1900 Summer Olympics / Archery

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Archery at the
II Olympic Games
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information
venue FranceFrance Paris
Competition venue Bois de Vincennes
Nations 3
Athletes 23 (23 men)
date May 27 - August 14, 1900
decisions 6th

The International Physical Exercise and Sport Competitions (Concours Internationaux d'Exercices Physiques et de Sports ) held in Paris as part of the World Exhibition ( Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Paris ) included competitions in archery that were part of the 1900 Olympic Games (Games of the II Olympiad ) were.

Remarks

Archer at the
1900 Olympic Games

The archery competitions consisted of a large number of competitions without international participation. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) assigned six archery competitions to the Olympic program of the Games of the Second Olympiad, because according to Pierre de Coubertin , the founder of the modern Olympic Games , and according to the IOC, international participation is a basic requirement for an Olympic competition.

Archery was a popular sport at the time and was therefore opened with a large parade in which 1723 riflemen took part. 5254 shooters took part in all of the competitions. In the six competitions of the Olympic program, only the names of 17 participants are known, who came from France and Belgium . However, significantly more shooters took part in these competitions. Sports historians put the total number of participants at 153, including athletes from the Netherlands .

The target shooting competitions took place in the old cycling stadium in the Bois de Vincennes , the mast shooting outside the stadium on a grass field. The French and Belgians each won three competitions, but the French took two-thirds of all medal placements.

Medal table

space country silver bronze Third total
1 FranceFrance France 3 5 4th 12
2 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 3 2 1 6th

Results

Au cordon doré (50 m target shooting)

space country athlete Points
1 FranceFrance FRA Henri Hérouin 31
2 BelgiumBelgium BEL Hubert Van Innis 29
3 FranceFrance FRA Émile Fisseux 28
4th FranceFrance FRA Henri Helle 27
5 FranceFrance FRA Edouard Beaudoin 26th
6th FranceFrance FRA Denet 26th
7th FranceFrance FRA Galinard 26th
8th FranceFrance FRA Lecomte 25th

Date: May 28, 1900

8 participants from 2 countries

The name of the competition cordon doré denotes the prizes that were shot for, gold-colored sashes .

Au cordon doré (33 m target shooting)

space country athlete Points
1 BelgiumBelgium BEL Hubert Van Innis k. A.
2 FranceFrance FRA Victor Thibaud k. A.
3 FranceFrance FRA Charles Frédéric Petit k. A.
4-8 unknown participants k. A.

Date: May 28, 1900

8 participants from 2 countries

The name of the competition cordon doré denotes the prizes that were shot for, gold-colored sashes.

Au chapelet (50 m target shooting)

space country athlete Points
1 FranceFrance FRA Eugène Mougin k. A.
2 FranceFrance FRA Henri Helle k. A.
3 FranceFrance FRA Émile Mercier k. A.
4th BelgiumBelgium BEL Hubert Van Innis k. A.
5-6 unknown participants k. A.

Date: May 28, 1900

6 participants from 2 countries

The name of the competition chapelet denotes the prizes that were shot for, rosaries.

Au chapelet (33 m target shooting)

space country athlete Points
1 BelgiumBelgium BEL Hubert Van Innis k. A.
2 FranceFrance FRA Victor Thibaud k. A.
3 FranceFrance FRA Charles Frédéric Petit k. A.
4-6 unknown participants k. A.
Hubert Van Innis

Date: May 28, 1900

6 participants from 2 countries

The name of the competition chapelet denotes the prizes that were shot for, rosaries.

Sur la perche à la herse (mast shooting)

space country athlete Points
1 BelgiumBelgium BEL Emmanuel Foulon k. A.
2 FranceFrance FRA Auguste Serrurier k. A.
BelgiumBelgium BEL Émile Druart k. A.

Date: May 15, 1900

129 participants from 3 countries

The goal was a rooster attached to the top of a ten-meter-high mast, as well as two chickens each on two crossbars below and eight chicks on another crossbar below. The second place was awarded twice, but the third place was dropped.

Sur la perche à la pyramide (mast shooting)

space country athlete Points
1 FranceFrance FRA Émile Grumiaux k. A.
2 FranceFrance FRA Auguste Serrurier k. A.
3 BelgiumBelgium BEL Louis Glineux k. A.

Date: May 15, 1900

129 participants from 3 countries

The goal was a gold-plated metal bird attached to the top of a pyramid.

Non-Olympic competition (officially controversial)

The number of six Olympic competitions determined by the IOC is controversial. In some publications and in the opinion of well-known sports historians (e.g. Bill Mallon ), another competition is added to the program of the 1900 Olympic Games.

The entire archery competition dragged on for three months to August 26th. On the final day, the last target shooting competition was held at 50 m au cordon doré , in which only the best of the previous competitions were allowed to take part. The competition was advertised as a world championship (championnat du monde) , although it was generally believed to be an unofficial title. However, this competition is not considered Olympic by the IOC.

Au cordon doré (50 m target shooting) - championnat du monde

space country athlete Points
1 FRA Henri Hérouin 23
2 BEL Hubert Van Innis 16
3-8 FRA unknown participants k. A.

Date: August 26, 1900

literature

  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
  • Karl Lennartz , Walter Teutenberg: II. Olympic Games 1900 in Paris. Presentation and sources. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1995, ISBN 3-928562-20-7 .
  • Bill Mallon : The 1900 Olympic Games . McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina 1998, CIP 97-36094.

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