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Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | GBR |
NOC | British Olympic Association |
in Paris | |
Competitors | 102 in 14 sports |
Medals Ranked 3rd |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It was the second appearance of Britain after having participated in the inaugural 1896 Games. In Olympic competition, the nation has always shortened its official name to Great Britain rather than the United Kingdom seen elsewhere.
Medallists
Additionally British competitors won five gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals while competing for the Mixed Team.
Medal | Team | Sport | Event |
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Mixed Team | Athletics | 5000 metre team race | |
Mixed Team | Sailing | 2-3 ton (race 1) | |
Mixed Team | Sailing | 2-3 ton (race 2) | |
Mixed Team | Polo | Men's Polo | |
Mixed Team | Water Polo | Men's Water Polo | |
Mixed Team | Cricket | Men's Cricket | |
Mixed Team | Tennis | Mixed doubles | |
Mixed Team | Polo | Men's Polo | |
Mixed Team | Football | Men's Football | |
Mixed Team | Tennis | Mixed doubles (first bronze pair) | |
Mixed Team | Tennis | Mixed doubles (second bronze pair) | |
Mixed Team | Polo | Men's Polo | |
Mixed Team | Water Polo | Men's Water Polo |
Results by event
Swimming
Great Britain made its Olympic swimming debut in 1900. Jarvis won gold medals in each of the two long distance freestyle events; as neither distance was used again, he is the only Olympic champion ever in both the 1000 metres and 4000 metres. Kemp added a bronze in the obstacle event, another one-time-only competition. This put Great Britain at the top of the leaderboard by gold-silver-bronze (Australia and Germany also had 2 gold medals, but neither won any other medals) though France (1 gold, 2 silvers, 2 bronzes) and Austria (3 silvers, 1 bronze) had more total medals.
Swimmer | Event | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Robert Crawshaw | Men's 200 metre freestyle | 2:40.0 | 2 q | 2:45.6 | 4 |
Peter Kemp | 2:51.0 | 2 | did not advance | ||
F. Stapleton | 2:47.0 | 2 q | 2:55.0 | 6 | |
Bill Burgess | Men's 1000 metre freestyle | 16:54.0 | 2 q | DNF | 10 |
John Arthur Jarvis | 14:28.6 | 1 Q | 13:40.2 | ||
Bill Burgess | Men's 4000 metre freestyle | 1:15:04.8 | 2 q | 1:15:07.6 | 4 |
William Henry | 1:22:58.4 | 3 q | DNF | 8 | |
John Arthur Jarvis | 1:01:48.4 | 1 Q | 58:24.0 | ||
E. T. Jones | DNF | – | did not advance | ||
Bill Burgess | Men's 200 metre backstroke | 3:50.4 | 3 q | 3:12.0 | 5 |
Robert Crawshaw | 3:15.0 | 2 q | DNF | 9 | |
William Henry | Men's 200 metre obstacle event | 3:14.4 | 2 Q | 2:58.0 | 6 |
Peter Kemp | 3:12.0 | 1 Q | 2:47.4 | ||
F. Stapleton | 3:18.4 | 3 q | 2:55.0 | 5 |
Water polo
The British water polo team won gold easily. The roster listed is that credited with gold medals by the IOC; the actual competition roster may have differed with up to five of the listed players not actually playing.[1] One British player (Thomas William Burgess) played on a French team that won a bronze medal, as well, but the IOC credits that appearance to France and not Great Britain or a mixed team.
Team | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
Osborne Swimming Club |
Men's water polo | Tritons Lillois (FRA) W 12-0 |
Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2 (FRA) W 10-1 |
Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club Belgium (BEL) W 7-2 |
Athletics
Great Britain took 4 gold medals in athletics, including one as part of a mixed team (with 4 British athletes and one Australian). This put them second on the leaderboard for that sport, behind the dominant United States as the two nations to win multiple gold medals in the sport. The British team won a total of 9 athletics medals including a sweep of the 4000 metre steeplechase event. 9 athletes competed in 10 events.
- Track events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Alfred Tysoe | 800 m | 1:59.4 | 2 Q | — | 2:01.2 | ||
Charles Bennett | 1500 m | — | 4:06.2 | ||||
John Rimmer | Unknown | Unknown | |||||
Sidney Robinson | 2500 m steeplechase | — | 7:38.0 | ||||
John Rimmer | 4000 m steeplechase | — | 12:58.4 | ||||
Charles Bennett | 12:58.6 | ||||||
Sidney Robinson | 12:58.6 | ||||||
E. Ion Pool | marathon | — | did not finish | ||||
Frederick Randall | did not finish | ||||||
William Saward | did not finish | ||||||
W. Taylor | did not finish |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Patrick Leahy | high jump | — | 1.78 | ||
long jump | 6.71 | 5 Q | 6.95 | ||
triple jump | — | Unknown | 4 | ||
Launceston Elliot | discus throw | 31.0 | 11 | did not advance |
Cricket
Great Britain was represented by the Devon and Somerset Wanderers in cricket in 1900. The team won the only match, a 2-day 12-man contest, by 158 runs.