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Competitions were held on 14 July, 15 July, 16 July, 19 July, and 22 July.

This included Bastille Day, which is a French holiday, and then Sunday, which many of the American athletes protested.

Even with many Americans not competing in finals because of confusion caused by the organizers ' decision to count scores achieved on Monday, 16 July for finals held on Sunday, 15 July and subsequent rescission of that decision, the United States won more than 4 times as many medals as any other nation, including 16 of the 23 gold medals.