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St. Louis 1904 Olympic swimmers Swimmers diving into the water at the 0.5-mile (805-meter) championship race at the St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games.

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July 1, 1904 - November 23, 1904
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St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in St. Louis, Missouri, that took place July 1–November 23, 1904. The St. Louis Games were the third occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. Like the 1900 Olympics in Paris, the 1904 Games took a secondary role. The Games originally were scheduled for Chicago, but the location was changed to St. Louis when Olympic organizing-committee officials decided to combine the Olympics with the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, a large fair celebrating the 100th anniversary of the U.S. acquisition of the Louisiana Territory. As a result, the Games suffered. Several events became part of ...(100 of 393 words)

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