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Steeplechase events had been introduced to the
Olympics in 1900, with two events at the Paris Games, at 2500 metres and 4000 metres. At St. Louis 1904, there was only one steeplechase event, at 2590 metres. The distance was changed to 3200 metres at London 1908, but the event was removed from the
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of the United States won the first of his three gold and four overall medals in the 1904 Games. Irishman
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These were the standing world and
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programme. It was the only time the event was held at the 2590 metre distance, though the
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The distance of this race was 2500 metres and the track was 500 metres in circumference.
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The race distance was 2590 metres, with hurdles and a water jump. Only a final was held.
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was a distance runner who had never competed in a steeplechase before.
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1013:"Athletics at the 1904 St. Louis: Men's 2,590 metres Steeplechase"
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mile (536.448m) in length, with one long straightaway.
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Olympic champions in men's 3000 metres steeplechase
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1073:"Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics"
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27:at the Games of the III Olympiad
1048:"2590 metres Steeplechase, Men"
24:Men's 2590 metres steeplechase
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1103:"Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich"
566:The track was a cinder track
2272:Steeplechase at the Olympics
537:program at Stockholm 1912.
39:Gold medalist Jim Lightbody
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16:Athletics at the Olympics
1101:Wudarski, Pawel (1999).
668:Tuesday, 29 August 1904
514:2500 metre steeplechase
496:The men's 2590 metres
1869:ZdzisΕaw Krzyszkowiak
431:56 pound weight throw
1984:BronisΕaw Malinowski
1017:sports-reference.com
842:David Curtiss Munson
510:1900 Summer Olympics
381:Standing triple jump
181:1904 Summer Olympics
2237:Soufiane El Bakkali
2214:Soufiane El Bakkali
291:2590 m steeplechase
1823:Horace Ashenfelter
559:Competition format
391:Standing high jump
371:Standing long jump
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1673:Volmari Iso-Hollo
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301:4 mile team race
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