Basketball appeared at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis for the first time, as a demonstration sport.

There were seven different events that took place: an amateur championship, a college championship, a YMCA championship, two high school championships, and two elementary school championships.^[1]

• 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)

• Hiram College def. Wheaton College, 23–20
• Hiram College def. Latter-day Saints' University, 25–18
• Wheaton College def. Latter-day Saints' University, 40–35

1. Hiram College, 2–0
2. Wheaton College, 1–1
3. Latter-day Saints' University, 0–2