United States at the 1900 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1900
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States in 1900
Location:	Paris
Competitors:	75
Sports:	10
Rank:	2
Gold:	19
Silver:	14
Bronze:	15
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

The United States competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			women's 9 holes
			high jump
			pole vault
			standing long jump
			standing triple jump
			standing high jump
			hammer throw
			100 metres
			60 metres
			110 metre hurdles
			200 metre hurdles
			long jump
			400 metres
			triple jump
			men's 36 holes
			shot put
			200 metres
			400 metre hurdles
			coxed eights
			standing long jump
			standing triple jump
			standing high jump
			pole vault
			triple jump
			800 metres
			hammer throw
			400 metres
			shot put
			110 metre hurdles
			long jump
			60 metres
			100 metres
			women's 9 holes
			1500 metres
			shot put
			standing triple jump
			800 metres
			women's singles
			3 to 10 ton race 2
			hammer throw
			2000 metre sprint
			110 metre hurdles
			women's 9 holes
			triple jump
			standing high jump
			discus throw
			200 metre hurdles
			20+ ton class

Additionally, Foxhall Parker Keene and Frank MacKey were part of the mixed team that won the gold medal in polo.
Additionally, Walter McCreery was part of the mixed team that won the silver medal in polo, and Basil Spalding de Garmendia won a silver medal with Max Décugis of France in men's doubles tennis.
Additionally, Marion Jones won a bronze medal with Laurence Doherty of Great Britain in mixed doubles tennis.

Results by event

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics. The United States team took 16 of the 23 track & field athletics medals, having competed in 22 events (all except the 5000 metre team race). The Americans failed to win a medal in only 3 of the 22 events they contested—the marathon and the two steeplechase events. Kraenzlein won four gold medals while Baxter and Tewksbury led in total medals with five each. Most of the American team did not compete at the events scheduled for Sundays.^[2]

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
		Unknown	3	colspan=4 rowspan=4	did not advance
Alvin Kraenzlein	7.0	1 Q	7.0
	Unknown	2 Q	7.2	4
Walter Tewksbury	7.2	1 Q	7.1
		Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
	11.4	1 Q	Unknown	3 R	Unknown	4–6	did not advance
	11.4	1 Q	11.0	1 Q	colspan=2		4
Frank Jarvis	10.8	1 Q	11.2	1 Q	colspan=2	11.0
	11.4	1 Q	Unknown	2 R	Unknown	3	did not advance
	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	2 R	Unknown	4–6	did not advance
	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	3 R	Unknown	4–6	did not advance
	Unknown	3	did not advance
Walter Tewksbury	11.4	1 Q	10.8	1 Q	colspan=2	11.1 seconds
		24.0	1 Q	rowspan=2 colspan=4	22.9	4
Walter Tewksbury	Unknown	2 Q	22.2
		51.2	1 Q	rowspan=8 colspan=4		–
	Unknown	5	did not advance
William Holland	Unknown	2 Q	49.6
	Unknown	2 Q		–
Maxie Long	50.4	1 Q	49.4
	Unknown	3	did not advance
	51.0	1 Q		–
	Unknown	3	did not advance
		Unknown	2 Q	rowspan=11 colspan=4	Unknown	6
	Unknown	4–6	did not advance
John Cregan	2:03.0	1 Q	2:03.0
	Unknown	6–7	did not advance
	Unknown	6	did not advance
David Hall	1:59.0	1 Q	Unknown
	Unknown	3	did not advance
	Unknown	3	did not advance
	Unknown	4–5	did not advance
	Unknown	3	did not advance
	Unknown	4–6	did not advance
John Bray		rowspan=2 colspan=6	4:07.2
	Unknown	4
Alvin Kraenzlein		15.6	1 Q	rowspan=5 colspan=2	colspan=2	15.4
	Unknown	3 R	Unknown	2	did not advance
John McLean	Unknown	3 R	17.0	1 Q	15.5
Frederick Moloney	Unknown	2 R	17.0	1 Q	15.6
	Unknown	2 R	Unknown	2	did not advance
Alvin Kraenzlein		27.0	1 Q	rowspan=6 colspan=4	25.4
	Unknown	5	did not advance
	Unknown	3	did not advance
	Unknown	3	did not advance
	Unknown	4	did not advance
Walter Tewksbury	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown
		Unknown	2 Q	rowspan=2 colspan=4		–
Walter Tewksbury	1:01.0	1 Q	57.6
		colspan=6	Unknown	4
		rowspan=2 colspan=6		–
		–
		rowspan=2 colspan=6	Unknown	6–7
	Unknown	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifier		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alvin Kraenzlein		6.930	2 Q	7.185
	6.435	7	did not advance
	6.655	6	did not advance
Meyer Prinstein	7.175	1 Q	7.175
	6.725	4 Q	6.825	4
James Connolly		rowspan=6 colspan=2	13.97
	Unknown	7–13
	Unknown	7–13
	Unknown	7–13
Meyer Prinstein	14.47
Lewis Sheldon	13.64
Irving Baxter		colspan=2	1.90
Irving Baxter		rowspan=2 colspan=2	3.30
Meredith Colket	3.25
Irving Baxter		rowspan=3 colspan=2	3.135
Ray Ewry	3.300
	3.020	4
Irving Baxter		rowspan=7 colspan=2	9.95
Ray Ewry	10.58
Robert Garrett	9.50
	Unknown	5–10
	Unknown	5–10
	Unknown	5–10
	9.45	4
Ray Ewry		rowspan=3 colspan=2	1.655
Irving Baxter	1.525
Lewis Sheldon	1.500
Robert Garrett		12.37	3 Q	12.37
	10.92	8	did not advance
Josiah McCracken	12.85	2 Q	12.85
Richard Sheldon	13.80	1 Q	14.10
		33.00	7	did not advance
	No mark	–	did not advance
	No mark	–	did not advance
	32.00	10	did not advance
Richard Sheldon	34.10	3 Q	34.60
John Flanagan		rowspan=3 colspan=2	51.01
Truxtun Hare	46.25
Josiah McCracken	43.58

