Swimming at the 1900 Paris Summer Games:

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.