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Francis Olympic Field

Francis Olympic Field is a at Washington University in St. Louis that was used as the main venue for the 1904 Summer Olympics. It is currently used by the university's track and field, cross country, football, and soccer teams.
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  • Type: Pitch
  • Description: stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, US
  • Also known as: “Francis Field, St Louis”, “Francis Olympic Stadium”, “St. Louis Olympic Field”, and “St. Louis Olympic Stadium”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include University City–Big Bend station and Washington University Hilltop Campus Historic District.

Railway station
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is a light rail station on the Blue Line of the St. Louis MetroLink system. This subway station is located beneath the intersection of Big Bend Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway and primarily serves passengers arriving on foot from nearby universities and surrounding neighborhoods. is situated 1,400 feet north of Francis Olympic Field.

Protected area
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The was the site of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the 1904 Summer Olympics. Many of the exposition buildings were temporary in nature, but a number of permanent structures were built and are used by Washington University, which calls this area the Danforth Campus.

Museum
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The is an art museum located on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, within the university's Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. is situated 3,200 feet east of Francis Olympic Field.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include University City and Clayton.

Town
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St. Louis County is an area in the of . Its current boundaries were set in 1877, when City split off to become an independent city separate from any county.

Town
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is a city in and the county seat of , , United States, that borders the independent city of . The population was 17,355 at the 2020 census.

Village
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is a city in , Missouri. It is an inner-ring suburb of , , United States. The United States census shows the population grew from 8,603 in 2010 to 9,286 in 2020.

Francis Olympic Field

Latitude
38.6479° or 38° 38′ 52″ north
Longitude
-90.31379° or 90° 18′ 50″ west
Inception
1904
Open location code
86CFJMXP+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 75503548
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­pitch
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­american_football
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­soccer
Wiki­data ID
Q1140737
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Thai—“Francis Olympic Field” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Francis Field”
  • Catalan: “Francis Field”
  • Cebuano: “Francis Field”
  • Chinese: “弗朗西斯奧林匹克體育場”
  • Chinese: “法蘭西斯奧運體育場”
  • Chinese: “法蘭西球場 (密蘇里州)”
  • Czech: “Francis Field”
  • Dutch: “Francis Field”
  • French: “Francis Field”
  • German: “Francis Field”
  • Hebrew: “שדה פרנסיס”
  • Indonesian: “Lapangan Francis”
  • Indonesian: “Lapangan Olimpiade Francis”
  • Indonesian: “Lapangan Olimpiade St. Louis”
  • Indonesian: “Stadion Olimpiade St. Louis”
  • Irish: “Francis Field”
  • Italian: “Francis Field”
  • Japanese: “フランシス・フィールド”
  • Korean: “프랜시스 필드”
  • Latin: “Campus Francii”
  • Latin: “Francis Field”
  • Macedonian: “Стадионот Франсис Филд”
  • Macedonian: “Френсис Филд”
  • Marathi: “फ्रांसिस ऑलिंपिक फील्ड”
  • Marathi: “फ्रांसिस फिल्ड”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Francis Field”
  • Norwegian: “Francis Field”
  • Persian: “ورزشگاه فرانسیس فیلد”
  • Polish: “Francis Field”
  • Portuguese: “Estádio Francis Field”
  • Russian: “Фрэнсис Филд”
  • Serbian: “Stadion Fransis fild”
  • Serbian: “Стадион Франсис филд”
  • Serbian: “Стадион Франсис Филд”
  • Spanish: “Francis Field”
  • Swedish: “Francis Field”
  • Thai: “สนามฟรานซิส”

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