Canada at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Canada at the 1904 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (English) (French)
in St. Louis
Competitors	52
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 4 1 1 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States. These Games were the second at which Canadian athletes participated. As in 1900 they did not compete under the Canadian flag, national teams not being introduced until the next Olympics. Unofficially, however, it was a very successful Olympics for Canada with Canadian competitors winning the fourth most medals. However this was largely because most Europeans decided not to make the long trip to compete in the games. The Canadian athletes were a unified group for the first time and were unofficially regarded as a team.

Medalists

The most notable Canadian medal winner was Etienne Desmarteau who placed first in the 56 pound weight throw. He was fired as a Montreal police officer when he left to compete at the games. Returning as a medallist and local hero he was reinstated, but died the next year of typhoid.

Canada won two golds in team sports, two thirds of Canada's total in all summer games. The Canadian soccer team from Galt, Ontario won gold and a team known as the Winnipeg Shamrocks won the lacrosse title. The third-place finishers were also from Canada, a team of Mohawks from a reserve near Brantford.

Of note was Peter Deer, a full blooded Iroquois Indian, who competed in the 800 & 1500 metres races, he was the first Native person to represent Canada outside her borders. Deer was a mechanic by day and was a member of the Montreal Amateur Athletics Association. He was 23 in 1904, he came from Caughnawaga, a native village on the South Bank.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Desmarteau, ÉtienneÉtienne Desmarteau	Athletics	Men's 56 lb weight throw	000000002016-09-01-0000September 1
01 ! Gold	Galt F.C. Otto Christman   Robert Lane George Ducker   Ernest Linton John Fraser   Gordon McDonald John Gourlay   Frederick Steep Alexander Hall   Tom Taylor Albert Henderson   William Twaits Albert Johnson	Football		000000002016-11-23-0000November 23
01 ! Gold	Lyon, GeorgeGeorge Lyon	Golf	Men's individual	000000002016-09-24-0000September 24
01 ! Gold	Shamrock Lacrosse Team Élie Blanchard   Sandy Cowan William Brennaugh   Jack Flett George Bretz   Benjamin Jamieson William Burns   Stuart Laidlaw George Cattanach   Hilliard Lyle George Cloutier   Lawrence Pentland	Lacrosse		000000002016-07-07-0000July 7
02 ! Silver	Bailey, ArthurArthur Bailey, Phil Boyd, Thomas Loudon, Donald MacKenzie, George Reiffenstein, William Rice, George Strange, William Wadsworth, Joseph Wright	Rowing	Men's eight	000000002016-07-30-0000July 30
03 ! Bronze	Mohawk Indians Black Hawk   Lightfoot Black Eagle   Snake Eater Almighty Voice   Red Jacket Flat Iron   Night Hawk Spotted Tail   Man Afraid Soap Half Moon   Rain in Face	Lacrosse		000000002016-07-07-0000July 7

Results by event

Etienne Desmarteau

Percival Molson

Athletics

Football

Canada made its first football appearance in 1904, sending a club team to St. Louis. The team defeated each of the two United States club teams in the round-robin tournament. The International Olympic Committee later awarded the club a gold medal for its performance.

Golf

George Seymour Lyon

Lacrosse

Two teams from Canada played in the 1904 lacrosse competition. The Winnipeg Shamrocks defeated the team from St. Louis by a score of 8-2 in the final to win gold.

Event	Place	Team	Semifinals	Final
Men's lacrosse	1st	Shamrock Lacrosse Team	Bye	Defeated  United States (USA) St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association
	3rd	Mohawk Indians	Lost to  United States (USA) St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association	Did not advance

Winnipeg Shamrocks

Rowing

References

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