | Alois Anderle | AUT | 1-26:25.6 | |||
| 5 | – | Lagarde | FRA | 1-38:31.8 | |||
| 6 | – | de Romand | FRA | 1-50:36.4 | |||
| 7 | – | Fumouze | FRA | 2-02:27.0 | 1 | ||
| – | Hermand | BEL | – | ||||
| – | Georges Leuillieux | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Fernand Feyaerts | BEL | – | ||||
| – | Désiré Mérchez | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Durand | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Károly Graefl | HUN | – |
Heat Two (9:00)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Zoltán Halmay | HUN | 1-11:33.4 | 2 | ||
| 2 | – | Eduard Meijer | NED | 1-17:55.4 | 3 | ||
| 3 | – | William Henry | GBR | 1-22:58.4 | |||
| 4 | – | Texier | FRA | 1-31:02.8 | 4 | ||
| 5 | – | Kobierski | FRA | 1-37:10.4 | |||
| 6 | – | Lué | FRA | 1-46:40.4 | 5 | ||
| – | Gallais | FRA | – | 6 | |||
| – | L. Baudoin | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Landrich | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Jules Verbecke | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Fumouze | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Lapostolet | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Souchu | FRA | – | ||||
| – | A. Baudoin | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Hardonin | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Soulignac | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Peter Kemp | GBR | – | ||||
| – | Harry Winter | GBR | – |
Heat Three (10:30)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Fabio Mainoni | ITA | 1-25:16.6 | 7 | ||
| 2 | – | Ernest Martin | FRA | 1-28:32.6 | |||
| 3 | – | Louis Laufray | FRA | 1-35:03.2 | 8 | ||
| 4 | – | Mortier | FRA | 1-40:16.8 | |||
| – | Pierre Gellé | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Heyberger | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Regnault | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Jules Clévenot | FRA | – | 9 | |||
| – | E. T. Jones | GBR | – | 10 | |||
| – | Loppé | FRA | – | 11 | |||
| – | Vallée | FRA | – | 12 | |||
| – | Jacques Léauté | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Bourdon | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Debergue | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Maubert | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Scherer | FRA | – |
Heat Four (13:45)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Pelloy | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Chabroux | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Coigneux | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Malterre | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Valère | FRA | – | ||||
| – | Max Hirschfeld | GER | – | ||||
| – | Amleto Allegri | ITA | – |
Final (19 August 1900 — 15:30)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | John Jarvis | GBR | 58:24.0 | |||
| 2 | – | Zoltán Halmay | HUN | 1-08:55.4 | |||
| 3 | – | Louis Martin | FRA | 1-13:08.4 | |||
| 4 | – | Bill Burgess | FRA | 1-15:07.6 | |||
| 5 | – | Eduard Meijer | NED | 1-16:37.2 | |||
| 6 | – | Fabio Mainoni | ITA | 1-18:25.4 | |||
| 7 | – | Ernest Martin | FRA | 1-26:32.2 | |||
| – | Alois Anderle | AUT | – | ||||
| – | William Henry | GBR | – |