Equestrian mail coach at the Games of the II Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | 7th arrondissement of Paris | |||||||||
Date | 2 June | |||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 6 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Equestrian events at the 1900 Summer Olympics | |
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Jumping | |
Hacks and hunter combined | |
Long jump | |
Four-in-hand mail coach | |
High jump | |
The four-in-hand mail coach driving was one of five equestrian competitions held in late May and early June 1900 at the International Horse Show in Paris. The event was part of the Exposition Universelle, and later classified as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics. There were 31 entrants listed for the event; all 28 of them are known by name (three entered twice each). [1] The event was won by the team of Georges Nagelmackers (one of the competitors who entered twice) of Belgium. The teams of Léon Thome and Jean de Neuflize, both of France, were classified in second and third place respectively. [2] [3]
Sources prior to 1996 often did not list this event as Olympic. The IOC website currently has affirmed a total of 95 medal events, after accepting, as it appears, the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon regarding events that should be considered "Olympic". These additional events include the mail coach event. [4] [5] (Mallon and de Wael had included this event in their Olympic lists.)
No equestrian events were held at the first modern Olympics in 1896. Five events, including this one, were featured in 1900. Only the show jumping competition would ever be held again after that; this was the only appearance of the mail coach event. [6]
The contestants drove mail coaches drawn by four horses each, with the winners determined by a jury. Many of the coaches were driven by their owners. The event took place at the small Place de Breteuil, which was unable to accommodate all 31 coaches simultaneously. [2]
Date | Time | Round |
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Saturday, 2 June 1900 | 14:00 | Final |
Very little is known about the results of the event.
Rank | Driver | Nation |
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Georges Nagelmackers | Belgium | |
Léon Thome | France | |
Jean de Neuflize | France | |
4 | Philippe Vernes | France |
5–31 | Étienne van Zuylen van Nyevelt [lower-alpha 1] | Belgium |
Étienne van Zuylen van Nyevelt [lower-alpha 1] | Belgium | |
Georges Nagelmackers | Belgium | |
Vladimir Nikolayevich Orlov | Russian Empire | |
Charles Eugène Amable de Veauce | France | |
Luis Antonio de Guadalmina | Spain | |
Élie de Polyakov | Russian Empire | |
Octave Gallice | France | |
Jacques la Caze | France | |
Jacques la Caze | France | |
James Hennessy | France | |
Gaston Saint-Paul de Sinçay | Belgium | |
Adrien de Noailles | France | |
Jacques de Waru | France | |
Bertrand Chanu | France | |
Geoffroy d'Andigné | France | |
Jacques d'Arlincourt | France | |
Georges Chaudoir | Belgium | |
Louis du Douet de Graville | France | |
Max Guilleaume | Germany | |
Paul Lambert | Belgium | |
Ferdinand de Lariboisière | France | |
Hermann Mandl | Austria | |
Orban | Belgium | |
Georges Pauwels | Belgium | |
Paul de Saint-Léger | France | |
Georges de Zogheb | Austria |
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