1904 Olympics

In 1904, the city hosted its second World's Fair, which led the Olympic Games to be moved from Chicago, originally selected to host the games, to St. Louis to coincide with the Fair.With these games, the United States became the first English-speaking country to host the Olympics. Citizens of St. Louis still look back fondly on the events of 1904; there were several events held in 2004 to commemorate the centennial.

Highlights

Boxing, dumbbells, freestyle wrestling, and the decathlon made their debuts.

One of the most remarkable athletes was the American gymnast George Eyser, who won six medals even though his left leg was made of wood.

Chicago runner Jim Lightbody won the steeplechase and the 800 m and then set a world record in the 1500 m.

Harry Hillman won both the 200 m and 400 m hurdles and also the flat 400 m.

Sprinter Archie Hahn was champion in the 60 m, 100 m and 200 m. In this last race, he set an Olympic record in 21.6, a record that stood for 28 years.

In the discus, after American Martin Sheridan had thrown exactly the same distance as his compatriot, Ralph Rose (39.28 m), the judges gave them both an extra throw to decide the winner. Sheridan won the decider and claimed the gold medal.

Sports

Aquatics – Diving
Aquatics – Swimming
Aquatics – Water polo
Archery
Athletics
Boxing
Cycling
Fencing
Football

Golf
Gymnastics
Lacrosse
Roque
Rowing
Tennis
Tug of war
Weightlifting
Wrestling

Basketball was featured as a demonstration sport.
Baseball was featured as a demonstration sport.

Participating nations

The 1904 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees ranked by the number of medals won during the 1904 Summer Olympics, held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States from July 1 to November 23, 1904. A total of 651 athletes from 12 nations participated in 91 events in 16 sports at these games. However, only 42 events included athletes from countries other than the United States. The United States won all three medals in that competition, with a New York team taking first place, a Chicago team taking second, and a team from Missouri taking third.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	79	83	80	242
2	Germany (GER)	4	4	5	13
3	Cuba (CUB)	4	2	3	9
4	Canada (CAN)	4	1	1	6
5	Hungary (HUN)	2	1	1	4
6	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	0	2
6	Mixed team (ZZX)	1	1	0	2
8	Greece (GRE)	1	0	1	2
8	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	1	2
10	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
Total		97	93	93	283

Athletes from only twelve nations competed in St. Louis. Numbers in
parentheses indicate the number of known competitors for each nation.

Australia (2), Austria (2), Canada (52), Cuba (3), France (1)
Germany (17), Great Britain (3), Greece (14), Hungary (4)
South Africa (8), Switzerland (1) and United States (523)