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1900 Summer Olympics medal table

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1900 Summer Olympics medals
LocationParis,  France
Highlights
Most gold medals France (27)
Most total medals France (102)
Medalling NOCs21
← 1896 · Olympics medal tables · 1904 →

The 1900 Summer Olympics were held in Paris, France, from May 14 to October 28, 1900, as part of the 1900 World's Fair.

A total of 1,226 athletes representing 24 NOCs participated in 95 events in 19 sports at these games.[1] Women competed in the Olympics for the first time during the 1900 games. 19 of the 24 participating NOCs earned medals. The host nation of France flooded the field, comprising over 72% of all the athletes (720 of the 997); given this, the United States won the second-most gold (19), silver (14), and bronze (15) medals, while fielding 75 athletes.

In the early Olympic Games, several team events were contested by athletes from multiple nations.[2] Retroactively, the IOC created the designation Mixed team (with the country code ZZX) to refer to these groups of athletes. During the 1900 games, athletes participating in mixed teams won medals in athletics, cricket, football, polo, rowing, rugby, sailing, tennis, tug of war, and water polo.

The 1900 Olympics is unique in being the only Olympic Games to feature rectangular medals, which were designed by Frédérique Vernon.[3] Gilt silver medals were awarded for 1st place in shooting, lifesaving, automobile racing and gymnastics.[4][5] Whilst 2nd place silver medals were awarded in shooting, rowing, yachting, tennis, gymnastics, sabre, fencing, equestrian and athletics.[6] With 3rd place bronze medals being awarded in gymnastics, firefighting and shooting.[7][8] In many sports, however, medals were not awarded. With most of the listed prizes were cups and other similar trophies.[9]

The International Olympic Committee has retrospectively assigned gold, silver, and bronze medals to competitors who earned first, second, and third-place finishes in order to bring early Olympics in line with current awards.[9]

Medal count

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A mixed team made up of athletes from Sweden and Denmark beat the French team to win gold in the tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

This is the full table of the medal count of the 1900 Summer Olympics, based on the medal count of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[10] Before July 2021, the IOC did not decide which events were "Olympic" and which were not.[11] These rankings use Olympic medal table sorting.

  *   Host nation (France)

1900 Summer Olympics medal table[10][A]
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France*314140112
2 United States20131548
3 Great Britain208937
4 Belgium66618
5 Switzerland63110
6 Germany4329
7 Italy3205
8 Denmark1326
9 Mixed team1236
 Netherlands1236
11 Hungary1225
12 Cuba1102
13 Spain1001
14 Austria0336
15 Norway0235
16 India0202
17 Bohemia0112
18 Australia0033
19 Sweden0011
Totals (19 entries)969494284


Change

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Lloyd Hildebrand historically, his Olympic success was regarded as a British medal, but in 2024 his success was reassigned to France by the International Olympic Committee.[12]

Notes

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  1. ^ Figures in table reflect all official changes in medal standings.

References

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  1. ^ "Parios 1900 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. ^ "1896 - Summer Olympics I (Athens, Greece)". TSN. Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  3. ^ "Olympic Games Paris 1900 — Medal Design". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ^ Greensfelder, Jim; Vorontsov, Oleg; Lally, Jim (1998). Olympic Medals: a reference guide. GVL Enterprises. pp. 9–10.
  5. ^ "Olympic Summer Games Medals from Athens 1896 to Tokyo 2020" (PDF). Olympic Studies Centre. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  6. ^ Greensfelder, Jim; Vorontsov, Oleg; Lally, Jim (1998). Olympic Medals: a reference guide. GVL Enterprises. pp. 9–10.
  7. ^ "Olympic Summer Games Medals from Athens 1896 to Tokyo 2020" (PDF). Olympic Studies Centre. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. ^ Greensfelder, Jim; Vorontsov, Oleg; Lally, Jim (1998). Olympic Medals: a reference guide. GVL Enterprises. pp. 9–10.
  9. ^ a b Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.
  10. ^ a b "1900 Summer Olympics Overview". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  11. ^ Lennartz, Karl; Teutenberg, Walter (1995). Olympische Spiele 1900 in Paris. Kassel, Germany: Agon-Sportverlag. p. 147. ISBN 3-928562-20-7. In many works, it is read that the IOC later met to decide which events were Olympic and which were not. This is not correct and no decision has ever been made. No discussion of this item can be found in the account of any Session.
  12. ^ "1900 Olympics cycling medal reassigned from Great Britain to France". BBC Sport. 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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