St. Louis 1904

Opening date	01.07.1904
Closing date	23.11.1904
Candidate cities	Chicago
Participating countries	12 - First time in Olympics (South Africa)
Athletes	630 (6 women, 624 men)
Chairman of Olympic Management Committee	Walter H. Liginger
Games secretary-general	James E. Sullivan (1860-1914)
The patron of the Games	President of USA Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
Official opening of the Games by	David Francis
Obverse	Reverse

Date - 03.09.1904
Countries - 2
Competitors - 8
World record - 40.71 Martin Sheridan (USA)
Final average - 38.10
After 6 attemps Sheridan and Rose 39.28. After 3 additional attemps (Sheridan 38.86, Rose 36.75) Sheridan won

Pos	Athlete		Nat	Mark
1	Martin	Sheridan	USA	39.28
2	Ralph	Rose	USA	39.28
3	Nikolas	Georgantas	GRE	37.68
4	John	Flanagan	USA	36.14
	John	Biller	USA
	James	Mitchell	USA