United States at the 1900 Summer Olympics

United States at the Olympic Games
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At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris
Competitors	75 in 10 sports
Medals Rank: 2	Gold 19	Silver 14	Bronze 14	Total 47
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The United States competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Margaret Ives Abbott	Golf	women's 9 holes
Gold	Irving Baxter	Athletics	high jump
Gold	Irving Baxter	Athletics	pole vault
Gold	Ray Ewry	Athletics	standing long jump
Gold	Ray Ewry	Athletics	standing triple jump
Gold	Ray Ewry	Athletics	standing high jump
Gold	John Flanagan	Athletics	hammer throw
Gold	Frank Jarvis	Athletics	100 metres
Gold	Alvin Kraenzlein	Athletics	60 metres
Gold	Alvin Kraenzlein	Athletics	110 metre hurdles
Gold	Alvin Kraenzlein	Athletics	200 metre hurdles
Gold	Alvin Kraenzlein	Athletics	long jump
Gold	Maxie Long	Athletics	400 metres
Gold	Meyer Prinstein	Athletics	triple jump
Gold	Charles Sands	Golf	men's 36 holes
Gold	Richard Sheldon	Athletics	shot put
Gold	Walter Tewksbury	Athletics	200 metres
Gold	Walter Tewksbury	Athletics	400 metre hurdles
Gold	William Carr	Rowing	coxed eights
Silver	Irving Baxter	Athletics	standing long jump
Silver	Irving Baxter	Athletics	standing triple jump
Silver	Irving Baxter	Athletics	standing high jump
Silver	Meredith Colket	Athletics	pole vault
Silver	James Connolly	Athletics	triple jump
Silver	John Cregan	Athletics	800 metres
Silver	Truxtun Hare	Athletics	hammer throw
Silver	William Holland	Athletics	400 metres
Silver	Josiah McCracken	Athletics	shot put
Silver	John McLean	Athletics	110 metre hurdles
Silver	Myer Prinstein	Athletics	long jump
Silver	Walter Tewksbury	Athletics	60 metres
Silver	Walter Tewksbury	Athletics	100 metres
Silver	Pauline Whittier	Golf	women's 9 holes
Bronze	John Bray	Athletics	1500 metres
Bronze	Robert Garrett	Athletics	shot put
Bronze	Robert Garrett	Athletics	standing triple jump
Bronze	David Hall	Athletics	800 metres
Bronze	Marion Jones	Tennis	women's singles
Bronze	H. MacHenry	Sailing	3 to 10 ton race 2
Bronze	Josiah McCracken	Athletics	hammer throw
Bronze	John Lake	Cycling	2000 metre sprint
Bronze	Fred Moloney	Athletics	110 metre hurdles
Bronze	Daria Pratt	Golf	women's 9 holes
Bronze	Lewis Sheldon	Athletics	triple jump
Bronze	Lewis Sheldon	Athletics	standing high jump
Bronze	Richard Sheldon	Athletics	discus throw
Bronze	Walter Tewksbury	Athletics	200 metre hurdles

• 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 Lawrence Doherty of Great Britain in mixed doubles tennis.

Results by event

Athletics

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.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heat	Semifinal	Repechage	Final
60 metres	1st	Alvin Kraenzlein	7.0 seconds 1st, heat 1	None held		7.0 seconds
	2nd	Walter Tewksbury	7.2 seconds 1st, heat 2			7.1 seconds
	4th	Edmund Minahan	Unknown 2nd, heat 1			7.2 seconds
	—	William Holland	Unknown 3rd, heat 2			Did not advance
100 metres	1st	Frank Jarvis	10.8 seconds 1st, heat 3	11.2 seconds 1st, semifinal 3	Straight to final	11.0 seconds
	2nd	Walter Tewksbury	11.4 seconds 1st, heat 2	10.8 seconds 1st, semifinal 2		11.1 seconds
	4th	Arthur Duffey	11.4 seconds 1st, heat 1	11.0 seconds 1st, semifinal 1		Did not finish
	—	Clark Leiblee	11.4 seconds 1st, heat 4	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	Unknown 3rd	Did not advance
		Charles Burroughs	11.4 seconds 1st, heat 6	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Unknown 4th to 6th
		Thaddeus McClain	Unknown 2nd, heat 2	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3
		Frederick Moloney	Unknown 2nd, heat 1	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2
		Dixon Boardman	Unknown 2nd, heat 6	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Edmund Minahan	Unknown 2nd, heat 5	Unknown 4th, semifinal 3
		Henry Slack	Unknown 3rd, heat 6	Did not advance
200 metres	1st	Walter Tewksbury	Unknown 2nd, heat 2	None held		22.2 seconds
	4th	William Holland (athlete)	24.0 seconds 1st, heat 1			22.9 seconds
400 metres	1st	Maxie Long	50.4 seconds 1st, heat 1	None held		49.4 seconds
	2nd	William Holland (athlete)	Unknown 2nd, heat 3			49.6 seconds
	4th-6th	Dixon Boardman	51.2 seconds 1st, heat 3			Did not start
		Harry Lee	Unknown 2nd, heat 1
		William Moloney	51.0 seconds 1st, heat 2
	—	Harvey Lord	Unknown 3rd, heat 1			Did not advance
		Henry Slack	Unknown 3rd, heat 3
		Walter Drumheller	Unknown 5th, heat 1
800 metres	2nd	John Cregan	2:03.0 1st, heat 3	None held		2:03.0
	3rd	David Hall	1:59.0 1st, heat 1			Unknown
	6th	John Bray	Unknown 2nd, heat 3			Unknown
	—	Howard Hayes	Unknown 3rd, heat 1			Did not advance
		Justus Scrafford	Unknown 3rd, heat 2
		Harvey Lord	Unknown 3rd, heat 3
		Walter Drumheller	Unknown AC, heat 1
		Alexander Grant	Unknown AC, heat 1
		Edward Bushnell	Unknown AC, heat 2
		Harrison Smith	Unknown AC, heat 2
		Edward Mechling	Unknown AC, heat 3
1500 metres	3rd	John Bray	None held			4:07.2
	4th	David Hall				Unknown
110 metre hurdles	1st	Alvin Kraenzlein	15.6 seconds 1st, heat 1	None held	Straight to final	15.4 seconds
	2nd	John McLean	Unknown 3rd, heat 1		17.0 seconds 1st, repechage 2	15.5 seconds
	3rd	Frederick Moloney	Unknown 2nd, heat 1		17.0 seconds 1st, repechage 1	15.6 seconds
	—	William Lewis	Unknown 3rd, heat 2		Unknown 2nd, repechage 1	Did not advance
		William Remington	Unknown 2nd, heat 2		Unknown 2nd, repechage 2
200 metre hurdles	1st	Alvin Kraenzlein	27.0 seconds 1st, heat 1	None held		25.4 seconds
	3rd	Walter Tewksbury	Unknown 2nd, heat 2			Unknown
	—	Frederick Moloney	Unknown 3rd, heat 1			Did not advance
		Thaddeus McClain	Unknown 3rd, heat 2
		William Remington	Unknown 4th, heat 1
		William Lewis	Unknown 5th, heat 2
400 metre hurdles	1st	Walter Tewksbury	1:01.0 1st, heat 1	None held		57.6 seconds
	4th	William Lewis	Unknown 2nd, heat 1			Did not start
2500 metre steeplechase	4th	Arthur Newton	None held			Unknown
4000 metre steeplechase	—	Alexander Grant	None held			Did not finish
		Thaddeus McClain				Did not finish
Marathon	5th	Arthur Newton	None held			Unknown
	6th/7th	Dick Grant				Unknown

