Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the Games of the III Olympiad
Dates	21-22 September 1904
Competitors	18

Two women boxing in the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis.

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, seven boxing events were contested, with the sport making its Olympic debut. The competitions were held on Wednesday, September 21, 1904 and on Thursday, September 22, 1904. Contestants in lighter weight classes could also compete in heavier classes. Oliver Kirk, winning the bantamweight and featherweight categories, thus became the only boxer to have won two gold medals in the same Olympics. George Finnegan, Harry Spanjer and Charles Mayer won one gold and one silver medal.^[1][2][3]

There was also a demonstration bout of women's boxing,^[4] which would be added to the Olympic program in 2012.

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (47.6 kg / 105 lb) details	George Finnegan  United States	Miles Burke  United States	Only two competitors entered
Bantamweight (52.2 kg / 115 lb) details	Oliver Kirk  United States	George Finnegan  United States	Only two competitors entered
Featherweight (56.7 kg / 125 lb) details	Oliver Kirk  United States	Frank Haller  United States	Frederick Gilmore  United States
Lightweight (61.2 kg / 135 lb) details	Harry Spanjer  United States	Russell van Horn  United States	Peter Sturholdt  United States
Welterweight (65.8 kg / 145 lb) details	Albert Young  United States	Harry Spanjer  United States	Joseph Lydon  United States
Middleweight (71.7 kg / 158 lb)[5]	Charles Mayer  United States	Benjamin Spradley  United States	Only two competitors entered
Heavyweight (over 71.7 kg/over 158 lb) details	Samuel Berger  United States	Charles Mayer  United States	William Michaels  United States

Note: Jack Egan originally won the silver medal in the lightweight competition and the bronze medal in the welterweight competition. Later, it was discovered that his real name was Frank Joseph Floyd, in breach of AAU rules that banned fighting under an assumed name. In November 1905, the AAU disqualified Egan from all AAU competitions, and ordered him to return all his prizes and medals.

Therefore, Russell van Horn was upgraded to silver and Peter Sturholdt was awarded the bronze in the lightweight competition, while Joseph Lydon retained bronze in the welterweight competition.

Participating nations

A total of 18 boxers competed at the St. Louis Games:

•  United States (18)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	7	7	4	18
Totals (1 entries)		7	7	4	18

References

1. "Boxing at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
2. "6124 6577kg Welterweight Men". Olympic.org.
3. "567 6124kg Lightweight Men". Olympic.org.
4. "Women's Boxing a Displayed Event in Third Olympic Games – 1904 – Historical Database".
5. "Boxing at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

• International Olympic Committee medal database