Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, four events in rowing were contested, marking the introduction of the sport to the Olympic program. At the inaugural 1896 Games, the rowing competition was cancelled due to strong winds.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Single sculls	Hermann Barrelet (FRA)	André Gaudin (FRA)	George Saint Ashe (GBR)
Coxed pair	Mixed team (ZZX)[1] Minerva Amsterdam François Brandt Roelof Klein Hermanus Brockmann[2]	France (FRA) Société Nautique de la Marne Lucien Martinet Waleff unknown cox	France (FRA) Rowing Club Castillon Carlos Deltour Antoine Védrenne Raoul Paoli
Coxed four[3]	France (FRA) Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix Henri Bouckaert Jean Cau Émile Delchambre Henri Hazebrouck Charlot	France (FRA) Club Nautique de Lyon Georges Lumpp Charles Perrin Daniel Soubeyran Émile Wegelin unknown cox	Germany (GER) Favorite Hammonia Wilhelm Carstens Julius Körner Adolf Möller Hugo Rüster Gustav Moths[4] Max Ammermann
	Germany (GER) Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg Gustav Goßler Oskar Goßler Walter Katzenstein Waldemar Tietgens Carl Goßler	Netherlands (NED) Minerva Amsterdam Coenraad Hiebendaal Geert Lotsij Paul Lotsij Johannes Terwogt Hermanus Brockmann	Germany (GER) Ludwigshafener Ruderverein Ernst Felle Otto Fickeisen Carl Lehle Hermann Wilker Franz Kröwerath
Eight	United States (USA) Vesper Boat Club William Carr Harry DeBaecke John Exley John Geiger Edwin Hedley James Juvenal Roscoe Lockwood Edward Marsh Louis Abell	Belgium (BEL) Royal Club Nautique de Gand Jules De Bisschop Prospère Bruggeman Oscar De Somville Oscar De Cock Maurice Hemelsoet Marcel Van Crombrugge Frank Odberg Maurice Verdonck Alfred van Landeghem	Netherlands (NED) Minerva Amsterdam François Brandt Johannes van Dijk Roelof Klein Ruurd Leegstra Walter Middelberg Hendrik Offerhaus Walter Thijssen Henricus Tromp Hermanus Brockmann

1. ↑ Despite information from some sources DutchNews IOC continues attribute this medal to mixed team as it must be shown in IOC database IOC-DB-1, IOC-DB-2
2. ↑ Brockmann was the coxswain for the Dutch team in the semifinal, but not in the final. He is considered a gold medallist by the IOC and is listed in that organization's medal database.
3. ↑ Due to wrangling about who would be allowed to compete in the coxed four final, two finals were held for that competition. Both finals are considered Olympic championships by the International Olympic Committee.
4. ↑ The German team changed the coxswain after the semi-final. Gustav Moths participated only in the semi-final and Max Ammermann participated in the final. However, the IOC medal database credits the bronze medal only to Gustav Moths.

Participating nations

A total of 108 rowers from 8 nations competed at the Paris Games:

• Belgium (11)
• France (47)
• Germany (21)
• Great Britain (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (13)
• Spain (5)
• United States (9)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	3	1	6
2	Germany (GER)	1	0	2	3
3	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
	Mixed team (ZZX)	1	0	0	1
5	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
6	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
7	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1

Trivia

In the coxed pair event, the winning Dutch crew decided, after losing their heat, that their coxswain was too heavy and they recruited a 7 year old French boy to steer the boat for the finals. The lad, name unknown, is believed to be the youngest Olympic medalist ever.

References

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Rowing 1900". Accessed 26 February 2006. Available electronically at .
• 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. 

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