Talk:1904 Summer Olympics

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Where is the medal of Albert Coray from France found in Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics in the medals' list ? Khardan 12:59, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

probably as part of the Mixed Team, but I can't confirm that (France did not enter these games as a nation). :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)} 10:08, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nations?

What are the 12 nations that the IOC attributes to these Games? In addition to the nine NOCs that won medals (USA, GER, CUB, CAN, HUN, GBR, GRE, SUI and AUT), what are the other three? Obviously, national teams as we know them today didn't exist, so they are just going by nationality. One report [1] calls Albert Coray in the marathon a "Frenchman, wearing the colors of the Chicago Athletic Association" (page 49), so I would add FRA. (Curiously, the IOC results database shows Coray in the marathon as from USA, but as part of a Mixed Team medal for the 4 mile team race...) The text also mentions South Africa in several spots, so that leaves 1 nation unaccounted for. Any other resouces have an answer? 01:39, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plagiarism???

parts of this story are stolen from http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/st_louis_olympics/index.html or vise versa. Rm999

[edit] NPOV, tone

From the article:

The sheer bombastic arrogance of David Francis, the President of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, was engraved in history for all the world to see when he declined to invite anybody else to open the Games and, on July 1st, did so himself in a scaled-down short and humdrum 'ceremony'

I don't mean to dispute that this is true but the language is hardly NPOV and without a source it needs to be toned down. EconomicsGuy (talk) 09:09, 16 December 2007 (UTC)