The 1900 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the II Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1900 in Paris, France. Gold medals were not given at the 1900 Games. A silver medal was given for a first place and a bronze medal was given for second. The International Olympic Committee has retroactively assigned gold, silver, and bronze medals to competitors who earned 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-place finishes respectively in order to bring early Olympics in line with current awards. [1]
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Au Cordon Doré 50 metres | Henri Hérouin France | Hubert Van Innis Belgium | Émile Fisseux France |
Au Cordon Doré 33 metres | Hubert Van Innis Belgium | Victor Thibault France | Charles Frédéric Petit France |
Au Chapelet 50 metres | Eugène Mougin France | Henri Helle France | Émile Mercier France |
Au Chapelet 33 metres | Hubert Van Innis Belgium | Victor Thibault France | Charles Frédéric Petit France |
Championnat du Monde | Henri Hérouin France | Hubert Van Innis Belgium | Not awarded |
Sur la Perche à la Herse | Emmanuel Foulon Belgium | Auguste Serrurier France | Not awarded |
Sur la Perche à la Pyramide | Émile Grumiaux France | Auguste Serrurier France | Louis Glineur Belgium |
Gold | Silver |
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Spain (ESP) | none awarded [4] |
Gold | Silver |
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Devon and Somerset Wanderers Great Britain C. B. K. Beachcroft (captain) | French Athletic Club Union Mixed team [5] William Anderson |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Singles, one ball | Gaston Aumoitte (FRA) | Georges Johin (FRA) | Chrétien Waydelich (FRA) |
Singles, two balls | Chrétien Waydelich (FRA) | Maurice Vignerot (FRA) | Jacques Sautereau (FRA) |
Doubles | France (FRA) Gaston Aumoitte Georges Johin | None | None |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's sprint | Georges Taillandier France | Fernand Sanz France | John Henry Lake United States |
Men's 25 km | Louis Bastien France | Louis Hildebrand Great Britain | Auguste Daumain France |
Men's points race [6] | Enrico Brusoni Italy | Karl Duill Germany | Louis Trousselier France |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Jumping | Aimé Haegeman Belgium | Georges Van Der Poele Belgium | Louis de Champsavin France |
High jump | Dominique Gardères France | none awarded | Georges Van Der Poele Belgium |
Long jump | Constant van Langhendonck Belgium | Gian Giorgio Trissino Italy | Jacques de Prunelé [7] France |
Hacks and hunter | Napoléon Murat France | Victor Archenoul France | Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac France |
Mail coach | Georges Nagelmackers Belgium | Léon Thome France | Jean de Neuflize France |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Épée | Ramón Fonst Cuba | Louis Perrée France | Léon Sée France |
Masters épée | Albert Robert Ayat France | Émile Bougnol France | Henri Laurent France |
Amateurs-masters épée | Albert Robert Ayat France | Ramón Fonst Cuba | Léon Sée France |
Foil | Émile Coste France | Henri Masson France | Marcel Boulenger France |
Masters foil | Lucien Mérignac France | Alphonse Kirchhoffer France | Jean-Baptiste Mimiague France |
Sabre | Georges de la Falaise France | Léon Thiébaut France | Siegfried Flesch Austria |
Masters sabre | Antonio Conte Italy | Italo Santelli Italy | Milan Neralić Austria |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's | Charles Sands United States | Walter Rutherford Great Britain | David Robertson Great Britain |
Women's | Margaret Abbott United States | Pauline Whittier United States | Daria Pratt United States |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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All around | Gustave Sandras France | Noël Bas France | Lucien Démanet France |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
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Mixed team (ZZX) [12] John Beresford (GBR) | Mixed team (ZZX) [13] Walter Buckmaster (GBR) | Mixed team (ZZX) [14] Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze (FRA) | Mixed team (ZZX) [16] Eustaquio de Escandón (MEX) |
The data below notes all races and medalists of the regattas of the Games of the second Olympiad, as well as of the Exposition Universelle and counts all winners as medalists, because the IOC website currently affirms a total of 95 medal events in the Games. [26]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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200 m freestyle | Frederick Lane Australia | Zoltán Halmay Hungary | Karl Ruberl Austria |
1000 m freestyle | John Arthur Jarvis Great Britain | Otto Wahle Austria | Zoltán Halmay Hungary |
4000 m freestyle | John Arthur Jarvis Great Britain | Zoltán Halmay Hungary | Louis Martin France |
200 m backstroke | Ernst Hoppenberg Germany | Karl Ruberl Austria | Johannes Drost Netherlands |
200 m team swimming | Germany (GER) [29] Ernst Hoppenberg Max Hainle Ernst Lührsen Gustav Lexau Herbert von Petersdorff | France (FRA) Tritons Lillois Maurice Hochepied Victor Hochepied Joseph Bertrand Jules Verbecke Victor Cadet | France (FRA) Pupilles de Neptune de Lille René Tartara Louis Martin Désiré Mérchez Georges Leuillieux Philippe Houben [30] |
200 m obstacle event | Frederick Lane Australia | Otto Wahle Austria | Peter Kemp Great Britain |
Underwater swimming | Charles Devendeville France | André Six France | Peder Lykkeberg Denmark |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Laurence Doherty Great Britain | Harold Mahony Great Britain | Reginald Doherty Great Britain |
Arthur Norris Great Britain | |||
Women's singles | Charlotte Cooper Great Britain | Hélène Prévost France | Marion Jones United States |
Hedwiga Rosenbaumová Bohemia | |||
Men's doubles | Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty (GBR) | Mixed team (ZZX) Max Décugis (FRA) Basil Spalding de Garmendia (USA) | Harold Mahony and Arthur Norris (GBR) |
André Prévost and Guy de la Chapelle (FRA) | |||
Mixed doubles | Charlotte Cooper and Reginald Doherty (GBR) | Mixed team (ZZX) Hélène Prévost (FRA) Harold Mahony (GBR) | Mixed team (ZZX) Marion Jones (USA) Laurence Doherty (GBR) |
Mixed team (ZZX) Archibald Warden (GBR) Hedwiga Rosenbaumová (BOH) |
Gold | Silver |
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Mixed team (ZZX) Edgar Aabye (DEN) August Nilsson (SWE) Eugen Schmidt (DEN) Gustaf Söderström (SWE) Karl Staaf (SWE) Charles Winckler (DEN) | Mixed team (ZZX) [31] Roger Basset Jean Collas Charles Gondouin Joseph Roffo Émile Sarrade Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría (COL) |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Mixed team (ZZX) (Osborne Swimming Club of Manchester) [32] Thomas Coe Robert Crawshaw William Henry John Arthur Jarvis Peter Kemp Victor Lindberg (NZL) Frederick Stapleton | Belgium (BEL) (Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club) Jean de Backer Victor de Behr Henri Cohen Fernand Feyaerts Oscar Grégoire Albert Michant Georges Romas Guillaume Séron Victor Sonnemans A. R. Upton | Mixed team (ZZX) (Libellule de Paris) [32] Bill Burgess (GBR) Jules Clévenot Alphonse Decuyper Louis Laufray Henri Peslier Auguste Pesloy Paul Vasseur |
France (FRA) (Pupilles de Neptune de Lille) [32] Auguste Camelin Eugène Coulon Jean Fardelle Antoine Fiolet Pierre Gellé Louis Marc Louis Martin Désiré Mérchez |
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