St. Louis 1904

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Opening date01.07.1904
Closing date23.11.1904
Candidate citiesChicago
Participating countries12 - First time in Olympics (South Africa)
Athletes630 (6 women, 624 men)
Chairman of Olympic Management CommitteeWalter H. Liginger
Games secretary-generalJames E. Sullivan (1860-1914)
The patron of the GamesPresident of USA Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
Official opening of the Games byDavid Francis

St. Louis 1904 medal1
Obverse

St. Louis 1904 medal2
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


PosAthleteNatMark
1MartinSheridanUSA39.28
2RalphRoseUSA39.28
3NikolasGeorgantasGRE37.68
4JohnFlanaganUSA36.14
JohnBillerUSA
JamesMitchellUSA


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