Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics
At the 1904 Summer Olympics, seven boxing events were contested. Only American boxers competed. The competitions were held on Wednesday, September 21, 1904 and on Thursday, September 22, 1904. Contestants in lighter weight classes could also compete in heavier classes. Oliver Kirk, winning the bantamweight and featherweight categories, thus became the only boxer to have won two gold medals in the same Olympics. George Finnegan, Harry Spanjer and Charles Mayer managed to win one gold and one silver medal.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (47.6 kg / 105 lb) |
George Finnegan United States |
Miles Burke United States |
None awarded |
| Bantamweight (52.2 kg / 115 lb) |
Oliver Kirk United States |
George Finnegan United States |
None awarded |
| Featherweight (56.7 kg / 125 lb) |
Oliver Kirk United States |
Frank Haller United States |
Frederick Gilmore United States |
| Lightweight (61.2 kg / 135 lb) |
Harry Spanjer United States |
Jack Egan (Russell van Horn) United States[1] |
Russell van Horn (Peter Sturholdt) United States[1] |
| Welterweight (65.8 kg / 145 lb) |
Albert Young United States |
Harry Spanjer United States |
Jack Egan United States[1] Joseph Lydon United States[1] |
| Middleweight (71.7 kg / 158 lb) |
Charles Mayer United States |
Benjamin Spradley United States |
None awarded |
| Heavyweight (over 71.7 kg/over 158 lb) |
Samuel Berger United States |
Charles Mayer United States |
William Michaels United States |
Participating nations
A total of 18 boxers from only 1 nation competed at the St. Louis Games:
- United States (18)
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 Jack Egan originally won the silver medal in the lightweight competition and the bronze medal in the welterweight competition. Later it was discovered that his real name was Frank Joseph Floyd while the AAU rules made it illegal to fight under an assumed name. In November 1905 the AAU disqualified Egan from all AAU competitions and he had to return all his prizes. In the lightweight competition Russell van Horn moved up to silver and Peter Sturholdt to bronze (Sturholdt won the bronze medal without winning a single bout). In the welterweight competition Joseph Lydon moved up to bronze. However according to IOC's medal database for 1904 Olympics Jack Egan has silver medal in Boxing lightweight and bronze medal in Boxing welterweight, Russell van Horn has bronze in the lightweight competition and Joseph Lydon keeps bronze in the welterweight competition.
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