United States at the 1900 Summer Olympics

United States at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States in 1900
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Paris
Competitors	75 in 10 sports
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 19 Silver 14 Bronze 15 Total 48
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The United States competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. ^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Margaret Ives Abbott	Golf	women's 9 holes
Gold	Irving Baxter	Athletics	high jump
Gold	Irving Baxter	Athletics	pole vault
Gold	Ray Ewry	Athletics	standing long jump
Gold	Ray Ewry	Athletics	standing triple jump
Gold	Ray Ewry	Athletics	standing high jump
Gold	John Flanagan	Athletics	hammer throw
Gold	Frank Jarvis	Athletics	100 metres
Gold	Alvin Kraenzlein	Athletics	60 metres
Gold	Alvin Kraenzlein	Athletics	110 metre hurdles
Gold	Alvin Kraenzlein	Athletics	200 metre hurdles
Gold	Alvin Kraenzlein	Athletics	long jump
Gold	Maxie Long	Athletics	400 metres
Gold	Meyer Prinstein	Athletics	triple jump
Gold	Charles Sands	Golf	men's 36 holes
Gold	Richard Sheldon	Athletics	shot put
Gold	Walter Tewksbury	Athletics	200 metres
Gold	Walter Tewksbury	Athletics	400 metre hurdles
Gold	William Carr	Rowing	coxed eights
Silver	Irving Baxter	Athletics	standing long jump
Silver	Irving Baxter	Athletics	standing triple jump
Silver	Irving Baxter	Athletics	standing high jump
Silver	Meredith Colket	Athletics	pole vault
Silver	James Connolly	Athletics	triple jump
Silver	John Cregan	Athletics	800 metres
Silver	Truxtun Hare	Athletics	hammer throw
Silver	William Holland	Athletics	400 metres
Silver	Josiah McCracken	Athletics	shot put
Silver	John McLean	Athletics	110 metre hurdles
Silver	Myer Prinstein	Athletics	long jump
Silver	Walter Tewksbury	Athletics	60 metres
Silver	Walter Tewksbury	Athletics	100 metres
Silver	Pauline Whittier	Golf	women's 9 holes
Bronze	John Bray	Athletics	1500 metres
Bronze	Robert Garrett	Athletics	shot put
Bronze	Robert Garrett	Athletics	standing triple jump
Bronze	David Hall	Athletics	800 metres
Bronze	Marion Jones	Tennis	women's singles
Bronze	H. MacHenry	Sailing	3 to 10 ton race 2
Bronze	Josiah McCracken	Athletics	hammer throw
Bronze	John Lake	Cycling	2000 metre sprint
Bronze	Fred Moloney	Athletics	110 metre hurdles
Bronze	Daria Pratt	Golf	women's 9 holes
Bronze	Lewis Sheldon	Athletics	triple jump
Bronze	Lewis Sheldon	Athletics	standing high jump
Bronze	Richard Sheldon	Athletics	discus throw
Bronze	Walter Tewksbury	Athletics	200 metre hurdles
Bronze	Harry Van Bergen	Sailing	20+ ton class

• Additionally, Foxhall Parker Keene and Frank MacKey were part of the mixed team that won the gold medal in polo.
• Additionally, Walter McCreery was part of the mixed team that won the silver medal in polo, and Basil Spalding de Garmendia won a silver medal with Max Décugis of France in men's doubles tennis.
• Additionally, Marion Jones won a bronze medal with Laurence Doherty of Great Britain in mixed doubles tennis.

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The United States team took 16 of the 23 track & field athletics medals, having competed in 22 events (all except the 5000 metre team race). The Americans failed to win a medal in only 3 of the 22 events they contested—the marathon and the two steeplechase events. Kraenzlein won four gold medals while Baxter and Tewksbury led in total medals with five each. Most of the American team did not compete at the events scheduled for Sundays. ^[2]

