1900 Summer Olympics / Riding

1900 Summer Olympics horse riding
information
venue	Place de Breteuil
Competition venue	Paris
Nations	5
Athletes	15th
date	May 29–2. June 1900
decisions	3
Stockholm 1912 →

Summer Olympics 1900 (medal table riding)
space	team			3.	Total
1	Belgium	2	1	1	4th
2	Italy	1	1	-	2
3	France	1	-	2	3

In the French capital Paris during the World Fair ( Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Paris ) discharged international competitions for Physical Education and Sport (Concours Internationaux d'Exercices physiques et de Sports) included competitions in equestrian sport that is part of the Summer Olympic Games 1900 (Games of the II. Olympiad) were.

The IOC assigned three equestrian competitions to the Olympic program of the Games of the II Olympiad. The exact number of participants in these three competitions can no longer be reconstructed. Only 15 riders from 5 nations are known by name. However, 50 other athletes started, but it cannot be ruled out that there were a number of multiple starters among them.

The venue was the Place de Breteuil in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The Palais de l'Industrie , which was previously used for horse shows, had to be demolished for a new building for the world exhibition. The Grand Palais was also not available because it was used for the world exhibition. The riding arena was therefore only a temporary solution. The competitions were held between May 29th and June 2nd.

Open

Hunting jumping

space	country	athlete	time
1	BEL	Aimé Haegeman on "Benton II"	2: 16.0 min
2	BEL	Georges van der Poele on "Windsor Squire"	2: 17.6 min
3	FRA	Louis de Champsavin on "Terpsichore"	2: 26.0 min

Date: May 29, 1900

The course had a length of 850 m, on which 21 obstacles with a height between 1.00 m and 1.20 m were distributed. In addition, there was a moat 4.00 m wide.

Jump far

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	BEL	Constant van Langhendonck on "Extra Dry"	6.10 m
2	ITA	Gian Giorgio Trissino on "Oreste"	5.70 m
3	FRA	de Bellegarde on "Tolla"	5.30 m
4th	FRA	Louis Napoléon Murat on "Bayard"	4.90 m

Constant van Langhendonck
Winner in long jump with "Extra Dry"

Date: May 31, 1900

The competition was held over a 4.50 m wide moat. Only four riders and their horses exceeded the required width of 4.90 m. All riders under this width were neither measured nor scored.

Jump high

space	country	athlete	height
1	FRA	Dominique Gardères on "Canéla"	1.85 m
1	ITA	Gian Giorgio Trissino on "Oreste"	1.85 m
3	BEL	Georges van der Poele on "Ludlow"	1.70 m
4th	ITA	Gian Giorgio Trissino on "Melopo"	1.70 m

Dominique Gardère
winner in high jumping with "Canela"

Date: June 2, 1900

Trissino entered the competition with two different horses. He and Gardère shared the victory, as neither could reach a greater height. With his second horse he had to jump off for third place, in which van der Poele managed a height of 1.80 m.

Non-Olympic competitions (officially controversial)

The number of 3 Olympic competitions determined by the IOC is controversial. In some publications and in the opinion of well-known sports historians (e.g. Bill Mallon), two further competitions are added to the program of the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Demonstration of riding horses

space	country	athlete
1	FRA	Louis Napoléon Murat with "Général"
2	FRA	Henry de Robien with "Ritournelle"
3	FRA	Robert de Montesquiou-Fésenac with "Gray-Lez"
4th	FRA	Louis d'Havrincourt with "Mavourneen"

Date: May 31, 1900

In the presentation of riding horses (Fr. Chevaux de Selle ) four horses were awarded, whereby the evaluation criteria are unknown. It can be assumed, however, that a representative cross-section was selected from the different characters of the horses, so that this competition was less of a sporting competition than a horse show . Connections to today's dressage riding are vague.

The French rider Moulin, whose first name is unknown, and the Italian rider Elvira Guerra , niece of the well-known circus owner Alessandro Guerra, also took part. Elvira Guerra is one of the 22 participants of the 1900 Olympic Games published by the IOC.

Team driving

space	country	athlete
1	BEL	Georges Nagelmackers
2	FRA	Léon Thome
3	FRA	Jean de Neuflize

Date: June 2, 1900

In this competition, the driver had to ride a horse-drawn carriage with two servants to lead a team of four over a route from St. Germain via the Champ de Mars to Auteuil . The route ran over public roads, the elegant tension for the city was required for the team . 31 carriages from 7 nations took part.

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.

Web links

Commons : 1900 Summer Olympics / Riding  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Side of the IOC to the Summer Games in 1900 (English)
• Official report (French, PDF, 3 parts in total; 8.10 MB)
• Page about all Olympic participants by Herman de Wael (English)
• Page about all participants of the equestrian games 1900 by Herman de Wael (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Equestrianism 1900 , Herman De Wael
2. ↑ Elvira Guerra