1900 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 2500 m obstacle (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	2500 meter obstacle course
gender	Men
place	Croix Catelan
Attendees	6 athletes from 6 countries
Competition phase	July 15, 1900
Medalist
gold	George Orton ( CAN )
silver	Sidney Robinson ( GBR )
bronze	Jean Chastanié ( FRA )

The men's 2500 meter obstacle course at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris was decided on July 15, 1900 in the Croix Catelan . The length of the route resulted from the length of the track in the stadium, on which five laps had to be completed. On every lap there was a hurdle, a ditch and a wall to overcome.

The Olympic champion was the Canadian George Orton . The British Sidney Robinson won silver in front of the French Jean Chastanié .

For the first time, an obstacle course was part of the Olympic athletics program. The route with its obstacles was in no way standardized at the time. So it makes no sense to list any records or personal bests. At the games four years later in St. Louis , an obstacle course was held over a distance of 2590 meters, and in the following years there were also different lengths of the obstacle course, before the distance of 3000 meters, which is still common today, was introduced from 1920 . A second obstacle course over 4000 meters was on the program in Paris .

There were only six participants, so there were no preliminary runs, the competition was decided in one run.

Results

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	George Orton	Canada	7: 34.4
2	Sidney Robinson	Great Britain	7: 38.0
3	Jean Chastanié	France	k. A.
4th	Arthur Newton	United States
5	Hermann Surprising	Austria
6th	Franz Duhne	Germany

The Canadian George Orton entered this race as an obstacle specialist and a clear favorite. In the past few years he had won numerous championships over different obstacle courses, but was also a very successful middle distance runner.

The Austrian Hermann W surprisedil and the German Franz Duhne fell behind soon after the start. Initially, the French Jean Chastanié and the British Sidney Robinson determined the events. Orton held back for a long time, only went forward on the last straight and won easily. Robinson and Chastanié broke in at the end and were 10 and 60 yards behind the winner respectively .

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  Final entry with the Canadian George Orton at the top as Olympic champion

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  The Olympic runner-up Sidney Robinson from Great Britain

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  The Olympic third Jean Chastanié - here with the number 4 in the team of the Racing Club de France in 1902

literature

• Volker Kluge , Olympic Summer Games - The Chronicle I, Berlin 1997 ( ISBN 3-328-00715-6 )
• Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970

Web links

• SportsReference, Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's 2,500 meters Steeplechase , English, accessed July 22, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 32
2. ↑ SportsReference, Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's 2,500 meters Steeplechase , English, accessed on July 22, 2018