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A comparison of the 1904 and 2000 Olympic games
June 10,
2004 -- How much have the Olympics changed in 96 years? Check below for a brief comparison between the two.
| Category | St. Louis - 1904* | Australia - 2000 | | Chief Individual Organizer | David R. Francis | Lois Appleby | | Date of Games | August 19 - September 3 | September 15 - October 1 | | Nations | 12 | 200 | | Athletes | 687 (6 women) | 10,651(4,069 women) | | Sports | 14 | 28 | | Events | 94 | 300 | | Spectators | 80,000 (10,000 for the marathon) | 1,108,000 | | Olympic Stadium Seating | 12,000 | 110,000 | | Ticket Prices | 50 cents to $1 | $150 - $1500 Australian | | Media | Approximately 50 | 16,033 | | Television Viewers | 0 | 3.7 billion | | Cost of Facilities | $140,000 | over $600 million | | Funding | Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, U.S. Government | Commonwealth, U.S. Government | | Exhibition Sports | Basketball, Baseball, Lacrosse, Water Polo | n/a | | First-time sports | Boxing | Triathalon, Taekwondo, Womens weightlifting, soccer, Women's Softball | | Marathon entrants | 32 (all men) | 900 (men) | | Average July high temperature | 86 degrees | 55-70 degrees | | Track and Field Events | Gold | Gold | | 100m | 11.0 - Archie Hahn, USA | 9.87 - Maurice Green, USA | | 400m | 49.5 - Harry Hillman, USA | 43.84 - Michael Johnson, USA | | 800m | 1:56 - J.D. Lightbody, USA | 1:45.08 - Nils Schumann, Germany | | 1,500m | 4:05.4 - J.D. Lightbody, USA | 3:32.07 - Noah Kiprono Ngenyi, Kenya | | Marathon | 3:28.53 - T.J. Hicks, USA | 2:10.11 - Gezahng Abera, Ethiopia | | 110m hurdles | 16.0 - F.W. Schule, USA | 13.00 - Anier Garcia, Cuba | | Pole Vault | 3.51m - C.E. Dvorak, USA | 5.90m - Nick Hysong, USA | | High Jump | 1.81m - S.S. Jones, USA | 2.35m - Sergey Kliugin, Russia |
*Lacking accurate records from the 1904 Olympics, discrepancies may exist for some categories.
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