Canada at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Canada at the
1904 Summer Olympics
Canada at the; 1904 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in St. Louis
Competitors	52
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 4 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States. These Games were the second at which Canadian athletes participated. As in 1900 they did not compete under the Canadian flag, national teams not being introduced until the next Olympics. Unofficially, however, it was a very successful Olympics for Canada with Canadian competitors winning the fourth most medals. However, this was largely because most Europeans decided not to make the long trip to compete in the games. The Canadian athletes were a unified group for the first time and were unofficially regarded as a team.

Medallists

The most notable Canadian medal winner was Etienne Desmarteau who placed first in the 56 pound weight throw. He was fired as a Montreal police officer when he left to compete at the games. Returning as a medallist and local hero he was reinstated, but died the next year of typhoid.

Canada won two golds in team sports, two thirds of Canada's total in all summer games. The Canadian soccer team from Galt, Ontario won gold and a team known as the Winnipeg Shamrocks won the field lacrosse title. The third-place finishers were also from Canada, a team of Mohawks from a reserve near Brantford.

Of note was Peter Deer, an Iroquois Indian, who competed in the 800 & 1500 metres races; he was the first Native person to represent Canada outside her borders. Deer was a mechanic by day and was a member of the Montreal Amateur Athletics Association. He was 23 in 1904, he came from Caughnawaga, a native village on the South Bank.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Étienne Desmarteau	Athletics	Men's 56 lb weight throw	September 1
Gold	Galt F.C. Otto Christman George Ducker John Fraser John Gourlay Alexander Hall Albert Henderson Albert Johnson Robert Lane Ernest Linton Gordon McDonald Frederick Steep Tom Taylor William Twaits	Football		November 23
Gold	George Lyon	Golf	Men's individual	September 24
Gold	Shamrock Lacrosse Team^[1] Élie Blanchard William Brennaugh George Bretz William Burns George Cattanach George Cloutier Sandy Cowan Jack Flett Benjamin Jamieson Stuart Laidlaw Hilliard Lyle William F. L. Orris Lawrence Pentland	Lacrosse		July 7
Silver	Alan Bailey, Phil Boyd, Thomas Loudon, Don MacKenzie, George Reiffenstein, William Rice, George Strange, William Wadsworth, Joseph Wright	Rowing	Men's eight	July 30
Bronze	Mohawk Indians Black Hawk Black Eagle Almighty Voice Flat Iron Spotted Tail Half Moon Lightfoot Snake Eater Red Jacket Night Hawk Man Afraid Soap Rain in Face	Lacrosse		July 7

Results by event

Athletics

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Repechage	Final

Men's 60 metres	7-8	Robert Kerr	unknown 2nd, heat 3	unknown 3–4, repechage	did not advance

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Final

Men's 100 metres	7-11	Robert Kerr	unknown 3rd, heat 2	did not advance

Men's 200 metres	5th	Robert Kerr	unknown 3rd, heat 2	did not advance

Event	Place	Athlete	Final

Men's 400 metres	7-12	Percival Molson	unknown

Men's 800 metres	7-13	Peter Deer	unknown
Men's 800 metres	7-13	John Peck	unknown

Men's 1500 metres	6th	Peter Deer	unknown

Men's 56 pound weight throw	1st	Étienne Desmarteau	10.46 metres OR

Football

Canada made its first football appearance in 1904, sending a club team to St. Louis. The team defeated each of the two United States club teams in the round-robin tournament. The International Olympic Committee later recognized the tournament as the official one and awarded the club a gold medal for its performance.

Summary

Team	Event	Wins	Losses	Percent	Rank
Galt F.C.	Men's football	2 (USA 7–0) (USA 4–0)	0	1.000

Standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Galt FC (CAN)	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	4
2	Christian Brothers College (USA)	3	1	1	1	2	7	–5	3
3	St. Rose Parish (USA)	3	0	1	2	0	6	–6	1

Matches

November 16, 1904

Christian Brothers College	0–7	Galt FC
	Report Report 2	Steep Taylor McDonald Hall

Francis Olympic Field, St. Louis

Referee: Paul McSweeney (United States)

November 17, 1904

St. Rose Parish	0–4	Galt FC
	Report	Taylor Henderson Unknown (o.g.)

