Frenchmen Roger Brouss defeated Britain's Harry Mallin in the quarter final of the middleweight boxing tournament. But the Briton was quick to protested claiming Brouss bit him during the fight. A thorough investigation by the disciplinary committee revealed that not only Mallin but also Brouss' previous opponent, an Argentinean had deep bite marks as a memory of the occasion. Brouss was disqualified, Mallin became the first boxer to defend an Olympic title, and Parisians rioted violently in protest.

Bill Havens missed out on a gold medal when he did not join his teammates on the Yale eight rowing team, and instead stayed home with his wife as she gave birth to their first son, Frank. One of the other members of the team would become familiar with babies, the famous future Doctor Benjamin Spock, author of Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. Twenty-eight years later in Helsinki, "Baby" Frank would again make his mark on the Games, this time as an Olympic champion in the 10,000 meters Canadian canoes singles.