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Repechage		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
William Holland	Men's 60 metres	Unknown	3	—				did not advance
Alvin Kraenzlein		7.0	1 Q					7.0
Edmund Minahan		Unknown	2 Q					7.2	4
Walter Tewksbury		7.2	1 Q					7.1
Dixon Boardman	Men's 100 metres	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
Charles Burroughs		11.4	1 Q	Unknown	3 R	Unknown	4–6	did not advance
Arthur Duffey		11.4	1 Q	11.0	1 Q	Bye		DNF	4
Frank Jarvis		10.8	1 Q	11.2	1 Q	Bye		11.0
Clark Leiblee		11.4	1 Q	Unknown	2 R	Unknown	3	did not advance
Thaddeus McClain		Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	2 R	Unknown	4–6	did not advance
Edmund Minahan		Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
Frederick Moloney		Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	3 R	Unknown	4–6	did not advance
Henry Slack		Unknown	3	did not advance
Walter Tewksbury		11.4	1 Q	10.8	1 Q	Bye		11.1 seconds
William Holland	Men's 200 metres	24.0	1 Q	—				22.9	4
Walter Tewksbury		Unknown	2 Q					22.2
Dixon Boardman	Men's 400 metres	51.2	1 Q	—				DNS	–
Walter Drumheller		Unknown	5					did not advance
William Holland		Unknown	2 Q					49.6
Harry Lee		Unknown	2 Q					DNS	–
Maxie Long		50.4	1 Q					49.4
Harvey Lord		Unknown	3					did not advance
William Moloney		51.0	1 Q					DNS	–
Henry Slack		Unknown	3					did not advance
John Bray	Men's 800 metres	Unknown	2 Q	—				Unknown	6
Edward Bushnell		Unknown	4–6					did not advance
John Cregan		2:03.0	1 Q					2:03.0
Walter Drumheller		Unknown	6–7					did not advance
Alexander Grant		Unknown	6					did not advance
David Hall		1:59.0	1 Q					Unknown
Howard Hayes		Unknown	3					did not advance
Harvey Lord		Unknown	3					did not advance
Edward Mechling		Unknown	4–5					did not advance
Justus Scrafford		Unknown	3					did not advance
Harrison Smith		Unknown	4–6					did not advance
John Bray	Men's 1500 metres	—						4:07.2
David Hall								Unknown	4
Alvin Kraenzlein	110 metres hurdles	15.6	1 Q	—		Bye		15.4
William Lewis		Unknown	3 R			Unknown	2	did not advance
John McLean		Unknown	3 R			17.0	1 Q	15.5
Frederick Moloney		Unknown	2 R			17.0	1 Q	15.6
William Remington		Unknown	2 R			Unknown	2	did not advance
Alvin Kraenzlein	Men's 200 metres hurdles	27.0	1 Q	—				25.4
William Lewis		Unknown	5					did not advance
Frederick Moloney		Unknown	3					did not advance
Thaddeus McClain		Unknown	3					did not advance
William Remington		Unknown	4					did not advance
Walter Tewksbury		Unknown	2 Q					Unknown
William Lewis	400 metres hurdles	Unknown	2 Q	—				DNS	–
Walter Tewksbury		1:01.0	1 Q					57.6
Arthur L. Newton	Men's 2500 metres steeplechase	—						Unknown	4
Alexander Grant	4000 metres steeplechase	—						DNF	–
Thaddeus McClain								DNF	–
Dick Grant	Men's marathon	—						Unknown	6–7
Arthur L. Newton								Unknown	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifier		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alvin Kraenzlein	Men's long jump	6.930	2 Q	7.185
Thaddeus McClain		6.435	7	did not advance
John McLean		6.655	6	did not advance
Meyer Prinstein		7.175	1 Q	7.175
William Remington		6.725	4 Q	6.825	4
James Connolly	Men's triple jump	—		13.97
Daniel Horton				Unknown	7–13
Frank Jarvis				Unknown	7–13
John McLean				Unknown	7–13
Meyer Prinstein				14.47
Lewis Sheldon				13.64
Irving Baxter	Men's high jump	—		1.90
Irving Baxter	Men's pole vault	—		3.30
Meredith Colket				3.25
Irving Baxter	Men's standing long jump	—		3.135
Ray Ewry				3.300
Lewis Sheldon				3.020	4
Irving Baxter	Men's standing triple jump	—		9.95
Ray Ewry				10.58
Robert Garrett				9.50
Daniel Horton				Unknown	5–10
Frank Jarvis				Unknown	5–10
John McLean				Unknown	5–10
Lewis Sheldon				9.45	4
Ray Ewry	Men's standing high jump	—		1.655
Irving Baxter				1.525
Lewis Sheldon				1.500
Robert Garrett	Men's shot put	12.37	3 Q	12.37
Truxtun Hare		10.92	8	did not advance
Josiah McCracken		12.85	2 Q	12.85
Richard Sheldon		13.80	1 Q	14.10
John Flanagan	Men's discus throw	33.00	7	did not advance
Robert Garrett		No mark	–	did not advance
Truxtun Hare		No mark	–	did not advance
Josiah McCracken		32.00	10	did not advance
Richard Sheldon		34.10	3 Q	34.60
John Flanagan	Men's hammer throw	—		51.01
Truxtun Hare				46.25
Josiah McCracken				43.58

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The United States' first cycling appearance was at the second Olympic cycling competition, 1900. One cyclist from the United States competed in both events, winning the bronze medal in the 2000 metre sprint to become the only cyclist from outside France to win a medal.

