Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – .5 to 1 ton

0.5 to 1 Ton Sailing at the Games of the II Olympiad
0.5 - 1 Ton Class
Venue	Meulan
Date	First race: August 24, 1900 (1900-08-24) Second race: August 25, 1900 (1900-08-25)
Competitors	35 (documented) from 3 nations
Teams	20
Medalists
Lorne Currie, Algernon Maudslay, John Gretton, Linton Hope   Great Britain Louis Auguste-Dormeuil   France Jules Valton, Jacques Baudrier, Jean Le Bret, Félix Marcotte, William Martin   France Émile Michelet, Marcel Meran   France Émile Michelet, Marcel Meran   France Jules Valton, Jacques Baudrier, Jean Le Bret, Félix Marcotte, William Martin   France

The 0.5 to 1 ton was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics program in Meulan. Twenty boats started during the two races in the 0.5 to 1 ton. thirty–five competitors from three countries are documented. The races were held on 24 and 25 May 1900 on the river Seine. ^{[1] [2]}

Race schedule

Source: ^[1]

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Meulan competition

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Le Havre competition

1900	May								August
	20 Sun	21 Mon	22 Tue	23 Wed	24 Thu	25 Fri	26 Sat	27 Thu	1 Fri	2 Sat	3 Sun	4 Mon	5 Tue	6 Wed
0.5 to 1 ton					●	●
Total gold medals					1	1

Course area and course configuration

For the 0.5 to 1 ton the 15 kilometres (8.1 nmi) course in the Meulan course area was used.

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  Course area Meulan

Weather conditions

The race was troublesome due to an almost complete absence of any wind and the existing wind was perpendicular to the course (river Seine) and blocked or diverted by trees and buildings. ^[2]

Final results

Source: ^[3]

Two separate races were sailed. No combined results were made. ^[1]

Race of 24 May 1900

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Medalrace
					Pos.	Pts.
	Great Britain	Lorne Currie	Algernon Maudslay John Gretton Linton Hope	Scotia	1	03:29:45
	France	Jules Valton	Jacques Baudrier Jean Le Bret Félix Marcotte William Martin	Crabe II	2	03:39:23
	France	Émile Michelet	Marcel Meran	Scamasaxe	3	03:42:40
4	France	Jean De Chabanne La Palice	Unknown	Crabe I	4	03:47:11
5	France	Jean d'Estournelles de Constant	Unknown	Pierre et Jean	5	03:52:44
6	France	L. Legru	Unknown	Suzon IV	6	03:53:50
7	France	Louis Auguste-Dormeuil	Unknown	Pettit-Poucet	7	03:56:55
8	France	François Texier	Auguste Texier	C.V.A.	8	04:00:32
9	France	Marc Jousset	Unknown	Dick	9	04:03:00
10	France	Letot	Dupland	Galopin	10	04:03:58
11	France	Phocion Rossollin	Unknown	Ariette	11	04:04:21
12	France	Owner: Jean Le Bret	Unknown	Crocodile	12	04:06:40
13	France	Albert Glandaz	Unknown	Colette [4] [1]	13	04:08:00
14	France	Henri Gauthier	Unknown	Cinara	14	04:10:00
15	France	Paul Couture	Unknown	Tornade	15	04:19:52
	France	Eugène Laverne	Georges Pottier Jonet-Pastré Pierre de Boulogne	Sidi-Fekkar	DSQ	[5] [1]
	Germany	Paul Wiesner	Arthur Bloomfeld Georg Naue Heinrich Peters	Aschenbrödel	DSQ	[6] [1]
	France	Édouard Mézan de Malartic	Unknown	Jeannette	DNS
	France	G. Pigeard	Unknown	Demi-Mondaine	DNS
	France	Roosevelt	Unknown	Verveine	DNS

Legend:DNS – Did not start;DSQ – Disqualified; Gender: – male; – female;

Race of 25 May 1900

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Medalrace
					Pos.	Pts.
	France	Louis Auguste-Dormeuil	Unknown	Pettit-Poucet	1	03:27:07
	France	Émile Michelet	Marcel Meran	Scamasaxe	2	03:30:31
	France	Jules Valton	Jacques Baudrier Jean Le Bret Félix Marcotte William Martin	Crabe II	3	03:41:24
4	Great Britain	Lorne Currie	Algernon Maudslay John Gretton Linton Hope	Scotia	4	03:45:46
5	France	Jean De Chabanne La Palice	Unknown	Crabe I	5	03:50:45
6	France	L. Legru	Unknown	Suzon IV	6	03:59:27
7	France	Letot	Dupland	Galopin	7	04:05:40
8	France	Phocion Rossollin	Unknown	Ariette	8	04:08:10
9	France	François Texier	Auguste Texier	C.V.A.	9	04:30:08
10	France	G. Pigeard	Unknown	Demi-Mondaine	10	04:30:08
	France	Owner: Jean Le Bret	Unknown	Crocodile	DNF
	France	Jean d'Estournelles de Constant	Unknown	Pierre et Jean	DNF
	France	Albert Glandaz	Unknown	Colette	DNF
	France	Eugène Laverne	Georges Pottier Jonet-Pastré Pierre de Boulogne	Sidi-Fekkar	DNF
	France	Édouard Mézan de Malartic	Unknown	Jeannette	DNF
	France	Roosevelt	Unknown	Verveine	DNF
	France	Paul Couture	Unknown	Tornade	DNS
	France	Henri Gauthier	Unknown	Cinara	DNS
	France	Marc Jousset	Unknown	Dick	DNS

Legend:DNF – Did not finish;DNS – Did not start; Gender: – male; – female;

Notes

Jean d'Estournelles de Constant one of the participants in this class was also the chef de bureau à la Direction des beaux-arts as well as secrétaire des courses du Cercle de la voile of the event. He also wrote the section on the Olympic sailing of 1900 in the official report. ^[1]

Other information

Initially only the race on 24 May 1900 was part of the Olympic program. However the race on the 25 May 1900, initially part of the Exposition Universelle program, was afterwards awarded with an Olympic status. ^[1]

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

References

1. "Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Concours D'Exercices Physiques et de Sports" (PDF) (in French). Imprimerie Nationale (LA84). 1901. pp. 399–430. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Sailing at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed ½-1 Ton". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
3. "Official website of the Olympic Movement: Olympics Search all results & Olympic medalists". IOC . Retrieved 16 March 2014.
4. Colette was a one ton boat of the catamaran type.
5. Since Sidi-Fekkar capsized before the start and got external help she was disqualified.
6. The German yacht was afterwards measured and disqualified. The measurement had shown that the tonnage of the yacht was 1.041 Ton, 0.041 too high!