1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated from 1 July 1904 to 23 November 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri, US. 1904 Olympic Games were held at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
Chicago had won the original bid to host the 1904 Summer Olympics, but the organizers of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis did not accept another international event in the same time frame. So the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin awarded the 1904 Olympics to St. Louis. Organizers for The 1904 Summer Olympics repeated the mistakes made at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Olympic caliber events were again mixed with other sporting events. IOC later declared that 94 of these events were Olympic.
Participants totaled 651 athletes: 645 men and 6 women representing 12 countries. But only 42 events (less than half) included athletes who were not from the United States. Actual athletics events that formed the bulk of the recognized Olympic sports were held from 29 August to 3 September 1904. Due to the difficulty of getting to St. Louis, and since the Russo-Japanese War caused European tensions, only 55 athletes from outside of North America came to the Olympics. 18 disciplines, comprising 16 sports, were part of the Olympic program in 1904. United States won the most medals on medals table: (78 gold, 82 silver, 79 bronze, 239 total).
St Louis 1904 Summer Olympics
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Chicago had won the original bid to host the 1904 Summer Olympics, but the organizers of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis did not accept another international event in the same time frame. So the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin awarded the 1904 Olympics to St. Louis. Organizers for The 1904 Summer Olympics repeated the mistakes made at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Olympic caliber events were again mixed with other sporting events. IOC later declared that 94 of these events were Olympic.
Participants totaled 651 athletes: 645 men and 6 women representing 12 countries. But only 42 events (less than half) included athletes who were not from the United States. Actual athletics events that formed the bulk of the recognized Olympic sports were held from 29 August to 3 September 1904. Due to the difficulty of getting to St. Louis, and since the Russo-Japanese War caused European tensions, only 55 athletes from outside of North America came to the Olympics. 18 disciplines, comprising 16 sports, were part of the Olympic program in 1904. United States won the most medals on medals table: (78 gold, 82 silver, 79 bronze, 239 total).
St Louis 1904 Summer Olympics
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