Basketball at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Last updated

th Olympic Basketball Tournament
St. Louis 1904
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Tournament details
Olympics 1904 Summer Olympics
Host nation United States
City St. Louis
Duration11 July - 12 July
Tournaments
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Basketball appeared at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis for the first time as a demonstration sport.

Contents

There were seven different events that took place: an amateur championship, a college championship, a YMCA championship, two high school championships, and two elementary school championships. [1]

Men's amateur championships

The Buffalo German YMCA dominated the men's championship while other teams frequently failed to field a complete team or show up for all their scheduled games, resulting in several lopsided scores and forfeited matches. [2]

Round-robin table results

Team [1] WinsLossesPoints (Table)Points ForPoints Against
Buffalo German YMCA5010354120
Chicago Central YMCA4189054
Missouri Athletic Club32651136
St. Louis Central YMCA23476121
Xavier Athletic Club04080133
Turner Tigers04018105

Individual game results

Match # [1] Winning teamFinal scoreLosing team
Match #1 Buffalo German YMCA 77 – 6Turner Tigers
Match #2Buffalo German YMCA36 – 28Xavier Athletic Club
Match #3Buffalo German YMCA105 – 50St. Louis Central YMCA
Match #4Chicago Central YMCA56 – 15Xavier Athletic Club
Match #5Chicago Central YMCA2 – 0 (Forfeit)Turner Tigers
Match #6Missouri Athletic Club2 – 0 (Forfeit)St. Louis Central YMCA
Match #7Chicago Central YMCA2 – 0 (Forfeit)Missouri Athletic Club
Match #8Missouri Athletic Club39 – 37Xavier Athletic Club
Match #9St. Louis Central YMCA24 – 12Turner Tigers
Match #10Buffalo German YMCA39 – 28Chicago Central YMCA
Match #11Buffalo German YMCA97 – 8Missouri Athletic Club
Match #12Chicago Central YMCA2 – 0 (Forfeit)St. Louis Central YMCA
Match #13Missouri Athletic Club2 – 0 (Forfeit)Turner Tigers
Match #14St. Louis Central YMCA2 – 0 (Forfeit)Xavier Athletic Club
Match #15Xavier Athletic ClubBoth teams failed to appear (No contest) [2] Turner Tigers

College basketball

Gold medal won by Hiram College at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis Olympic College Championship Games St. Louis 1904 gold medal.jpg
Gold medal won by Hiram College at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis
  1. Hiram College, 2–0 [3] [4]
  2. Wheaton College, 1–1
  3. Latter-day Saints' University, 0–2

References

  1. 1 2 3 Olympedia report on 1904 basketball events
  2. 1 2 "Jul 13, 1904, page 5 - St. Louis Globe-Democrat at Newspapers.com - "Buffalo Wins at Basket Ball"". Newspapers.com. July 13, 1904. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  3. ↑ Written at St. Louis. "Hurrah for Hiram — Little Ohio College Wins Basket-ball Championship of the World at St. Louis". The Kalamazoo Gazette . Kalamazoo, MI. Associated Press. July 14, 1904. The Hiram college basket-ball team won the college championship basket-ball contest open to the colleges of the world, today.
  4. ↑ Written at St. Louis. "Hiram Gets the Banner — Basket Ball Team Wins the World's Intercollegiate Championship — Members Are Awarded Gold Medals". Cleveland, Ohio. July 14, 1904. The intercollegiate basket ball championship games were played in World's Fair gymnasium to-day, the world's championship banner going to Hiram College, of Hiram, O. Wheaton College, of Wheaton, Ill., was second, and the Latter Day Saints' College, of Salt Lake City, Utah, third.
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