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Olympics History Timeline 1901 - 1910



Year Venue and Date Medal count Records Nations participating Athletes participating No. of Events News Main Events Advt
1901              
1902            
1903           St. Louis Olympics, 1904
St. Louis Olympics, 1904
1904 St. Louis, United States

July 1 - November 23
United States finished in first position in the final medal rankings, with 78 gold medals and 239 medals overall.

Germany finished in second position in the final medal rankings, with 4 gold medals and 13 medals overall.
Chicago runner Jim Lightbody won the steeplechase and the 800 m and then set a world record in the 1500 m.

Sprinter Archie Hahn was champion in the 60 m, 100 m and 200 m. In this last race, he set a new Olympic record in 21.6, a record broken finaly 28 years later.
12 651 91 in 17 sports The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States First Olympic Games where women were participants America's First Olympics: The St. Louis Games Of 1904
America's First Olympics: The St. Louis Games Of 1904
1905            
1906 Athens, Greece

April 22 - May 2
France finished in first position in the final medal rankings, with 15 gold medals and 40 medals overall.

United States finished in second position in the final medal rankings, with 12 gold medals and 24 medals overall.
  20 903 78 in 13 sports The 1906 Summer Olympics, also called the 1906 Intercalated Games, were held in Athens, Greece. These games are not awarded the title of Olympiad because they were held between the III and IV Olympiads There were only two standing jump events in Athens, but Ray Ewry successfully defended his titles in both of them, bringing his total up to 8 gold medals. In 1908 he would successfully defend them one last time for an unparalleled 10 Olympic titles.
1907              
1908 London, England

July 13 - October 31
Great Britain finished in first position in the final medal rankings, with 56 gold medals and 145 medals overall.

United States finished in second position in the final medal rankings, with 23 gold medals and 47 medals overall.
  22 2008 110 in 22 sports The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IV Olympiad, were held in 1908 in London, England.    
1909              
1910              
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Olympics History Timeline 1891 - 1900

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