Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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At the 1900 Summer Olympics, five equestrian events were contested. Only three are currently considered Olympic by the International Olympic Committee. It is not certain how many competitors there were, but it is likely that there were between 37 and 64^[1]. Calculation of number of competitors is complicated by the fact that a rider might enter an event multiple times on different horses. Five nations competed in the Olympic events, with three more (Germany, Spain, and Austria) in the non-Olympic competitions. There was a female rider, Elvira Guerra, but she competed only in the non-Olympic hacks and hunter combined event.

Contents 1 Medal table 2 Medal summary 3 Events 3.1 Jumping 3.2 High jump 3.3 Long jump 4 Non-Olympic events 4.1 Hacks and hunter combined 4.2 Mail coach 5 Notes 6 References 7 See also

[edit] Medal table

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium	2	1	1	4
2	Italy	1	1	0	2
3	France	1	0	2	3
—	Russia	0	0	0	0
	United States	0	0	0	0

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jumping	Aimé Haageman Belgium	Georges van der Poële Belgium	Louis de Champsavin France
High jump	Dominique Gardères France Giovanni Giorgio Trissino Italy	None	Georges van der Poële Belgium
Long jump	Constant van Langendonck Belgium	Giovanni Giorgio Trissino Italy	de Bellegarde France

[edit] Events

[edit] Jumping

The jumping event in 1900 was similar to the modern event. The course was 850 metres long with 22 jumps, including a double jump and a triple jump as well as a 4-metre water jump. 45 competitors entered, though only 37 competed. Some information is known on 10 of the competitors, though of the rest all that can be deduced from the nationalities of the entrants is that, of the remaining unknowns that did compete, at most 1 was a Russian, up to 3 were Italian, at least 3 and up to 9 were Belgian, and between 14 and 20 were French.

Place	Rider	Nation	Horse	Time
1	Aimé Haageman	Belgium	Benton II	2:16.0
2	Georges van der Poële	Belgium	Winsor Squire	2:17.6
3	Louis de Champsavin	France	Terpsichore	2:26.0
4-37	Count d'Havrincourt	France	Mavourneen	Unknown
	Maurice Jéhin[2]	France	Bistouri	Unknown
	Henri Leclerc	France	Extra-Dry	Unknown
	Henri Leclerc	France	Gilles	Unknown
	Hermann John Mandl	United States	Unknown	Unknown
	Napoléon Murat[3]	France	Arcadius	Unknown
	Unknown		Tip-Top	Unknown
	27 other competitors

[edit] High jump

18 competitors entered the high jump, though only five are known by name. Of the remaining 13, 6 were French, 3 Belgian, 1 Russian, and 3 Italian.

Place	Rider	Nation	Horse	Height
1	Dominique Gardères	France	Oreste	1.85 metres
	Giovanni Giorgio Trissino	Italy	Canéla	1.85 metres
3	Georges van der Poële	Belgium	Ludlow	1.70 metres
4	Giovanni Giorgio Trissino	Italy	Mélepo	1.70 metres
5-18	Hermann John Mandl	United States	Unknown	Unknown
	13 more competitors

[edit] Long jump

17 competitors entered the long jump. Six are known by name. Of the rest, 7 were French and 2 Belgian.

Place	Rider	Nation	Horse	Distance
1	Constant van Langendonck	Belgium	Extra-Dry	6.10 metres
2	Giovanni Giorgio Trissino	Italy	Oreste	5.70 metres
3	de Bellegarde	France	Tolla	5.30 metres
4	Napoléon Murat	France	Bayard	4.90 metres
5-17	Hermann John Mandl	United States	Unknown	Unknown
	Uberto Visconti di Modrone	Italy	Jupe-en-l'Air	Unknown
	Orloff	Russia	Unknown	Unknown
	de Poliakov	Russia	Unknown	Unknown
	9 other competitors

[edit] Non-Olympic events

Mallon and de Wael have both included these events in their Olympic lists; however, those lists were created before the International Olympic Committee had made a decisive ruling on which events and sports at the 1900 and 1904 Summer Olympics were truly Olympic. The IOC does not list the winners of the hacks and hunter combined event or the mail coach event as medallists in its results database.

[edit] Hacks and hunter combined

It is unknown how many riders competed in the hacks and hunter combined. The top four placers are known, as are eight more riders who also competed (including one woman). As an upper limit, 50 men and 1 woman are listed as entrants in the Official Report, but it is almost certain that not all actually competed.

Place	Rider	Nation	Horse
1	Napolêon Murat	France	The General
2	Archenoul	France	Retournelle
3	de Montesquiou-Féznesac	France	Grey Leg

[edit] Mail coach

31 entrants are listed for the mail coach event; all 29 of the riders are known by name (2 entered twice each). Beyond the top four competitors, it is unknown how many of the 31 entrants actually competed.

Place	Rider	Nation
1	Georges Nackelmackers	Belgium
2	Léon Thome	France
3	Baron de Neuflize	France

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Mallon has 47 known competitors, giving no estimate for unknowns. Most of the known competitors are in the non-Olympic mail coach event. De Wael claims 16 unknowns and adds a 48th name to the known list, for a total of 64. Both sources include all five events, rather than merely the three the IOC has designated Olympic.
2. ^ That Jéhin rode Bistouri, a horse which he owned, is presumed by de Wael.
3. ^ De Wael notes that it is uncertain if Murat actually was the rider, but argues for it on the basis that Murat was the owner of Arcadius and is known to have ridden in other events

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Equestrian 1900". Accessed 19 January 2006. Available electronically at [1].
• 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. 

[edit] See also

• List of Olympic medalists in equestrian

Equestrian at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in equestrian

Events at the 1900 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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