 canada competed at the 1904 summer olympics in st. louis, united states. these games were the second at which canadian athletes participated. as in 1900 they did not compete under the canadian flag, national teams not being introduced until the next olympics. unofficially, however, it was a very successful olympics for canada with canadian competitors winning the fourth most medals. however this was largely because most europeans decided not to make the long trip to compete in the games. the canadian athletes were a unified group for the first time and were unofficially regarded as a team. ==medalists==  the most notable canadian medal winner was etienne desmarteau who placed first in the 56 pound weight throw. he was fired as a montreal police officer when he left to compete at the games. returning as a medallist and local hero he was reinstated, but died the next year of typhoid. canada won two golds in team sports, two thirds of canada's total in all summer games. the canadian soccer team from galt, ontario won gold and a team known as the winnipeg shamrocks won the lacrosse title. the third place finishers were also from canada, a team of mohawks from a reserve near brantford. of note was peter deer, a full blooded iroquois indian, who competed in the 800 & 1500 metres races, he was the first native person to represent canada outside her borders. deer was a mechanic by day and was a member of the montreal amateur athletics association. he was 23 in 1904, he came from caughnawaga a native village on the south bank, they spoke iroquois, english & french. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" |- !medal !name !sport !event !date |- |  |  || athletics | men's 56 lb weight throw |  |- |  | galt f.c. | align=center colspan=2| football |  |- |  |  || [[golf at the 1904 sum
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