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Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – 3 to 10 ton

The 3 to 10 ton was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics program in Meulan. Eleven boats started during the two races in the 3 to 10 ton. Twenty sailors are documented, besides the France and Great Britain participants there was a Mixed country team from the US and Great Britain. The races were held on 24 and 25 May 1900 on the river Seine.[1][2]

3 to 10 Ton Sailing
at the Games of the II Olympiad
3 - 10 Ton Class
VenueMeulan
DateFirst race: May 24, 1900 (1900-05-24)
Second race: May 25, 1900 (1900-05-25)
Competitors20 (documented) from 3 nations
Teams11
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henri Gilardoni  France
1st place, gold medalist(s) Edward Hore, Harry Jefferson, Howard Taylor  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Henri Smulders, Chris Hooijkaas, Arie van der Velden  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maurice Gufflet, A. Dubois, J. Dubois, Robert Gufflet, Charles Guiraist  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maurice Gufflet, A. Dubois, J. Dubois, Robert Gufflet, Charles Guiraist  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) H. MacHenry  United States

Race schedule[1] edit

 ●  Meulan competition  ●  Le Havre competition
1900 May August
20
Sun		 21
Mon		 22
Tue		 23
Wed		 24
Thu		 25
Fri		 26
Sat		 27
Thu		 1
Fri		 2
Sat		 3
Sun		 4
Mon		 5
Tue		 6
Wed
3 to 10 ton ● ●
Total gold medals 1 1

Course area and course configuration edit

For the 3 to 10 ton the 19 kilometres (10 nmi) course in the Meulan course area was used.

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    Course area Meulan

Weather conditions edit

The race was troublesome due to an almost complete absence of any wind. Also the fact that the wind there was came perpendicular to the course (river Seine) and was blocked or diverted by trees and buildings.[2]

Final results[3] edit

Two separate races were sailed. No combined results were made.[1]

Race of 24 May 1900 edit

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat Medalrace
Pos. Pts.
    France Henri Gilardoni   Unknown
 		 Fémur 1 03:45:02
    Netherlands Henri Smulders   Chris Hooijkaas  
Arie van der Velden  		 Mascotte 2 03:46:52
    France Maurice Gufflet   A. Dubois  
J. Dubois  
Robert Gufflet  
Charles Guiraist  		 Gitana 3 03:52:02
4   France Émile Michelet   Unknown
 		 Turquoise 4 03:55:16
5   France Leroy   Unknown
 		 Mascaret 5 04:01:35
6   France William Martin   Unknown
 		 Pirouette 6 04:18:18
7   United States H. MacHenry   Unknown
(Howard Taylor     Great Britain
is sometimes mentioned as a crewman,
but is only known to have designed
Frimousse, not sailed it.)[4]
 		 Frimousse 7 Unknown
8   France Henry Maingot   Unknown
 		 Gyp 8 Unknown
9   France François Texier   Auguste Texier  
 		 Singy 9 Unknown

Legend:
Gender:   – male;   – female;

Race of 25 May 1900[5][6] edit

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat Medalrace
Pos. Pts.
    Great Britain Edward Hore   Harry Jefferson  
Howard Taylor  		 Bona Fide 1 04:14:58
    France Maurice Gufflet   A. Dubois  
J. Dubois  
Robert Gufflet  
Charles Guiraist  		 Gitana 2 04:35:44
    United States H. MacHenry   Unknown
 		 Frimousse 3 04:38:49
4   Netherlands Henri Smulders   Chris Hooijkaas  
Arie van der Velden  		 Mascotte 4 04:46:36
5   France Leroy   Unknown
 		 Mascaret 5 05:08:51
6   France Pierre Moussette   Unknown
 		 Marsouin 6 05:16:50
7   France William Martin   Unknown
 		 Pirouette 7 05:30:07
DSQ   France Émile Michelet   Unknown
 		 Turquoise DSQ

Legend: DNF – Did not finish;
Gender:   – male;   – female;

Notes edit

Mixed country teams during the 1900 Olympics are grouped together under the ZZX IOC code.

Other information edit

Initially only the race on 24 May 1900 was part of the Olympic program. However the race on the 25 May 1900, initially part of the Exposition Universelle program, was afterwards awarded with an Olympic status.[1]

Further reading edit

  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)" (PDF). Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Concours D'Exercices Physiques et de Sports" (PDF) (in French). Imprimerie Nationale (LA84). 1901. pp. 399–430. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Sailing at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed 3-10 Ton". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Official website of the Olympic Movement: Olympics Search all results & Olympic medalists". IOC. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Olimpedia - 3-10 Ton Race One, Open". Olimpedia. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Olimpedia - 3-10 Ton Race Two, Open". Olimpedia. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Sailing 3-10 ton race two". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-06.

"Paris 1900". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

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