Basque pelota at the 1900 Summer Olympics

At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a Basque pelota tournament was contested.

Basque pelota at the Games of the II Olympiad
In addition to the scheduled amateur Basque pelota tournament, a professional tournament was played at Borghese Street, number 26, Neuilly-sur-Seine.[1]
Venue	Neuilly-sur-Seine
Date	14 June 1900
Competitors	2 from 1 nation
Medalists
José de Amézola, Francisco Villota  Spain

Only two teams entered - one from Spain and one from France - but the French team of Maurice Durquetty and Etchegaray withdrew on the afternoon of the single contest due to a disagreement about the rules. Therefore, the contest was scratched and the Spanish team were awarded first prize.^[1][2]

This is the only Olympics to date where pelota was an official sport, being revived at the 1924, 1968 and 1992 Games as a demonstration sport.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Spain (ESP) José de Amézola Francisco Villota	only one team entered[3]	only one team entered

Medal table

Accurate as of the conclusion of the 1900 Olympics.^[4]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
Totals (1 entries)		1	0	0	1

References

1. Arrechea, Fernando (August 10, 2008). "No, España no tiene aún 100 medallas olímpica". Soitu.es (in Spanish). Retrieved March 9, 2019.
2. "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
3. "Paris 1900 Basque Pelota Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
4. "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2023-06-27.

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Pelota 1900". Accessed 25 February 2006. Available electronically at Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
• 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.