Roque at the 1904 Summer Olympics

At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, a roque tournament was contested. It was the only time that roque was included in the Olympic program.[1][2]

Men's singles roque
at the Games of the III Olympiad
DatesAugust 3, 1904 (1904-08-03)
August 8, 1904 (1904-08-08)
Competitors4 from 1 nation
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Jacobus  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Smith Streeter  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charles Brown  United States

Participating nations edit

4 players from the host nation competed.

Results edit

 
The roque competition in 1904

The competitors played a double round-robin tournament, with each player playing their opponents twice.

Rank Player Won Lost
1   Charles Jacobus (USA) 5 1
2   Smith Streeter (USA) 4 2
3   Charles Brown (USA) 2 4
4   William Chalfant (USA) 1 5

Source: Sports Reference.[3]

Medal table edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  United States (USA)   United States (USA)   United States (USA)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Roque at the 1904 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  3. ^ Roque at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Singles at Sports-reference.com

Sources edit