Editing 1904 Summer Olympics (section)

==Venues==
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Five sports venues were used for the 1904 Summer Olympics. The venues included Glen Echo Country Club, the first [[golf course]] constructed west of the [[Mississippi River]], which had opened in 1901.<ref name=gecc /> Three Olympic sports were hosted at Forest Park, the site of the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition]] which was being held concurrently with the Olympics: the Life Saving Exhibition Lake at Forest Park was used for the diving, swimming, and water polo events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/DIV/mens-springboard.html |title=Diving at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Springboard |website=Sports Reference |access-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418125526/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/DIV/mens-springboard.html |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |url-status=unfit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/SWI/ |title=Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games |website=Sports Reference |access-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044731/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/SWI/ |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |url-status=unfit}}</ref><ref name=wp>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WAP/mens-water-polo.html |title=Water Polo at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Water Polo |website=Sports Reference |access-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418125222/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WAP/mens-water-polo.html |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |url-status=unfit}}</ref>

Creve Coeur Lake became the first park of [[St. Louis County, Missouri|St. Louis County]] in 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/plan/factbook2002/Parks.pdf |title=Parks in St. Louis County, Missouri |date=2002 |publisher=St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation |website=co.st-louis.mo.us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625025940/https://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/plan/factbook2002/Parks.pdf |archive-date=June 25, 2006 |page=103 |access-date=October 4, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Lake has hosted rowing regattas since 1882 and still hosts them as of 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1882/06/25/102784028.pdf|title=CONTESTS AT THE OARS; THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGATTA—ROWING AT PAWTUCKET|date=June 25, 1882|work=The New York Times|access-date=2010-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308003548/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1882/06/25/102784028.pdf|archive-date=2021-03-08|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/715829492.html?dids=715829492:715829492&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+11%2C+1885&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=SPORTING+AFFAIRS.&pqatl=google|title=SPORTING AFFAIRS|date=May 11, 1885|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=2010-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024133450/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/715829492.html?dids=715829492:715829492&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+11%2C+1885&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=SPORTING+AFFAIRS.&pqatl=google|archive-date=October 24, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Francis Olympic Field and Gymnasium are still in use on the [[Washington University in St. Louis]] campus as of 2021.<ref name=field>[http://www.wustl.edu/community/visitors/tour/danforth/francis-field.html Washington University in St. Louis profile of Francis Field.] – accessed November 23, 2018.</ref><ref name=gym>[http://www.wustl.edu/community/visitors/tour/danforth/francis-gym.html Washington University in St. Louis profile of Francis Gymnasium.] – accessed November 23, 2018.</ref> An ornamental gate commemorating the 1904 Games was constructed outside the stadium immediately after the Exposition.<ref name=field /> A swimming pool was added to the gymnasium in 1985.<ref name=gym /> Forest Park, constructed in 1876, is still in use as of 2021 and attracts over 12 million visitors annually.<ref>[http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/parks/forestpark/ St. Louis, Missouri city profile of Forest Park.] – accessed November 23, 2018.</ref> Glen Echo Country Club remains in use as a golf course today as of 2021.<ref name=gecc />

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|| [[Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park|Creve Coeur Lake]] || [[Rowing at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Rowing]] ||align="right"|Not listed
| align=center|<ref name=Spalding>{{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1904/1904Spal.pdf |title=Official Report of the Olympic Games of 1904 (in Spalding's Official Athletic Almanac for 1905) |date=January 1905 |editor=J. E. Sullivan |work=LA84 Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829191500/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1904/1904Spal.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2011 |access-date=October 4, 2010 |page=213}}</ref>
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|| [[Francis Olympic Field]]|| [[Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Archery]], [[Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Athletics]], [[Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Cycling]], [[Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Football]], [[Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Gymnastics]], [[Lacrosse at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Lacrosse]], [[Roque at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Roque]], [[Tennis at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Tennis]], [[Tug of war at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Tug of war]], [[Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]], [[Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || align="right"|19,000
| align=center|<ref>J. E. Sullivan, ed. (January 1905). pp. 222–9, 233–47.</ref>
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|| [[Francis Gymnasium]] || [[Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Boxing]], [[Fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Fencing]]|| align="right"|Not listed
| align=center|<ref>J. E. Sullivan, ed. (January 1905). pp. 231, 245.</ref>
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|| [[Forest Park (St. Louis)|Forest Park]] || [[Diving at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Diving]], [[Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], [[Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Water polo]] || align="right"|Not listed
| align=center|<ref>J. E. Sullivan, ed. (January 1905). pp. 229, 231.</ref>
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|| [[Glen Echo Country Club]] || [[Golf at the 1904 Summer Olympics|Golf]]|| align="right"|Not listed
| align=center|<ref name=gecc>{{cite web|url=http://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/glen-echo-country-club|last=Healey|first=Jim|title=Glen Echo County Club|website=golfclubatlas.com|date=19 March 2009 |access-date=November 23, 2018}}</ref>
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