| 1904 Summer Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
| Location | St. Louis,  United States |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals | United States (78) |
| Most total medals | United States (231) |
The 1904 Summer Olympics were held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States from July 1 to November 23, 1904, as part of the St. Louis World's Fair.
A total of 651 athletes from 12 nations participated in 95 events in 16 sports at these games.[1][2]
Nine participating nations earned medals, in addition to four medals won by mixed teams. In the early Olympic Games, several team events were contested by athletes from multiple nations.[3] Retroactively, the IOC created the designation "mixed team" (with the country code ZZX) to refer to these groups of athletes. Some athletes won medals both individually and as part of a mixed team, so these medals are tabulated under different nations in the official counts.[4]
The United States won 231 medals, setting a record that still stands today. The Soviet Union came closest to beating the record with 195 medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics, which currently is second all-time. The 1980 Soviets, however, won 80 gold medals and, the United States subsequently won 83 gold medals in the 1984 Summer Olympics, which is the all-time record.[4] Gold medals were awarded to event winners for the first time at the 1904 games. Prior to that, a silver medal was awarded to first-place finishers and a bronze medal to second-place finishers.[5][6]
