1900 Summer Olympics medal table

Award

1900 Summer Olympics medals

American athlete Alvin Kraenzlein won four gold medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics, the most of any competing athlete.

Location| Paris,  France
Highlights
Most gold medals|  France (31)
Most total medals|  France (112)
Medalling NOCs| 21
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The 1900 Summer Olympics, now officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France, from May 14 to October 28, 1900, as part of the 1900 World's Fair.[1] A total of 1,226 athletes representing 24 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated. The games featured 95 events in 19 sports.[2] Women competed in the Olympics for the first time during the 1900 games.[3] Athletes representing 19 NOCs received at least one medal. Over 72% of all the athletes (720 of the 997) were from the host country of France.[4] The United States won the second-most gold with 19, silver with 14, and bronze with 15 medals.[5]

In the early Olympic Games, several team events were contested by athletes from multiple nations.[6] Retroactively, the IOC created the designation Mixed team (with the country code ZZX) to refer to these groups of athletes. During the 1900 games, athletes participating in mixed teams won medals in football, polo, rowing, tennis, and tug of war.[2]

Gilt silver, silver, and bronze medals for the 1900 Olympic Games in the Olympic Museum collection

The 1900 Olympics is unique in being the only Olympic Games to feature rectangular medals, which were designed by Frédérique Vernon.[7] Gilt silver medals were awarded for first place in shooting, lifesaving, motor racing, and gymnastics[8][9] and second place silver medals were awarded in shooting, rowing, sailing, tennis, gymnastics, fencing, equestrian, and athletics.[10] Third place bronze medals were awarded in gymnastics, firefighting and shooting.[11][12] However, in many sports, medals were not awarded with most of the listed prizes being cups and other similar trophies.[13] The International Olympic Committee has retrospectively assigned gold, silver, and bronze medals to competitors who earned first, second, and third place finishes in order to bring early Olympics in line with current awards.[13] Alvin Kraenzlein won four gold medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics, the most of any competing athlete.[14]

## Medal count

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A mixed team made up of athletes from Sweden and Denmark beat the French team to win gold in the tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics.[15]

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.[16][17] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[18]

‡ Changes in medal standings (see below)
* Host nation (France)

1900 Summer Olympics medal table[19][A]Rank| NOC| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  France*‡| 31| 41| 40| 112
2|  United States| 20| 13| 15| 48
3|  Great Britain‡| 20| 8| 9| 37
4|  Belgium| 6| 6| 6| 18
5|  Switzerland| 6| 3| 1| 10
6|  Germany| 4| 3| 2| 9
7|  Italy| 3| 2| 0| 5
8|  Denmark| 1| 3| 2| 6
9|  Mixed team| 1| 2| 3| 6
Netherlands| 1| 2| 3| 6
11|  Hungary| 1| 2| 2| 5
12|  Cuba| 1| 1| 0| 2
13|  Spain| 1| 0| 0| 1
14|  Austria| 0| 3| 3| 6
15|  Norway| 0| 2| 3| 5
16|  India| 0| 2| 0| 2
17|  Bohemia| 0| 1| 1| 2
18|  Australia| 0| 0| 3| 3
19|  Sweden| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (19 entries)| 96| 94| 94| 284

## Changes in medal standings

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List of official changes in medal standings  Sport/event  | Athlete (NOC)  |  |  |  | Net change  | Comment

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Cycling, men's 25 kilometres |  Lloyd Hildebrand (GBR) |  | −1  |  | −1  | Hildebrand's win was originally assigned to Great Britain, but in 2024 it was reassigned to France by the International Olympic Committee.[20]
Cycling, men's 25 kilometres |  Lloyd Hildebrand (FRA) |  | +1  |  | +1  | Hildebrand's win was originally assigned to Great Britain, but in 2024 it was reassigned to France by the International Olympic Committee.[20]

## See also

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* All-time Olympic Games medal table
* List of 1900 Summer Olympics medal winners

## Notes

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1. ^ Figures in table reflect all official changes in medal standings.

## References

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1. ^ Mallon, Bill (2009). The 1900 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. McFarland & Company. p. 11\. ISBN 9780786440641. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. ^ a b "Parios 1900 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
3. ^ "Women at the Olympics". Pontifical Council for the Laity. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
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5. ^ "Olympics Medal Tally for 1900". www.topendsports.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
6. ^ "1896 - Summer Olympics I (Athens, Greece)". TSN. Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
7. ^ "Olympic Games Paris 1900 — Medal Design". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
8. ^ Greensfelder, Jim; Vorontsov, Oleg; Lally, Jim (1998). Olympic Medals: a reference guide. GVL Enterprises. pp. 9–10.9-10&rft.pub=GVL+Enterprises&rft.date=1998&rft.aulast=Greensfelder&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft.au=Vorontsov,+Oleg&rft.au=Lally,+Jim&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1900+Summer+Olympics+medal+table" class="Z3988">
9. ^ "Olympic Summer Games Medals from Athens 1896 to Tokyo 2020" (PDF). Olympic Studies Centre. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
10. ^ Greensfelder, Jim; Vorontsov, Oleg; Lally, Jim (1998). Olympic Medals: a reference guide. GVL Enterprises. pp. 9–10.9-10&rft.pub=GVL+Enterprises&rft.date=1998&rft.aulast=Greensfelder&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft.au=Vorontsov,+Oleg&rft.au=Lally,+Jim&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1900+Summer+Olympics+medal+table" class="Z3988">
11. ^ "Olympic Summer Games Medals from Athens 1896 to Tokyo 2020" (PDF). Olympic Studies Centre. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
12. ^ Greensfelder, Jim; Vorontsov, Oleg; Lally, Jim (1998). Olympic Medals: a reference guide. GVL Enterprises. pp. 9–10.9-10&rft.pub=GVL+Enterprises&rft.date=1998&rft.aulast=Greensfelder&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft.au=Vorontsov,+Oleg&rft.au=Lally,+Jim&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1900+Summer+Olympics+medal+table" class="Z3988">
13. ^ a b 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.
14. ^ "Paris 1900 Olympic Athletes - Biographies, Medals & More". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
15. ^ "Paris 1900 tug of war men Results". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
16. ^ Ostlere, Lawrence (11 August 2024). "Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
17. ^ Araton, Harvey (18 August 2008). "A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
18. ^ Cons, Roddy (10 August 2024). "What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained". Diario AS. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
19. ^ "1900 Summer Olympics Overview". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
20. ^ a b "1900 Olympics cycling medal reassigned from Great Britain to France". BBC Sport. 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-06-13.

## External links

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* "Paris 1900". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
* "1900 Summer Olympics". Olympedia.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
* "Olympic Analytics/1900_1". olympanalyt.com.

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