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===Notes on medalists=== The nationalities of some medalists were disputed, as many American athletes were recent immigrants to the United States who had not yet been granted [[U.S. citizenship]]. In July 2021, the IOC accepted the recommendations of Olympic historian [[Bill Mallon]], and adjusted their database with regard to the following cases: * In 2009, historians from the [[International Society of Olympic Historians]] discovered that cyclist [[Frank Bizzoni]], believed to be an American, was still an Italian citizen when he competed in 1904: he received U.S. citizenship in 1917.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCN1CQAAQBAJ&q=Frank+Bizzoni+1904 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement |last1=Grasso |first1=John |last2=Mallon |first2=Bill |last3=Heijmans |first3=Jeroen |date=May 2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |edition=5th |isbn=978-1-4422-4859-5 |page=284}}</ref> * Two Norwegian-American wrestlers, [[Charles Ericksen]] and [[Bernhoff Hansen]] won gold medals. In 2012, Norwegian historians found documentation showing that Ericksen did not receive American citizenship until March 22, 1905, while Hansen probably never received American citizenship. The historians therefore petitioned the IOC to have the athletes registered as Norwegians.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/ol2012/nyheter/her-er-norges-ukjente-ol-gullvinner-1.8281024|work=NRK|title=Her er beviset som endrer norsk idrettshistorie|date=August 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/sport/usas-os-guld-var-egentligen-norges_7422064.svd|work=Svenska Dagbladet|title=USA-guld 1904 var Norges|date=August 14, 2012}}</ref> In May 2013, it was reported that the [[Norwegian Olympic Committee]] had filed a formal application for changing the nationality of the wrestlers in the IOC's medal database,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/kampsport/article3617871.ece|work=Nettavisen|title=Norges OL-historie skrives pΓ₯ nytt|date=May 3, 2013|access-date=May 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212143710/http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/kampsport/article3617871.ece|archive-date=December 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> which was done. * Swimmer and multi-medalist [[Francis Gailey]] competed in 1904 as an Australian. He immigrated to America in 1906, sailing to San Francisco on the SS Sonoma, and worked as a banker in California, living for a time in Ontario, Canada, where he married Mary Adams, and finally settled in southern California in 1918, managing orange-grove plantations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://corporate.olympics.com.au/F50BFE65-5056-B031-6AE23D104E37B9A4 |title=Australian Olympic Committee: Australia's lost Olympian won four medals |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816132721/http://corporate.olympics.com.au/F50BFE65-5056-B031-6AE23D104E37B9A4 |archive-date=August 16, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Multi-medalist [[Frank Kugler]] of Germany, a member of the St. Louis Southwest Turnverein team, was granted U.S. citizenship in 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/frank-kugler-1.html |title=Frank Kugler |website=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417075738/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/frank-kugler-1.html |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |url-status=unfit}}</ref> * [[Gustav Tiefenthaler]] was born in Switzerland, but the family moved to the United States when he was a child: he represented the South Broadway AC in St. Louis. At the Olympics, Tiefenthaler wrestled one bout and lost, but earned a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/gustav-tiefenthaler-1.html |title=Gustav Tiefenthaler |website=Sports Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110633/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/gustav-tiefenthaler-1.html |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |url-status=unfit}}</ref> * French-American [[Albert Corey]] won silver medals in the [[Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics β Men's marathon|marathon]], and in the team race as part of a mixed team (together with four undisputed Americans).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/st-louis-1904/athletics |title=St Louis 1904 Athletics - Results & Videos |access-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027093923/https://www.olympic.org/st-louis-1904/athletics |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Austrian-American gymnast [[Julius Lenhart]] won gold and silver medals in individual events and gold medal in team competition as a part of the mixed team. The IOC also counted one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals won by the American fencer [[Albertson Van Zo Post]] for Cuba instead of the United States: the IOC also showed [[Charles Tatham (fencer)|Charles Tatham]] as Cuban for individual fencing events and American for the team event, but he was an American.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/st-louis-1904/fencing |title=St. Louis 1904 Fencing Results |website=Olympic.org |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref>
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