The Controversy Surrounding The 1904 Olympics In St. Louis The St. Louis Olympics ... meter hurdle race earned him a gold medal, and that very medal just sold for more than half a million dollars.

BOSTON (AP) — A gold ... sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the decades, a firm announced Friday. The 1904 St. Louis ...

(ATR) Call it a slam dunk for the seller of a 1904 St. Louis Olympics basketball gold medal. It sold for $125,000 on Thursday in a Christie’s New York auction after the same medal garnered just ...

A decision by the International Olympic Committee ... the first at which gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded to athletes finishing first, second and third. The St. Louis world fair also ...

These Games are often regarded as the first to include an official Olympic soccer tournament. 100-year anniversary host Great Britain won the first of back-to-back gold medals, defeating Denmark 2-0 ...

BOSTON (AP) — A gold medal awarded to the winner of the 110-meter hurdles at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics ... Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, sold at auction for more than $488,000.