Olympic history of mixed teams

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The formation of mixed teams was possible in the early years of the modern Olympic Games. From 1896 to 1904 there were several teams made up of athletes from different nations.

Medals

A total of 17 medals were won by mixed teams.

Attendees

1896 Athens

In 1896 athletes from different nations could compete in one sport.

• tennis

Men's doubles

John Pius Boland (GBR) and Friedrich Adolf Traun (GER) - gold medal

Edwin Flack (AUS) and George Stuart Robertson (GBR) - bronze medal

1900 Paris

Mixed teams were called up in seven sports.

• athletics

5000 meter team race

Charles Bennett , John Rimmer , Sidney Robinson and Alfred Tysoe (GBR) and Stan Rowley (AUS) - gold medal

• polo

Foxhunters Hurlingham

John Beresford , Denis St. George Daly , Alfred Rawlinson (GBR) and Foxhall Parker Keene and Frank MacKey (USA) - gold medal

BLO Polo Club Rugby

Walter Buckmaster , Frederick Freake , Jean de Madre (GBR) and Walter McCreery (USA) - silver medal

Bagatelle Polo Club de Paris

Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze , Maurice Raoul-Duval and Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (FRA) and Frederick Agnew Gill (GBR) - bronze medal

• rowing

Two with a helmsman

Francois Brandt , Roelof Klein (NED) and an unknown 7-year-old French boy - gold medal

• sailing

2 to 3 tons

William Exshaw (GBR) and Frédéric Blanchy and Jacques Le Lavasseur (FRA) - 2 × gold medals

• Tug of war

Edgar Aabye , Eugen Schmidt , Charles Winckler (DEN) and August Nilsson , Gustaf Söderström and Karl Staaf (SWE) - gold medal

• tennis

Men's doubles

Basil Spalding de Garmendia (USA) and Max Décugis (FRA) - silver medal

Charles Sands (USA) and Archibald Warden (GBR) - eliminated in the quarter-finals

Mixed

Yvonne Prévost (FRA) and Harold Mahony (GBR) - silver medal

Laurence Doherty (GBR) and Marion Jones (USA) - bronze medal

Archibald Warden (GBR) and Hedwiga Rosenbaumová (BOH) - bronze medal

1904 St. Louis

Mixed teams were formed in two sports.

• athletics

4 mile team run

Lacey Hearn , Sidney Hatch , James Lightbody , Frank Verner (USA) and Albert Corey (FRA) - silver medal

• fencing

Foil team

Manuel Díaz and Ramón Fonst (CUB) and Albertson Van Zo Post (USA) - gold medal