1904 Summer Olympics / Rowing

Rowing at the 1904 Summer Olympics
information
venue	St. Louis
Competition venue	Creve Coeur Lake
Nations	2
Athletes	44 (44 )
date	July 29-30, 1904
decisions	5
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With the III. Olympics 1904 in St. Louis four competitions were in rowing held. These all took place on September 30, 1904 on Creve Coeur Lake , a lake near the Missouri River , about 18 km northwest of the World's Fair and 16 miles northwest of downtown.

The competitions were advertised as American championships, but are still considered Olympic because foreigners were also eligible to participate. Only the eighth from Canada made use of this option. The regatta course on the lake was 1.5 miles (2,414 m) long. Only the four and eight drove the entire route; in the other boat classes had to be turned halfway through.

One

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Frank Greer	10: 08.5
2	United States	James Juvenal	k. A.
3	United States	Constance Titus	k. A.
4th	United States	David Duffield	k. A.

Date: July 30, 1904

Frank Greer won the one with two boat lengths ahead. James ten Eyck, the reigning US champion, and Louis Scholes, who had won the Henley Royal Regatta , were registered but did not compete.

Double scull

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Atalanta Boat Club John Mulcahy , William Varley	10: 03.2
2	United States	Ravenswood Boat Club John Hoben , Jamie McLoughlin	k. A.
3	United States	Independent Rowing Club John Wells , Joseph Ravannack	k. A.

Date: July 30, 1904

The Atalanta Boat Club won the double scull race by two boat lengths.

Two without a helmsman

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Seawanhaka Boat Club Robert Farnan , Joseph Ryan	10: 57.0
2	United States	Atalanta Boat Club John Mulcahy , William Varley	k. A.
3	United States	Western Rowing Club John Joachim , John Joseph Buerger	k. A.

Date: July 30, 1904

The Atalanta Boat Club from New York also competed in two without a helmsman , but clearly had to admit defeat to the Seawanhaka Boat Club, which won by four boat lengths.

Foursome without a helmsman

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Century Boat Club Arthur Stockhoff , August Erker , George Dietz , Albert Nasse	9: 05.8
2	United States	Mound City Rowing Club Frederick Suerig , Martin Formanack , Charles Aman , Michael Begley	k. A.
3	United States	Western Rowing Club Gustav Voerg , John Freitag , Louis Helm , Frank Dummerth	k. A.

Date: July 30, 1904

Only three boats from St. Louis took part in the four without a helmsman . The Century Boat Club prevailed, two boat lengths from the Mound City Rowing Club.

Eighth

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Vesper Boat Club Louis Abell (helmsman) , Frederick Cresser , Michael Gleason , Frank Schell , James Flanagan , Charles Armstrong , Harry Lott , Joseph Dempsey , John Exley	7: 50.0
2	CAN	Argonaut Rowing Club Thomas Loudon (helmsman) , Arthur Bailey , William Rice , George Reiffenstein , Phil Boyd , George Strange , William Wadsworth , Donald MacKenzie , Joseph Wright	k. A.
3	not forgiven

Date: July 30, 1904

The eighth race was the only one with international participation. The Vesper Boat Club from Philadelphia clearly prevailed with three boat lengths ahead of the Argonaut Rowing Club from Toronto.

Medal table

space	team				total
1	United States	5	4th	4th	13
2	Canada		1		1
total		5	5	4th	14th

Web links

• Olympic rowing regatta 1904 at sports-reference.com