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1904 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (818 words) |
 | The 1904 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. |
| Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic movement, gave in. |
| Considered the lesser of two evils by De Coubertin, St. Louis did repeat the mistakes made at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. |
| 1904 Summer Olympics (464 words) |
| The Olympic competitions, spread out over four and a half months, were lost in the chaos of a World's Fair. |
| Of the 94 events generally considered to have been part of the Olympic program, only 42 included athletes who were not from the United States. |
| Boxing, dumbbells, freestyle wrestling, and decathlon made their debuts. |
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