1900 Summer Olympics Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Games of the II Olympiad
The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris were considered a blunder, reduced to a side-show of the World's Fair.
Nations participating	13
Athletes participating	1225
Events	87
Opening date	May 14, 1900
Closing date	October 28, 1900
Officially opened by	N/A
Athlete's Oath	N/A
Judge's Oath	N/A
Olympic Torch	N/A

The Games of the II Olympiad were held in 1900 in Paris, France. Despite Greek efforts to keep the Games in their country, the IOC decided to hold them at a different place each year. The Games competed for visitors with the World's Fair, which was also held at Paris at the same time.

Table of contents

1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Medal count 4 See also 5 External links

Highlights

• Alvin Kraenzlein won 60m, 110 and 220m hurdles, and the long jump; as of 2003, these four gold medals are still a record for a track and field athlete. For his victory in the long jump, he was allegedly punched in the face by his rival Meyer Prinstein, who had refused to take the final run due to his religious beliefs, as that run was scheduled for a Sunday.
• Charlotte Cooper (tennis) was the first woman to become Olympic champion.

Medals awarded

Gold medals were not given.

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

Archery Athletics Cricket Croquet Cycling Equestrian Fencing Football Golf Gymnastics

Pelota Basque Polo Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting Swimming Tennis Tug of War Water Polo

Medal count

Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1900 Summer Olympics medal count)

1900 Summer Olympics medal count
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	25	36	31	92
2	United States	20	14	15	49
3	Great Britain	16	6	9	31
4	Switzerland	6	1	1	8
5	Belgium	5	5	5	15
6	Mixed Team (ZZX)	4	3	3	10
7	Germany	3	2	2	7
8	Italy	2	1	0	3
9	Australia	2	0	3	5
10	Denmark	1	3	2	6

See also

• International Olympic Committee
• WikiProject Sports Olympics
• IOC country codes

External links

• IOC Paris 1900 Page`
• Official Report

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