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Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

The athletics events at the St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games (Games of the III Olympiade) were held at Francis Olympic Field between 29 August and 3 September, featuring 233 athletes from 10 nations across 25 events. As the first Olympic Games staged outside Europe, St. Louis 1904 marked an important step in the global expansion of the modern Olympic movement, despite limited international participation and organisational challenges linked to the World’s Fair.

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Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

St. Louis 1904 was the first Olympic Games held outside Europe and was organised alongside the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World’s Fair). The athletics programme expanded to 25 events, introducing new disciplines such as the all-around, triathlon and the 56-pound weight throw. A cinder track specifically built for the Games was constructed on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, measuring one-third of a mile (536.448m) in length.

Due to travel difficulties and the impact of the Russo-Japanese War, participation from European athletes was limited, with the majority of competitors coming from the United States and Canada. The Games introduced the now-standard Olympic medal format of gold, silver and bronze medals awarded to the top three finishers.

American athletes dominated the athletics competition, reflecting both the limited international field and the growing strength of athletics in the United States during the early 20th century. The 1904 Games are also remembered for their experimental and transitional character, illustrating the evolving structure of the Olympic Games during their formative years.

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Men’s 100m final – Saint Louis Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Archie Hahn	USA	11.0
2	Nate Cartmell	USA	11.2e
3	William Hogenson	USA	11.3e
4	Fay Moulton	USA	11.4e
5	Frederick Heckwolf	USA
6	Lawson Robertson	USA

Competitors: 11, Countries: 3, Finalists 6 – 3 Sep 1904

Men’s 200m final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Archie Hahn	USA	21.6 OR	straight course
2	Nate Cartmell	USA	21.9e
3	William Hogenson	USA	22.1e
4	Fay Moulton	GBR	22.8e-

Competitors: 5, Countries: 2, Finalists 4 – 31 Aug 1904

Archie Hahn at Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games. Photo: see page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Archie Hahn, known as the Milwaukee Meteor, won the 60m, 100m and 200m in Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games.. In the 200m, he ran an Olympic record time of 21.6 seconds— a record that would stand for 28 years (until 1932 Olympics). It must be noted that the 1904 race was run on a straight course.

He is, also, the first athlete to win both the 100 m and 200 m race at the same Olympic Games. Two years later, by winning the 100 m at Athens intercalated Games, he became the first man to successfully defend the 100 m title.

Archie Hahn later became a track coach, first at Princeton and then at the University of Virginia. He wrote one of the first definitive books on sprinting

Men’s 400m final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Harry Hillman	USA	49.2 OR
2	Frank Waller	USA	49.9e
3	Herman Groman	USA	50.0e
4	Joseph Fleming	USA	50.5e
5	Myer Prinstein	USA	50.6e
6	George Poage	USA	51.0e

Competitors: 12, Countries: 3 – 29 Aug 1904

Men’s 800m final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	James Lightbody	USA	1:56.0 OR
2	Howard Valentine	USA	1:56.3e
3	Emil Breitkreutz	USA	1:56.4e
4	George Underwood	USA	1:57.2e
5	Johanne Runge	GER	1:57.9e
6	Frank Verver	USA		performance not recorded

Competitors: 13, Countries: 3 – 1 Sep 1904

Men’s 1500m final- Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	James Lightbody	USA	4:05.4 WR
2	Frank Verver	USA	4:06.8e
3	Lacey Heam	USA	4:07.0e
4	David Munson	USA	4:07.4e
5	Johannes Runge	GER	4.08.0e
6	Peter Deer	CAN		performances after 5th place not recorded
7	Howard Valentine	USA
8	Harvey Cohn	USA

Competitors: 9, Countries: 3 – 3 Sep 1904

Men’s Marathon¹ – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Thomas Hicks	USA	3:28:53
2	Albert Corey	USA	3:34:52
3	Arthur Newton	USA	3:47:33
4	Felix Carvajal	CUB		not recorded performances after 3rd place
5	Demetrios Velouis	GRE
6	David Kneeland	USA
7	Henry Hatch	USA
8	Sydney Hatch	USA

Competitors: 32, Countries: 5 – 30 Aug 1904

¹Note: 41 Kilometers. Lean Tau (RSA), a Zulu, became the first black African to compete with some success in the Olympic Games, placing ninth (World Athletics, 2020)

Men’s 110m hurdles – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Fred Schule	USA	16.0
2	Thaddeus Shideler	USA	16.2e
3	Lesley Ashburner	USA	16.4e
4	Frank Castleman	USA

Competitors: 6, Countries: 2, Finalists 4 – 3 Sep 1904

Men’s 400m hurdles² final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Harry Hillman	USA	53.0 OR
2	Frank Waller	USA	53.2e
3	George Poage	USA	58.4e	the first black athlete to win an Olympic medal in an athletics event (World Athletics 2020)
4	George Varnel	USA		performance not recorded

Competitors: 4, Countries: 1 – 31 Aug 1904

²Note: hurdles=76 cm.

Men’s High Jump final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Samuel Jones	USA	1.803
2	Garrett Serviss	USA	1.778
3	Paul Weinstein	GER	1.778
4	Lajos Gönczy	HUN	1.75
5	Emil Freymark	USA	1.72
6	Ervin Barker	USA	1.70

Competitors: 6, Countries: 3 – 29 Aug 1904

Men’s Pole Vault – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Charles Dvorak	USA	3.505 OR
2	Leroy Samse	USA	3.35	positions 2nd -5th decided after two jump-offs
3	Louis Wilkins	USA	3.35
4	Ward McLanahan	USA	3.35
5	Claude Allen	USA	3.35
6	Walter Dray	USA	3.00
7	Paul Weinstein	GER	3.00

Competitors: 7, Countries: 2 – 3 Sep1904

Men’s Long Jump final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Myer Prinstein	USA	7.34 OR
2	Daniel Frank	USA	6.89
3	Robert Stangland	USA	6.88
4	Fred ngelhardt	USA	6.63
5	George Van Cleaf	USA		performance not recorded
6	John Hagerman	USA		performance not recorded

Competitors: 9, Countries: 1 – 1 Sep1904

Men’s Triple Jump final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Myer Prinstein	USA	14.35
2	Fred Engelhardt	USA	13.90
3	Robert Stangland	USA	13.36
4	John Fuhler	USA	12.91
5	George Van Cleaf	USA		performances after 4th place are not recorded
6	John Hagerman	USA
7	Samuel Jones	USA

Competitors: 7, Countries: 1 – 1 Sep1904

Men’s Shot Put final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Ralph Rose	USA	14.81 WR
2	Wesley Coe	USA	14.40
3	Lawrence “Leon” Feurbach	USA	13.37
4	Martin Sheridan	USA	12.39
5	Charles Chadwik	USA		performances after 4th place are not recorded
6	Albert Johnson	USA
7	John Guiney	USA
	Nikolaos Yeorgantas	GRE	DQ	for throwing rather than putting (World Athletics, 2020)

Competitors: 2, Countries: 2 – 31 Aug 1904

Men’s Discus Throw final, Saint Louis 1904 Olymic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Martin Sheridan	USA	39.28 OR
2	Ralph Rose	USA	39.28
3	Nikolaos Yeorgantas	GRE	37.68
4	John Flanagan	USA	36.15
5	John Biller	USA		performance not recorded
6	James Mitchel	USA		performance not recorded

Competitors: 6, Countries: 2 – 3 Sep1904

Ray Ewry at the Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games, Photo: See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Ray Ewry was paralyzed by polio as a child, but by dint of diligent exercising he developed immense strength in his legs and became the greatest exponent of the standing jumps that the sport has ever seen.

At his first Olympics, held in Paris (1900), he won gold medals in all three standing jumps. Incidentally, all three finals were held on the same day (July 16)..

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, Ewry successfully defended all three of his titles. The standing triple jump event was discontinued after those Olympics, but Ewry continued to dominate the two remaining standing jump events at both the 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908 Games, thus bringing his total to 10 Olympic gold titles (including two from the Intercalated Games).

Men’s Hammer Throw, Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	John Flanagan	USA	51.23 OR
2	John DeWitt	USA	50.265
3	Ralph Rose	USA	45.73
4	Charles Chatwick	USA	42.785
5	James Mitchel	USA
6	Albert Johnson	USA

Competitors: 6, Countries: 1 – 29 Aug1904

Discontinued events results

60 meters

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Archie Hahn	USA	7.0
2	William Hogenson	USA	7.2
3	Fay Moulton	USA	7.2
4	Clyde Blair	USA	7.2
5	Myer Prinstein	USA		performance not recorded
6	Frank Castleman	USA		performance not recorded

Competitors: 12, Countries: 3, Finalists: 6 – 29 Aug1904

Four Miles Team Race³

Position	Athlete	Country	Points	Notes
1	United States	USA	27	Athur Newton (1/21:17.8), George Underwood (5), Paul Pilgrim (6), Howard Valentine (7), David Munson (8)
2	United States/France	USA/FRA	28	James Lightbody (2) Frank Verner (3) Lacey Heam (4) Albert Corey FRA (9) Sidney Hatch (10)

Competitors: 10, Countries: 2 – 3 Sep1904

³Note: Club race between the New York A.C. and the Chicago A.A.

2500m. Steeplechase

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	James Lightbody	USA	7.39.6
2	John Daly	GBR	8:01.6e	(IRL)
3	Arthur Newton	USA	8:07.0e
4	FranK Verner	USA		performance not recorded
	Harvey Cohn			positions after 4th place are not known
	David Munson	USA
	Richard Sanford	USA

Competitors: 7, Countries: 2 – 29 Aug 1904

200m hurdles

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Harry Hillman	USA	24.6
2	Frank Castelman	USA	24.9e
3	George Poage	USA	25.2e
4	George Varnell	USA		performances for 4th and 5th positions are not recorded
5	Fred Schule	USA

Competitors: 5, Countries: 1 – 1 Sep1904

Standing High Jump

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Ray Ewry	USA	1.60
2	Joseph Stadler	USA	1.45
3	Lawson Robertson	USA	1.45
4	John Biller	USA	1.42
5	Lajos Gönczy	HUN	1.35

Competitors: 5, Countries: 2 – 1 Sep1904

Standing Long Jump

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Ray Ewry	USA	3.47 WR
2	Charles King	USA	3.27
3	John Biller	USA	3.25
4	Henry Field	USA	3.18

Competitors: 4, Countries: 2 – 29 Aug 1904

Standing Triple Jump

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Ray Ewry	USA	10.55
2	Charles King	USA	10.16
3	Joseph Stadler	USA	9.60
4	Garrett Serviss	USA	9.53

Competitors: 4, Countries: 1 – 3 Sep1904

56 Pound Weight Throw

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Etienne Desmarteau	CAN	10.465
2	John Flanagan	USA	10.16
3	James Mitchel	USA	10.135
4	Charles Chadwick	USA		uknown performance
5	Ralph Rose	USA	8.53e

Competitors: 6, Countries: 2 – 1 Sep 1904

All around⁴

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Tom Kiely	GBR (IRL)	6036	100y 11.2e/ SP 10.82 / HJ 1.52 / 800m 3: 59 / HT 36.76 / PV 2.74 / 120yH 17.8 / 56lb 8.91/ LJ 5.94 / Mile 5/51
2	Adam Gunn	USA	5907	100y 11.2e/ SP 12.21 / HJ 1.65 / 800m 4:13 / HT 31.40 / PV 2.97 / 120yH 17.9e/3 / 56lb 7.22/ LJ 5.53 / Mile 5.45
3	Tyxon Hare	USA	5813	100y 10.8 / SP 12.09 / HJ 1.52 / 800m 4:20/ HT 36.28 / PV 2.44/ 120yH 18.3e/14 / 56lb 7.59 / LJ 6.52 / Mile 5.40
4	John Holloway	GBR	5273	100y 10.9 / SP 10.01 / HJ 1.68 / 800m 3:59 / HT 27.51 / PV 2.89 / 120yH 18.4e/14 / 56lb 5.98 / LJ 5.53 / Mile 5.40
5	Ellery Clark	USA	2278	100y 11.0 / SP 10.26 / HJ 1.62 / 800m 4:11 / HT 29.11 / PV NH
6	John Grieb	USA	2199	100y 11.2e / SP 10.54 / HJ 1.62 / 800m 4:49 / HT NM / PV NH
	Max Emmerich	USA	DNF

Competitors: 7, Countries: 2 – 4 Jul 1904

⁴Note: This was a precursor to the Decathlon, and was scored using tables, with scores in the sprint and hurdles determined by the number of feet behind the winner. In the 100y each foot (30cm) behind the winner meant seven points lost, while five points was the loss for placing a foot behind the leader. (World Athletics, 2020).

References

International Olympic Committee, Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games
World Athletics (2020), Tokyo 2020 Statistics Handbook. Produced in Collaboration with ATFS, edited by Mark Butller
World Athletics, (2016) IAAF Statistics Handbook (Special Edition), Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016. Produced in Collaboration with ATFS, edited by Mark Butller

Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s 100m final – Saint Louis Olympic Games

Men’s 200m final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s 400m final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s 800m final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s 1500m final- Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s Marathon1 – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s 110m hurdles – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s 400m hurdles2 final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s High Jump final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s Pole Vault – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s Long Jump final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s Triple Jump final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s Shot Put final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s Discus Throw final, Saint Louis 1904 Olymic Games

Men’s Hammer Throw, Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Discontinued events results

60 meters

Four Miles Team Race3

2500m. Steeplechase

200m hurdles

Standing High Jump

Standing Long Jump

Standing Triple Jump

56 Pound Weight Throw

All around4

References

Men’s Marathon¹ – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Men’s 400m hurdles² final – Saint Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Four Miles Team Race³

All around⁴