Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics

At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, six archery events were contested, of which three were men's and three were women's competitions. 23 men and 6 women constituted the field. As was common in early Olympic archery, the events held in 1904 had little resemblance to the previous edition's events (as early Olympic archery was not standardized). The events were formally named the 26th Grand Annual Target Meeting of the National Archery Association. While open to international entrants, no foreign competitors entered (with some archers from the Philippines entering but not competing).[1] Team archery was introduced at these Games, as was women's archery.[2] The medalists were the same for both men's individual events (George Bryant taking gold, Robert Williams silver, and William Thompson bronze in both) and both women's individual events (Matilda Howell gold, Emma Cooke silver, Eliza Pollock bronze).[1][3] Howell, an early pioneer of women's archery, finished with three gold medals as she was a member of the only women's team to appear in the records.[1][3]

Archery
at the Games of the III Olympiad
VenueFrancis Olympic Field
Dates19–21 September 1904
No. of events6 (3 men, 3 women)
Competitors29 from 1 nation
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1908 →

In addition to the six events currently recognized as Olympic events by the International Olympic Committee,[3] there were also medals awarded for the top scores at each range in the Olympic events, separate flight shooting (longest distance) events, and an "Anthropology Days" event.[1]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's double York round
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George Bryant
  United States
Robert Williams
  United States
William Thompson
  United States
Men's double American round
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George Bryant
  United States
Robert Williams
  United States
William Thompson
  United States
Men's team round
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  United States
  United States
  United States
Women's double National round
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Matilda Howell
  United States
Emma Cooke
  United States
Eliza Pollock
  United States
Women's double Columbia round
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Matilda Howell
  United States
Emma Cooke
  United States
Eliza Pollock
  United States
Women's team round[3]
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  United States
None awarded None awarded

Schedule

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Legend
F Final
Event 19 Sep 20 Sep 21 Sep
Men's double American round F
Men's double York round F
Men's team round F
Women's double Columbia round F
Women's double National round F
Women's team round F

Participating nations

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States65516
Totals (1 entries)65516

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Archery at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "St. Louis 1904 Archery Results". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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