Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

appeared at the 1904 Summer Olympics for the first time, as a demonstration sport. There were four different events that took place in Saint Louis, for basketball competition.

Amateur championships

* Buffalo German YMCA def. Missouri AC, 97–8 *Chicago Central YMCA def. Sawyer AB, 56–6 *Buffalo German YMCA def. Turner Tigers, 77–6 *Chicago Central YMCA def. Turner Tigers (Turner Tigers forfeited) *Buffalo German YMCA def. Xavier AA, 36–28 *Buffalo German YMCA def. Chicago Central YMCA, 39–28 *Chicago Central YMCA def. Missouri AC, 2–0 (Missouri AC failed to appear)

College basketball

Hiram College Hiram College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Hiram, Ohio. It was founded in 1850 as the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute by Amos Sutton Hayden and other members of the Disciples of Christ Church. The college is nonsectarian and c ...

def. Wheaton College, 23–20 *Wheaton College def. Latter-day Saints' University, 40–35 *Hiram College def. Latter-day Saints' University, 25–18 # Hiram College, 2–0 # Wheaton College, 1–1 # Latter-day Saints' University, 0–2 {{DEFAULTSORT:Olympics 1904 1904–05 in American basketball

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

Basketball competitions in the United States Olympic demonstration sports Basketball in Missouri