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1900 Summer Olympics

Games of the II Olympiad
Poster for fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Host cityParis, France
Nations26[note1]
Athletes1226[note1]
Events95 in 19 sports (21 disciplines) [note1]
Opening14 May 1900
Closing28 October 1900
StadiumVélodrome de Vincennes
← Athens 1896 St. Louis 1904 →
Denmark/Sweden v France tug of war at the 1900 games

The 1900 Summer Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900), officially called the Games of the II Olympiad, were held in Paris, France. The games went from 14 May to 28 October 1900.[1] The games were part of the 1900 Exposition Universelle (Paris World's Fair). The sports events were not well planned. The games were not thought to be a success.[2] In total, there were 1,226 athletes. These athletes were played in 19 different sports.[3][note1] 720 of the 997 athletes were from France. France won the most gold, silver, and bronze awards. U.S won the 2nd most awards. Britain won the 3rd most awards.[4]

This was the first Olympic Games where women competed. The sailor Hélène de Pourtalès was the first woman to win an Olympic game.[5]

The 1900 Olympic Games were also very unusual. There were many events that were only at this Olympics. These events were angling,[6] motor racing,[7] ballooning,[8] cricket,[9] croquet,[10] Basque pelota,[11] 200m swimming obstacle race and underwater swimming.[12] This was also the only Olympic Games to use live animals as a target in shooting.[13]

  1. ↑ "Olympics Site Closed | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  2. ↑ Zarnowski, C. Frank. "A Look at Olympic Costs," Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Citius, Altius, Fortius (US). Summer 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 19 [4 of 17 PDF]; retrieved 2012-7-24.
  3. ↑ "Paris 1900 Summer Olympics". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "1900 Paris Medal Tally". Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Paris facts". Paris Digest. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  6. ↑ Mérillon, Daniel (1901a). Rapports : Concours Internationaux d'exercices physiques et de sports. Vol. 1. Paris: Imprimerie nationale. T1.
  7. ↑ Journal of Olympic History, Special Issue – December 2008, The Official Publication of the International Society of Olympic Historians, p. 8, by Karl Lennartz, Tony Bijkerk and Volker Kluge
  8. ↑ Journal of Olympic History, Special Issue – December 2008, The Official Publication of the International Society of Olympic Historians, p. 13, by Karl Lennartz, Tony Bijkerk and Volker Kluge
  9. ↑ Journal of Olympic History, Special Issue – December 2008, The Official Publication of the International Society of Olympic Historians, p. 32, by Karl Lennartz, Tony Bijkerk and Volker Kluge
  10. ↑ Journal of Olympic History, Special Issue – December 2008, The Official Publication of the International Society of Olympic Historians, p. 33, by Karl Lennartz, Tony Bijkerk and Volker Kluge
  11. ↑ Journal of Olympic History, Special Issue – December 2008, The Official Publication of the International Society of Olympic Historians, p. 52, by Karl Lennartz, Tony Bijkerk and Volker Kluge
  12. ↑ Journal of Olympic History, Special Issue – December 2008, The Official Publication of the International Society of Olympic Historians, p. 77, by Karl Lennartz, Tony Bijkerk and Volker Kluge
  13. ↑ Carmichael, Emma (July 27, 2012). "Gawker's Guide to the Olympic Sports You're Pretty Sure Don't Exist: Shooting". Gawker. Archived from the original on May 6, 2013.
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