| Final | time | | 1. John Arthur Jarvis |  GBR | 58:24.0 | | 2. Zoltán Halmay |  Hun | 1:08:55.4 | | 3. Louis Martin |  FRA | 1:13:08.4 | | 4. Thomas Burgess | GBR | 1:15:07.6 | | 5. Eduard Meijer |  NED | 1:16:37.2 | | 6. Fabio Maioni |  ITA | 1:18:25.4 | | 7. Ernest Martin | FRA | 1:26:32.2 | | -. Alois Anderlé |  Aut | DNF | | -. William Henry | GBR | DNF |
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| | | Venue: River Seine. | | 29 swimmers from 7 nations. |
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Heats - Wednesday, 15th August | | Winners from each one of 3 Heats and next Best 6 avanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. John Arthur Jarvis | GBR | 1:01:48.4 | | 2. Thomas Burgess | GBR | 1:15:04.8 | | 3. Louis Martin | FRA | 1:22:29.6 | | 4. Alois Anderlé | 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 | | -. Hermand |  BEL | DNF | | -. Georges Leuillieux | FRA | DNF |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Zoltán Halmay | Hun | 1:11:33.4 | | 2. Eduard Meijer | NED | 1:17:55.4 | | 3. William Henry | GBR | 1:22:58.4 | | 4. Texier | FRA | 1:31:02.8 | | 5. Kobierski | FRA | 1:37:10.4 | | 6. Lué | FRA | 1:46:40.4 | | -. L. Baudoin | FRA | DNF | | -. Gallais | FRA | DNF | | -. Landrich | FRA | DNF |
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