1904 Summer Olympics

Games of the III Olympiad

Advertisement for the 1904 Summer Olympics and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Host city	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Nations	12
Athletes	651 (645 men, 6 women)
Events	95 in 16 sports (17 disciplines)
Opening	July 1
Closing	November 23
Opened by	David R. Francis[1]
Stadium	Washington University in St. Louis Francis Field
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Athlete on the parallel bars at the 1904 games

The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.^[2]

The games were part of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World's Fair). The sports events were not well planned; and the games were not thought to be a success.^[3]

Participating nations

Athletes from 12 nations took part in the St. Louis games.

Australia  Austria  Canada  Cuba  France  Germany

Great Britain  Greece  Hungary  South Africa   Switzerland  United States

The American bicyclist Frank Bizzoni was also known as a competitor from Italy^[4] The American wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhof Hansen were also known as Norwegian competitors.^[5]

Related pages

• List of IOC country codes

References

Countries at the 1904 Olympics

1. "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games f the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. September 13, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
2. Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1904 St Louis Summer Games"^{[permanent dead link]}; retrieved 2012-7-23.
3. Zarnowski, C. Frank. "A Look at Olympic Costs," Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Citius, Altius, Fortius (US). Summer 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 19 [4 of 17 PDF]; retrieved 2012-7-24.
4. SR/Olympics, "Italy at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games" Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine; "https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/frank-bizzoni-1.html "Frank Bizzoni" Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-23.
5. SR/Olympics, "Norway at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games" Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine; "Charles Ericksen" Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine; "Bernhof Hansen" Archived 2011-09-15 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-23.

Further reading

• Lucas, Charles J. P. (1905). The Olympic Games 1904.^{[permanent dead link]} St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.
• Sullivan, James E. (1905). Spalding's Athletic Almanac for 1905. Archived 2011-08-29 at the Wayback Machine New York: American Publishing Co.

Other websites

Media related to 1904 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

• IOC page for the 1904 Summer Olympics
• "Competitions on Anthropology Days" at St Louis Public Library Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
• "Olympic" at Missouri History Museum Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine