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Games of the 3 Olympiad,1904
Begin:
1904-07-01
End:
1904-11-23
Nations:
12
Participants:
651
Women:
6
Events:
91
City:
St. Louis, USA
  • There were a few candidate cities of the USA to held Third Olympiad: New York, Buffalo, St.Louis and Chicago and at the fourth IOC Congress in May, 1901 Chicago was selected as host city.
  • However, after news about moving Universal Exhibition and World’s Fair in St.Louis from 1903 to 1904, it was decided to change place of the Olympic games to St.Louis, Missouri, USA to coincide with the Exhibition like it was four years ago at the Paris Olympiad 1900.

St.Louis 1904 - Medal Table

78
82
79
4
4
5
4
2
3
4
1
1
2
1
1
6.Mixed Teams
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
Some facts about Games of the 3 Olympiad,1904

  • The Third Olympic games was officially opened by David Francis, chief of Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
  • A lot of european athletes couldn't arrive to competitions because ticket's price was too high. Even the IOC President - Baron Pierre de Coubertin, didn’t travel to the Olympic games. There were only 52 athletes not from America and athletes only of the USA and Canada competed in 10 events out of 17.
  • Local people were not interesting in the Games and the most important events gathered no more than 2 thousand people.
  • Almost all competitions held on the area of Washington University.

The 1904 Olympic Games
The 1904 Olympic Games

Poster and Medals