Olympiad: 1904 St. Louis Games

St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Due to the difficulty of getting to St. Louis and European tensions caused by the Russo-Japanese War, only 62 athletes came from outside North America.

Ray Ewry

Ray Ewry was orphaned and contracted polio as a youngster, but worked hard to develop into a world-class athlete and won eight gold medals over three Olympic Games.

Charles Daniels

Charles Daniels is generally credited with modernizing the forward crawl to the freestyle stroke; he won four Olympic gold medals at the St Louis 1904 Olympic Games and London 1908 Olympic Games.

Olympiad: 1904 St. Louis Games

St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games​

Ray Ewry

Charles Daniels

St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games