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
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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.

Medalists

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

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 F.C.	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	4
2	Christian Brothers College	3	1	1	1	2	7	–5	3
3	St. Rose Parish	3	0	1	2	0	6	–6	1

Matches

November 16, 1904

Christian Brothers College	0–7	Galt F.C.
	Report Report 2	Steep ?' Taylor ?' McDonald ?' Hall ?' Hall ?' Hall ?' McDonald ?'

Francis Olympic Field, St. Louis

Referee: Paul McSweeney (United States)

November 17, 1904

St. Rose Parish	0–4	Galt F.C.
	Report	Taylor Henderson (og) ?

Francis Olympic Field, St. Louis

Referee: Paul McSweeney (United States)

Roster

Head coach: Louis Duff

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	Ernest Linton	(1880-02-17)17 February 1880 (aged 24)	0	Galt FC
	2DF	John Gourlay (captain)	(1872-07-26)26 July 1872 (aged 32)	0	Galt FC
	2DF	George Ducker	(1871-09-27)27 September 1871 (aged 33)	0	Galt FC
	3MF	Bobby Lane	(1882-01-15)15 January 1882 (aged 22)	0	Galt FC
	3MF	Albert Johnston	(1880-04-17)17 April 1880 (aged 24)	0	Galt FC
	3MF	Jack Fraser	(1881-12-15)15 December 1881 (aged 22)	0	Galt FC
	3MF	Otto Christman	(1880-02-20)20 February 1880 (aged 24)	0	Galt FC
	4FW	William Twaits	(1878-08-20)20 August 1878 (aged 26)	0	Galt FC
	4FW	Tom Taylor	(1880-12-04)4 December 1880 (aged 23)	0	Galt FC
	4FW	Fred Steep	(1874-12-20)20 December 1874 (aged 29)	0	Galt FC
	4FW	Gordon McDonald	(1878-02-02)2 February 1878 (aged 26)	0	Galt FC
	4FW	Sandy Hall	(1880-12-03)3 December 1880 (aged 23)	0	Galt FC
	4FW	Red Henderson	(1881-08-29)29 August 1881 (aged 23)	0	Galt FC
	4FW	Parnell Gourlay	(1879-02-03)3 February 1879 (aged 25)	0	Galt FC

Golf

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
	3rd	Mohawk Indians	Lost to  United States (USA) St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association	did not advance