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

The United States' first cycling appearance was at the second Olympic cycling competition, 1900. One cyclist from the United States competed in both events, winning the bronze medal in the 2000 metre sprint to become the only cyclist from outside France to win a medal.

Track

Cyclist	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
John Henry Lake		1:35.8	1 Q	2:02.0	1 Q	2:09.6	1 Q	Unknown
		colspan=6		–

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

The United States first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent two fencers.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinals		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Fencer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
		Not advanced		did not advance
		Unknown	3–6	did not advance		colspan=2	did not advance
		Unknown	5–8	colspan=4	did not advance

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

The United States was one of four nations to compete in the first Olympic golf events. The Americans took both gold medals, as well as sweeping the women's competition to take 4 of 6 total medals.

Golfer	Event	Score	Rank
		189	8
		221	9
Charles Sands		167
		182	4
Margaret Ives Abbott		47
		65	7
Daria Pratt		53
		57	5
Pauline Whittier		49

Polo

See main article: Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

The United States was one of four nations to compete in the first Olympic polo event. Americans played on two of the five teams, each time along with British companions. The two American/British combinations won the top two prizes.

Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
BLO Polo Club Rugby			W 8–0	L 3–1
Foxhunters Hurlingham		W 10–0	W 6–4	W 3-1

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

The United States had one boat at the debut of Olympic rowing; the Vesper Boat Club eight took gold.

Boat	Event	Round 1		Semifinals		Final
Boat	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vesper Boat Club		colspan=2	5:15.4	1 Q	6:07.8

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics. The United States had two boats in the first Olympic sailing competitions. MacHenry's Frimousse competed in both races of the 3–10 ton class as well as the open class, Taylor is listed as a crew member for the 3–10 ton races despite owning a different boat in the competition. The bronze medal in the second race is thus often listed as a mixed team medal, as Taylor was British/Australian. Another boat, Singy, competed in the open class with unknown crew. Harry Van Bergen won a bronze medal in the individual 20+ ton class.

Sailors	Event	Time	Rank
	3–10 ton class race 1	Unknown	7
	3–10 ton class race 2	4:38:49
Harry Van Bergen		5:32:52
H. MacHenry			—
Unknown			—

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

For the second Games, the United States had one swimmer compete and won no medals.

Swimmer	Event	Semifinals		Final
Swimmer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
		3:42.0	3	did not advance
		3:45.2	4	did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

The United States was one of four countries to compete in tennis in 1900. It was the nation's first appearance in the sport. Three men and two women competed. Marion Jones took bronze in the women's singles due to a first-round bye and a loss to gold medalist Cooper. The United States also had two medals—a silver and a bronze—as part of mixed teams.

Player	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Player	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		W 6-1, 6-3	L 6-2, 8-6	did not advance		5
		L 6-2, 6-3	did not advance			8
		L 6-1, 6-3	did not advance			8
		rowspan=2	L 6-0, 6-1	did not advance		5
Marion Jones			L 6-2, 7-5	Did not advance
		rowspan=2	/ W 6-3, 7-5	W 6-2, 6-4	L 6-1, 6-1, 6-0
		/ L 6-3, 7-5	did not advance		5
		rowspan=2	W 6-1, 7-5	L 6-2, 6-4	Did not advance
		/ L 6-1, 7-5	did not advance		5

Notes and References

Web site: United States:1900 Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043434/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1900/ . dead . April 17, 2020 . April 2, 2010 . sports-reference.com.
Web site: 2,500 metres Steeplechase, Men . Olympedia . January 22, 2021.