Hurling at the 1904 Summer Olympics

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|games = 1904 Summer

|image = Hurling pictogram.svg

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|dates = 20 July 1904

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|gold = Innisfail Hurling Club

|goldNOC = USA

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Hurling was featured in the Summer Olympic Games unofficial programme in 1904. The competition was won by Innisfail Hurling Club of host city St. Louis, Missouri who played a match on 20 July 1904.{{cite book |author= George R. Matthews |title= America's first Olympics: the St. Louis games of 1904 |publisher= University of Missouri Press |url=https://archive.org/details/americasfirstoly00matt_0|url-access= registration |year=2005|page=[https://archive.org/details/americasfirstoly00matt_0/page/104 104]|isbn= 978-0-8262-1588-8 }}{{cite book |last1=Mallon |first1=Bill |title=The 1904 Olympic Games : results for all competitors in all events, with commentary |date=1999 |publisher=McFarland & Co |location=Jefferson, N.C. |isbn=0-7864-0550-3 |pages=137, 166}}{{cite book |last1=Sulivan |first1=James E. |title=Spalding Official Athletic Almanac for 1905: Special Olympic Number |date=January 1905 |publisher=The American Publishing Company |location=15 Warren Street, New York |page=209 |url=https://archive.org/details/1904-spal/page/n4/mode/1up |access-date=20 February 2023}}

Aftermath

Hurling was showcased at the Château de Vincennes during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the first time it had featured at an Olympics since 1904.{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/332985|title=Gaelic games demonstration to take place in Paris as part of sporting festival at the Olympics|website=hoganstand.com|date=31 July 2024}}

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