http://history1900s.about.com/od/fadsfashion/a/olympics1904.htm
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/1904-Olympics
http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1904
The Summer 1904 Olympics Games was the first to be held in the U.S. Since it was in St. Louis many athletes couldn't come, such as some in Europe and other distant countries. Most competitors came from Canada but France, England and Sweden didn't show.
The Olympics also introduced new ideas like accepting boxing, dumbbells, freestyle wrestling and decathlons as Olympic sports and having Francis Field as the first concrete stadium in the United States. It is now used by Washington University. Gold, silver and bronze metals were given for the first time for 1st,2nd and 3rd places.
Len Tau and Jan Mashiani, marathon runners were the first African Americans to participate in the Olympics and a U.S. gymnast George Eyser won 6 medals while having a wooden leg.
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