Track

Cyclist	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
John Henry Lake	Men's sprint	1:35.8	1 Q	2:02.0	1 Q	2:09.6	1 Q	Unknown
John Henry Lake	Men's 25 kilometres	—						DNF	–

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The United States first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent two fencers.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinals		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
F. Weill	Men's foil	Not advanced		did not advance
Ivan, Viscount d'Oyley	Men's épée	Unknown	3–6	did not advance		—		did not advance
Otto Bruno Schoenfeld	Men's masters sabre	Unknown	5–8	—				did not advance

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The United States was one of four nations to compete in the first Olympic golf events. The Americans took both gold medals, as well as sweeping the women's competition to take 4 of 6 total medals.

Golfer	Event	Score	Rank
Albert Lambert	Men's individual	189	8
Arthur Lord		221	9
Charles Sands		167
Frederick Taylor		182	4
Margaret Ives Abbott	Women's individual	47
Mary Abbott		65	7
Daria Pratt		53
Ellen Ridgway		57	5
Pauline Whittier		49

Polo

Main article: Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The United States was one of four nations to compete in the first Olympic polo event. Americans played on two of the five teams, each time along with British companions. The two American/British combinations won the top two prizes.

Team	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
BLO Polo Club Rugby Walter McCreery 3 British players	Men's polo	Bye	Mexico W 8–0	Foxhunters  (ZZX) L 3–1
Foxhunters Hurlingham Foxhall Parker Keene Frank Mackey 2 British players		Compiègne  (FRA) W 10–0	Bagatelle  (ZZX) W 6–4	Rugby  (ZZX) W 3-1

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The United States had one boat at the debut of Olympic rowing; the Vesper Boat Club eight took gold.

Boat	Event	Round 1		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vesper Boat Club William Carr Harry DeBaecke John Exley John Geiger Edwin Hedley James Juvenal Roscoe Lockwood Edward Marsh Louis Abell (cox)	Men's eight	—		5:15.4	1 Q	6:07.8

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The United States had two boats in the first Olympic sailing competitions. MacHenry's Frimousse competed in both races of the 3–10 ton class as well as the open class, Taylor is listed as a crew member for the 3–10 ton races despite owning a different boat in the competition. The bronze medal in the second race is thus often listed as a mixed team medal, as Taylor was British/Australian. Another boat, Singy, competed in the open class with unknown crew. Harry Van Bergen won a bronze medal in the individual 20+ ton class.

Sailors	Event	Time	Rank
H. MacHenry John Howard Taylor (GBR)	3–10 ton class race 1	Unknown	7
H. MacHenry John Howard Taylor (GBR)	3–10 ton class race 2	4:38:49
Harry Van Bergen	20+ ton class	5:32:52
H. MacHenry	Open class	DNF	—
Unknown		DNF	—

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

For the second Games, the United States had one swimmer compete and won no medals.

Swimmer	Event	Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fred Hendschel	Men's 200 metre freestyle	3:42.0	3	did not advance
Fred Hendschel	Men's 200 metre obstacle event	3:45.2	4	did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The United States was one of four countries to compete in tennis in 1900. It was the nation's first appearance in the sport. Three men and two women competed. Marion Jones took bronze in the women's singles due to a first-round bye and a loss to gold medalist Cooper. The United States also had two medals—a silver and a bronze—as part of mixed teams.

Player	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Basil Spalding de Garmendia	Men's singles	Voigt  (USA) W 6-1, 6-3	L. Doherty  (GBR) L 6-2, 8-6	did not advance		5
Charles Sands		Mahony  (GBR) L 6-2, 6-3	did not advance			8
Charles Voigt		de Garmendia  (USA) L 6-1, 6-3	did not advance			8
Georgina Jones	Women's singles	—	H. Prévost  (FRA) L 6-0, 6-1	did not advance		5
Marion Jones			Bye	Cooper  (GBR) L 6-2, 7-5	Did not advance
Basil Spalding de Garmendia Max Décugis (FRA)	Men's doubles	—	Sands  (USA)/  Warden  (GBR) W 6-3, 7-5	de la Chapelle / A. Prévost  (FRA) W 6-2, 6-4	L. Doherty / R. Doherty  (GBR) L 6-1, 6-1, 6-0
Charles Sands Archibald Warden (GBR)			de Garmendia  (USA)/  Décugis  (FRA) L 6-3, 7-5	did not advance		5
Marion Jones Laurence Doherty (GBR)	Mixed doubles	—	G. Jones / Sands  (USA) W 6-1, 7-5	Cooper / R. Doherty  (GBR) L 6-2, 6-4	Did not advance
Charles Sands Georgina Jones			M. Jones  (USA)/  L. Doherty  (GBR) L 6-1, 7-5	did not advance		5

References

1. "United States:1900 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
2. "2,500 metres Steeplechase, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved January 22, 2021.