Athletics
Men: Olympic Games 1904 at St. Louis (usa)

Marathon
August 30:
1. Thomas Hicks (usa) 3h28:53
2. Albert Coray (fra) 3h34:52
3. Arthur Newton (usa) 3h47:33
4. Felix Carvajal (cub)
5. Demetrios Velouis (gre)
6. David Kneeland (usa)
7. Henry Brawley (usa)
8. Sidney Hatch (usa)
9. Len Tau (saf)
10. Christos Zechouritis (gre)

At first Fred Lotz (usa), who quit after 10 km and rode back in a car to the stadium, had been mistaken for the winner by officials; Lotz played along, before the trick was discovered