<Table> <Tr> <Th> <Paris 1900 </Th> <Th> London 1908> </Th> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> <Paris 1900 </Th> <Th> London 1908> </Th> </Tr> <P> The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from August 29 until September 3, 1904, as part of an extended sports program lasting from July 1 to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis . It was the first time that the Olympic Games were held outside Europe . </P> <P> European tensions caused by the Russo - Japanese War and the difficulty of getting to St. Louis kept most of the world's top athletes away . Only 62 of the 651 athletes who competed came from outside North America, and only 12--15 nations were represented in all . </P>

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