1904 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Team Run (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Team run
gender	Men
Attendees	10 athletes from 2 countries
Competition location	Francis Field
Competition phase	September 3, 1904
Medalist  United States  Mixed team not forgiven

The men's 4-mile team run at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics was held at Francis Field on September 3, 1904 .

It is not clear from the sources whether the race was held in the stadium or as a cross-country run. The route length of four miles corresponds to 6437.32 meters. Each team consisted of five runners, whose place numbers were added to the overall result. Both teams were represented by the US athletics clubs from New York and Chicago, with the Chicago team being the Frenchman Corey. The New York Athletic Club won by one point ahead of the Chicago Athletic Association.

Results

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Arthur Newton (1st) George Underwood (5th) Paul Pilgrim (6th) Howard Valentine (7th) David Munson (8th)	27
2	Mixed team USA / FRA	James Lightbody USA (2nd) Frank Verner USA (3rd) Lacey Hearn USA (4th) Albert Corey FRA (9th) Sidney Hatch USA (10th)	28

The numbers behind the names indicate the runner's position in the race. Newton was clearly superior and lapped all other runners. His winning time is given as 21: 17.8 minutes. For places 2 and 3, contemporary sources sometimes give the reverse order, but this has no effect on the team result.

literature

• Volker Kluge , Olympic Summer Games - The Chronicle I, Berlin 1997 ( ISBN 3-328-00715-6 )
• Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970

Web links

• Sports-Reference, Athletics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 4 mile, Team , English, accessed August 1, 2018
• Olympic Games St. Louis 1904, Athletics, 4 miles team men , IOC page on athletics at the 1904 Olympic Games at olympic.org, English, accessed August 1, 2018