| Date | 7 September 1904 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Life Saving Exhibition Lake, Forest Park, St. Louis | |
| Participants | 4 from 1 countries | |
| Format | Final only. | |
Charlie Daniels won his second gold medal of the 1904 Olympics in the 440-yard freestyle. There were only four competitors, and he won comfortably over Australian-born Frank Gailey.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Charlie Daniels |  USA | 6:16.2 | Gold | ||
| 2 | 44 | Frank Gailey | USA | 6:22.0 | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Otto Wahle | USA | 6:39.0 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 17 | Budd Goodwin | USA | – | |||
| 56 | Georg Hoffmann |  GER | – | ||||
| 10 | Emil Rausch | GER | – | ||||
| 47 | Max Pape | GER | – | ||||
| 1 | Zoltán Halmay |  HUN | – | ||||
| 19 | Géza Kiss | HUN | – | ||||
| 40 | Edgar Adams | USA | – | ||||
| 16 | Lou Handley | USA | – | ||||
| 34 | Marquard Schwarz | USA | – | ||||
| 15 | George Van Cleaf | USA | – | ||||
| 12 | Joe Ruddy | USA | – | ||||
| 13 | David Bratton | USA | – |
