Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – .5 to 1 ton

0.5 to 1 Ton Sailing
at the Games of the II Olympiad
0.5 - 1 Ton Class
VenueMeulan
DateFirst race: August 24, 1900 (1900-08-24)
Second race: August 25, 1900 (1900-08-25)
Competitors35 (documented) from 3 nations
Teams20
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lorne Currie, Algernon Maudslay, John Gretton, Linton Hope  Great Britain
1st place, gold medalist(s) Louis Auguste-Dormeuil  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jules Valton, Jacques Baudrier, Jean Le Bret, Félix Marcotte, William Martin  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Émile Michelet, Marcel Meran  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Émile Michelet, Marcel Meran  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jules Valton, Jacques Baudrier, Jean Le Bret, Félix Marcotte, William Martin  France

The 0.5 to 1 ton was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics program in Meulan. Twenty boats started during the two races in the 0.5 to 1 ton. thirty–five competitors from three countries are documented. The races were held on 24 and 25 May 1900 on the river Seine.[1][2]

Race schedule[1]

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 ●  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
0.5 to 1 ton
Total gold medals 1 1

Course area and course configuration

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For the 0.5 to 1 ton the 15 kilometres (8.1 nmi) course in the Meulan course area was used.

Weather conditions

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

Final results[3]

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

Race of 24 May 1900

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Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat Medalrace
Pos. Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain Lorne Currie Algernon Maudslay
John Gretton
Linton Hope
Scotia 1 03:29:45
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France Jules Valton Jacques Baudrier
Jean Le Bret
Félix Marcotte
William Martin
Crabe II 2 03:39:23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France Émile Michelet Marcel Meran
 
Scamasaxe 3 03:42:40
4  France Jean De Chabanne La Palice Unknown
 
Crabe I 4 03:47:11
5  France Jean d'Estournelles de Constant Unknown
 
Pierre et Jean 5 03:52:44
6  France L. Legru Unknown
 
Suzon IV 6 03:53:50
7  France Louis Auguste-Dormeuil Unknown
 
Pettit-Poucet 7 03:56:55
8  France François Texier Auguste Texier
 
C.V.A. 8 04:00:32
9  France Marc Jousset Unknown
 
Dick 9 04:03:00
10  France Letot Dupland
 
Galopin 10 04:03:58
11  France Phocion Rossollin Unknown
 
Ariette 11 04:04:21
12  France Owner: Jean Le Bret Unknown
 
Crocodile 12 04:06:40
13  France Albert Glandaz Unknown
 
Colette[4][1] 13 04:08:00
14  France Henri Gauthier Unknown
 
Cinara 14 04:10:00
15  France Paul Couture Unknown
 
Tornade 15 04:19:52
 France Eugène Laverne Georges Pottier
Jonet-Pastré
Pierre de Boulogne
Sidi-Fekkar DSQ  [5][1]
 Germany Paul Wiesner Arthur Bloomfeld
Georg Naue
Heinrich Peters
Aschenbrödel DSQ  [6][1]
 France Édouard Mézan de Malartic Unknown
 
Jeannette DNS  
 France G. Pigeard Unknown
 
Demi-Mondaine DNS  
 France Roosevelt Unknown
 
Verveine DNS  

Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified;
Gender: – male; – female;

Race of 25 May 1900

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Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat Medalrace
Pos. Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France Louis Auguste-Dormeuil Unknown
 
Pettit-Poucet 1 03:27:07
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France Émile Michelet Marcel Meran
 
Scamasaxe 2 03:30:31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France Jules Valton Jacques Baudrier
Jean Le Bret
Félix Marcotte
William Martin
Crabe II 3 03:41:24
4  Great Britain Lorne Currie Algernon Maudslay
John Gretton
Linton Hope
Scotia 4 03:45:46
5  France Jean De Chabanne La Palice Unknown
 
Crabe I 5 03:50:45
6  France L. Legru Unknown
 
Suzon IV 6 03:59:27
7  France Letot Dupland
 
Galopin 7 04:05:40
8  France Phocion Rossollin Unknown
 
Ariette 8 04:08:10
9  France François Texier Auguste Texier
 
C.V.A. 9 04:30:08
10  France G. Pigeard Unknown
 
Demi-Mondaine 10 04:30:08
 France Owner: Jean Le Bret Unknown
 
Crocodile DNF  
 France Jean d'Estournelles de Constant Unknown
 
Pierre et Jean DNF  
 France Albert Glandaz Unknown
 
Colette DNF  
 France Eugène Laverne Georges Pottier
Jonet-Pastré
Pierre de Boulogne
Sidi-Fekkar DNF  
 France Édouard Mézan de Malartic Unknown
 
Jeannette DNF  
 France Roosevelt Unknown
 
Verveine DNF  
 France Paul Couture Unknown
 
Tornade DNS  
 France Henri Gauthier Unknown
 
Cinara DNS  
 France Marc Jousset Unknown
 
Dick DNS  

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

Notes

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Jean d'Estournelles de Constant one of the participants in this class was also the chef de bureau à la Direction des beaux-arts as well as secrétaire des courses du Cercle de la voile of the event. He also wrote the section on the Olympic sailing of 1900 in the official report.[1]

Other information

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Concours D'Exercices Physiques et de Sports" (PDF) (in French). Imprimerie Nationale (LA84). 1901. pp. 399–430. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Sailing at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed ½-1 Ton". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Official website of the Olympic Movement: Olympics Search all results & Olympic medalists". IOC. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  4. ^ Colette was a one ton boat of the catamaran type.
  5. ^ Since Sidi-Fekkar capsized before the start and got external help she was disqualified.
  6. ^ The German yacht was afterwards measured and disqualified. The measurement had shown that the tonnage of the yacht was 1.041 Ton, 0.041 too high!