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Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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Athletics
at the Games of the II Olympiad
VenueCroix-Catelan Stadium
Dates14–22 July 1900
Competitors117 from 16 nations
«18961904»

At the 1900 Summer Olympics, there were athletics events. In total, there were 117 athletes. These 117 athletes were from 15 different nations. There were 68 medals given out. 23 of these were gold medals. 23 of the medals were silver medals. 22 of the medals were bronze medals. In many countries, the media talked about the athletics events. They ignored the other events.

The 23 events are the events that are said to be events by the International Olympic Committee. Some events used a handicap system, where some people were given advantages. Other events were only open to professional athletes. The IOC does not count these events.[1]

Competitions were on 14 July, 15 July, 16 July, 19 July, and 22 July. One of the competition days was on a Sunday. Many American athletes protested because of this. Some Americans did not compete in the finals.

The competing conditions were worse than in 1896. There was no track for the Paris Games. The runners ran in a grass field with trees. The course was also 500 metres. Modern tracks are usually 400 metres long.

Medal summary

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)16131039
2 Great Britain (GBR)[2]3328
3 France (FRA)1427
4 Canada (CAN)1012
 Hungary (HUN)1012
6 Mixed team (ZZX)1001
7 India (IND)0202
8 Bohemia (BOH)0101
9 Australia (AUS)[2]0033
10 Denmark (DEN)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (12 entries)23232268
Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres
details
Alvin Kraenzlein
 United States
7.0 =OR Walter Tewksbury
 United States
7.1 Stan Rowley
 Australia
7.2
100 metres
details
Frank Jarvis
 United States
11.0 Walter Tewksbury
 United States
11.1 Stan Rowley
 Australia
11.2
200 metres
details
Walter Tewksbury
 United States
22.2 OR Norman Pritchard
 India
22.8 Stan Rowley
 Australia
22.9
400 metres
details
Maxie Long
 United States
49.4 OR William Holland
 United States
49.6 Ernst Schultz
 Denmark
51.5
800 metres
details
Alfred Tysoe
 Great Britain
2:01.2 John Cregan
 United States
2:03.0 David Hall
 United States
2:03.8
1500 metres
details
Charles Bennett
 Great Britain
4:06.2 WR Henri Deloge
 France
4:06.6 John Bray
 United States
4:07.2
Marathon
details
Michel Théato
 France [a]
2:59:45 Émile Champion
 France
3:04:17 Ernst Fast
 Sweden
3:37:14
110 metres hurdles
details
Alvin Kraenzlein
 United States
15.4 OR John McLean
 United States
15.5 Frederick Moloney
 United States
15.6
200 metres hurdles
details
Alvin Kraenzlein
 United States
25.4 Norman Pritchard
 India
26.0 Walter Tewksbury
 United States
26.1
400 metres hurdles
details
Walter Tewksbury
 United States
57.6 Henri Tauzin
 France
58.3 George Orton
 Canada
58.8
2500 m steeplechase
details
George Orton
 Canada
7:34.4 Sidney Robinson
 Great Britain
7:38.0 Jacques Chastanié
 France
7:52.4
4000 m steeplechase
details
John Rimmer
 Great Britain
12:58.4 Charles Bennett
 Great Britain
12:58.6 Sidney Robinson
 Great Britain
12:58.8
5000 m team race
details
 Mixed team (ZZX)
 Charles Bennett (GBR)
 John Rimmer (GBR)
 Sidney Robinson (GBR)
 Alfred Tysoe (GBR)
 Stan Rowley (AUS)
26 pts  France (FRA)
Henri Deloge
Jacques Chastanié
André Castanet
Michel Champoudry
Gaston Ragueneau
29 pts only two teams entered
High jump
details
Irving Baxter
 United States
1.90 m OR Patrick Leahy
 Great Britain
1.78 m Lajos Gönczy
 Hungary
1.75 m
Pole vault
details
Irving Baxter
 United States
3.30 m =OR Meredith Colket
 United States
3.25 m Carl Albert Andersen
 Norway
3.20 m
Long jump
details
Alvin Kraenzlein
 United States
7.185 m OR Myer Prinstein
 United States
7.175 m Patrick Leahy
 Great Britain
6.950 m
Triple jump
details
Myer Prinstein
 United States
14.47 m OR James Connolly
 United States
13.97 m Lewis Sheldon
 United States
13.64 m
Standing high jump
details
Ray Ewry
 United States
1.655 m Irving Baxter
 United States
1.525 m Lewis Sheldon
 United States
1.500 m
Standing long jump
details
Ray Ewry
 United States
3.30 m Irving Baxter
 United States
3.135 m Émile Torchebœuf
 France
3.03 m
Standing triple jump
details
Ray Ewry
 United States
10.58 m OR Irving Baxter
 United States
9.95 m Robert Garrett
 United States
9.50 m
Shot put
details
Richard Sheldon
 United States
14.10 m OR Josiah McCracken
 United States
12.85 m Robert Garrett
 United States
12.37 m
Discus throw
details
Rudolf Bauer
 Hungary
36.04 m OR František Janda-Suk
 Bohemia
35.14 m Richard Sheldon
 United States
34.60 m
Hammer throw
details
John Flanagan
 United States
51.01 m OR Truxtun Hare
 United States
46.26 m Josiah McCracken
 United States
43.58 m

These medals were given afterwards by the International Olympic Committee. At the time, winners were given silver medals.

Finish of the 800m

Participating nations

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  1. In 2021, the IOC changed the medals to show nationality of the athletes.[3] This led some to believe that Luxembourg had officially recovered this Olympic title. This change in the IOC online data was later reversed.[4]

References

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  1. Lennartz, Karl; Teutenberg, Walter (1995). Olympische Spiele 1900 in Paris. Kassel, Germany: Agon-Sportverlag. p. 147. ISBN 3-928562-20-7. In many works, it is read that the IOC later met to decide which events were Olympic and which were not. This is not correct and no decision has ever been made. No discussion of this item can be found in the account of any Session.
  2. 2.0 2.1 An additional gold medal was won by a mixed team composed of four athletes from Great Britain and one from Australia.
  3. "Paris 1900 Medal Table". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  4. "Michel Théato IOC webpage". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

References

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