Equestrian events at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Five equestrian competitions were held from 29 May to 2 June 1900 at the Concours Hippique International (English: International Horse Show) in Paris as part of the Exposition Universelle. The events were later classified as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics. The events were organised by the Société hippique française [fr], with competitors from eight countries competing in three jumping and two driving events at the Place de Breteuil in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.^[1]

Equestrian at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	7th arrondissement of Paris (south of the Place de Breteuil)
Dates	29 May – 2 June 1900
No. of events	5
Competitors	Up to 64[a] from 8[b] nations
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Only the three jumping events had been considered "Olympic" by the International Olympic Committee in the past. The IOC website currently has affirmed a total of 95 medal events, after accepting, as it appears, the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon for events that should be considered "Olympic".^[2][3] These additional events include two equestrian driving events. It is not certain how many competitors there were, but it is likely that there were between 37 and 64.^[a] Five nations competed in the Olympic jumping events, with three more (Germany, Spain, and Austria) in the two driving events. There were three female riders, all of whom competed in the hacks and hunter combined event: Italian Elvira Guerra and Frenchwomen Jane Moulin and Blanche de Marcigny.^[4][5]

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 29 May 1900		Jumping (obstacle course)
Thursday, 31 May 1900		Hacks and hunter combined
		Long jump
Saturday, 2 June 1900	14:00	Four-in-hand mail coach
	16:30	High jump

Medal table

Dominique Gardères, winner of the high jump competition

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium (BEL)	3	1	1	5
2	France (FRA)	2	2	4	8
3	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
Totals (3 entries)		6	4	5	15

Medal summary

Constant van Langhendonck, winner of the long jump competition

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jumping details	Aimé Haegeman  Belgium	Georges Van Der Poele  Belgium	Louis de Champsavin  France
High jump details	Dominique Gardères  France Gian Giorgio Trissino  Italy	none awarded	Georges Van Der Poele  Belgium
Long jump details	Constant van Langhendonck  Belgium	Gian Giorgio Trissino  Italy	Jacques de Prunelé[6]  France
Hacks and hunter details	Napoléon Murat  France	Victor Archenoul  France	Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac  France
Mail coach details	Georges Nagelmackers  Belgium	Léon Thome  France	Jean de Neuflize  France

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in equestrian

Notes

1. The exact number of competitors is unknown. Mallon has 47 known competitors, giving no estimate for unknowns. Many of the known competitors are in the four-in-hand 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. Calculation of number of competitors is complicated by the fact that a rider might enter an event multiple times on different horses.
2. Official figures based on nationality of owner.^[1]

References

1. "Section V: Sport Hippique". Concours Internationaux d'exercices physiques et de sports (Report) (in French). Ministére du commerce, de l'industrie, des postes et des télégraphes. 1901. pp. 278–295. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
2. "Paris 1900". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
3. Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-4064-1.
4. Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed Hacks And Hunter Combined. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
5. "Le Concours Hippique; Journee du 31 Mai". La France Militaire (in French). 1 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 6 March 2022 – via Retro News.
6. "Paris 1900 Equestrian Jumping Individual Mixed Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

Sources

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Equestrian 1900". Accessed 19 January 2006. Available electronically at Archived 16 July 2012 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.