Francis Olympic Field, St. Louis

Referee: Paul McSweeney (United States)

Team details


GK		Frank Frost
RB		George Cooke
LB		Henry Jameson
RH		Joseph Brady
CH		Edward Dierkes
LH		Martin Dooling
OR		Cormic Cosgrove
IR		Leo O'Connell
CF		Claude Jameson
IL		Harry Tate
OL		Thomas Cooke


GK		Ernest Linton
RB		George Ducker
LB		John Gourlay (c)
RH		Robert Lane
CH		Albert Johnston
LH		Otto Christman
OR		Thomas Taylor
IR		Frederick Steep
CF		Alexander Hall
IL		Albert Henderson
OL		William Twaits

Roster

Head coach: Louis Duff

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Ernest Linton	(1880-02-17)17 February 1880 (aged 24)	Galt FC
2DF	John Gourlay (captain)	(1872-07-26)26 July 1872 (aged 32)	Galt FC
2DF	George Ducker	(1871-09-27)27 September 1871 (aged 33)	Galt FC
3MF	Bobby Lane	(1882-01-15)15 January 1882 (aged 22)	Galt FC
3MF	Albert Johnston	(1880-04-17)17 April 1880 (aged 24)	Galt FC
3MF	Jack Fraser	(1881-12-15)15 December 1881 (aged 22)	Galt FC
3MF	Otto Christman	(1880-02-20)20 February 1880 (aged 24)	Galt FC
4FW	William Twaits	(1878-08-20)20 August 1878 (aged 26)	Galt FC
4FW	Tom Taylor	(1880-12-04)4 December 1880 (aged 23)	Galt FC
4FW	Fred Steep	(1874-12-20)20 December 1874 (aged 29)	Galt FC
4FW	Gordon McDonald	(1878-02-02)2 February 1878 (aged 26)	Galt FC
4FW	Sandy Hall	(1880-12-03)3 December 1880 (aged 23)	Galt FC
4FW	Red Henderson	(1881-08-29)29 August 1881 (aged 23)	Galt FC
4FW	Parnell Gourlay	(1879-02-03)3 February 1879 (aged 25)	Galt FC

Golf

Event	Place	Golfer	Qualification	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final

Men's individual	1st	George Lyon	169 (9th)	Defeated John Cady	Defeated Stuart Stickney	Defeated Albert Lambert	Defeated Francis Newton	Defeated Chandler Egan
	65th	Bertie Austin	211	did not advance
	73rd	Albert Austin	270	did not advance

Lacrosse

Two teams from Canada played in the 1904 lacrosse competition. The Winnipeg Shamrocks defeated the team from St. Louis by a score of 8–2 in the final to win gold.

Event	Place	Team	Semifinals	Final

Men's lacrosse	1st	Shamrock Lacrosse Team	Moved directly to finals	Defeated United States (USA) St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association
Men's lacrosse	3rd	Mohawk Indians	Lost to United States (USA) St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association	did not advance

Rowing

Event	Place	Crew	Final

Eight	2nd	Arthur Bailey, William Rice, George Reiffenstein, Phil Boyd, George Strange, William Wadsworth, Don MacKenzie, Joseph Wright, Thomas Loudon	unknown

References

sports-reference

^ "1904 Winnipeg Shamrocks". Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2017-05-27.

[1] "1904 Winnipeg Shamrocks". Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2017-05-27.

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Winnipeg Shamrocks	Mohawk Indians
George Cloutier George Cattanach Benjamin Jamieson Jack Flett George Bretz Élie Blanchard Hilliard Laidlaw Hilliard Lyle William Brennaugh L.H. Pentland Sandy Cowan William Burns William F.L. Orris	Black Hawk Black Eagle Almighty Voice Flat Iron Spotted Tail Half Moon Lightfoot Snake Eater Red Jacket Night Hawk Man Afraid Soap Rain in Face