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. The 1900 regatta was held on the Seine between the Courbevoie Bridge and the Asnières Bridge on 25 and 26 August. The length of the regatta course was . Two finals were held in the coxed four competition, with both finals being considered Olympic championships. <br> Minerva Amsterdam<hr><br><br> <br>
| valign=top| <br> Société Nautique de la Marne<hr>Lucien Martinet <br> René Waleff <br> unknown cox
| valign=top| <br> Rowing Club Castillon<hr>Carlos Deltour <br> Antoine Védrenne <br> Raoul Paoli
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|Coxed four Final 1<br/>
| valign=top| <br>Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix <hr> Henri Bouckaert <br> Jean Cau <br> Émile Delchambre <br> Henri Hazebrouck <br> Charlot
| valign=top| <br> Club Nautique de Lyon <hr> Georges Lumpp <br> Charles Perrin <br> Daniel Soubeyran <br> Émile Wegelin <br> unknown cox
| valign=top| <br> Favorite Hammonia <hr> Wilhelm Carstens <br> Julius Körner <br> Adolf Möller <br> Hugo Rüster <br> Gustav Moths <br> Max Ammermann
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|Coxed four Final 2<br/>
| <br> Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg <hr> Gustav Goßler <br> Oscar Goßler <br> Walther Katzenstein <br> Waldemar Tietgens <br> Carl Goßler
| <br> Minerva Amsterdam <hr> Coenraad Hiebendaal <br> Geert Lotsij <br> Paul Lotsij <br> Johannes Terwogt <br> Hermanus Brockmann
| <br> Ludwigshafener Ruderverein <hr> Ernst Felle <br> Otto Fickeisen <br> Carl Lehle <br> Hermann Wilker <br> Franz Kröwerath
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| Eight<br/>
| <br> Vesper Boat Club <hr> William Carr <br> Harry DeBaecke <br> John Exley <br> John Geiger <br> Edwin Hedley <br> James Juvenal <br> Roscoe Lockwood <br> Edward Marsh <br> Louis Abell
| <br> Royal Club Nautique de Gand <hr> Jules De Bisschop <br> Prosper Bruggeman <br> Oscar Dessomville <br> Oscar De Cock <br> Maurice Hemelsoet <br> Marcel Van Crombrugge <br> Frank Odberg <br> Maurice Verdonck <br> Alfred Van Landeghem
| <br> Minerva Amsterdam <hr> François Brandt <br> Johannes van Dijk <br> Roelof Klein <br> Ruurd Leegstra <br> Walter Middelberg <br> Hendrik Offerhaus <br> Walter Thijssen <br> Henricus Tromp <br> Hermanus Brockmann
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Participating nations
A total of 108 rowers from 8 nations competed at the Paris Games:
Medal table
Coxswain mystery
thumb|[[François Brandt (left), Roelof Klein and their coxswain, after the coxed pair final at the 1900 Olympics]]
In the coxed pair event, the names of the coxswains for six of the seven crews entered are not known. Most of these were young French boys weighing about 25 kg, which the French crews employed to their advantage. Some estimate the boy was likely 12 to 14 years old. One researcher has made a case that this unknown cox could have been Giorgi Nikoladze (1888-1931) of Georgia, a future scientist and promulgator of Georgian sport.
References
Further reading
- International Olympic Committee medal winners database
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Rowing 1900". Accessed 26 February 2006. Available electronically at [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/row1900.html ].