Event	Place	Athlete	Qualifier	Final
Long jump	1st	Alvin Kraenzlein	6.930 metres 2nd	7.185 metres
	2nd	Meyer Prinstein	7.175 metres 1st	No better mark
	4th	William Remington	6.725 metres 4th	6.825 metres
	6th	John McLean	6.655 metres 6th	Did not advance
	7th	Thaddeus McClain	6.435 metres 7th
Triple jump	1st	Meyer Prinstein	None held	14.47 metres
	2nd	James Connolly		13.97 metres
	3rd	Lewis Sheldon		13.64 metres
	7th-13th	Daniel Horton		Unknown
		Frank Jarvis		Unknown
		John McLean		Unknown
High jump	1st	Irving Baxter	None held	1.90 metres
Pole vault	1st	Irving Baxter	None held	3.30 metres
	2nd	Meredith Colket		3.25 metres
Standing long jump	1st	Ray Ewry	None held	3.300 metres
	2nd	Irving Baxter		3.135 metres
	4th	Lewis Sheldon		3.020 metres
Standing triple jump	1st	Raymond Ewry	None held	10.58 metres
	2nd	Irving Baxter		9.95 metres
	3rd	Robert Garrett		9.50 metres
	4th	Lewis Sheldon		9.45 metres
	5th-10th	Daniel Horton		Unknown
		Frank Jarvis		Unknown
		John McLean		Unknown
Standing high jump	1st	Raymond Ewry	None held	1.655 metres
	2nd	Irving Baxter		1.525 metres
	3rd	Lewis Sheldon		1.500 metres
Shot put	1st	Richard Sheldon	13.80 metres 1st	14.10 metres
	2nd	Josiah McCracken	12.85 metres 2nd	No better mark
	3rd	Robert Garrett	12.37 metres 3rd	No better mark
	8th	Truxtun Hare	10.92 metres 8th	Did not advance
Discus throw	3rd	Richard Sheldon	34.10 metres 3rd	34.60 metres
	7th	John Flanagan	33.00 metres 7th	Did not advance
	10th	Josiah McCracken	32.00 metres 10th
	—	Robert Garrett	No mark
		Truxtun Hare	No mark
Hammer throw	1st	John Flanagan	None held	51.01 metres
	2nd	Truxtun Hare		46.25 metres
	3rd	Josiah McCracken		43.58 metres

Cycling

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.

Event	Place	Cyclist	Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
2000 metre sprint	3rd	John Lake	1st place heat 6	1st place quarterfinal 1	1st place semifinal 1	3rd place
25 kilometres	—	John Lake	None held			Did not finish

Fencing

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.

Event	Place	Fencer	Round 1	Quarterfinals	Repechage	Semifinals	Final
Foil	38-54	F. Weill	Not advanced by jury	Did not advance
Masters sabre	17-29	Otto Bruno Schoenfeld	5th-8th in pool	Did not advance

Golf

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.

Event	Place	Golfer	Score
Men's (36 holes)	1st	Charles Sands	167
	4th	Frederick Taylor	182
	8th	Albert Lambert	189
Women's (9 holes)	1st	Margaret Ives Abbott	47
	2nd	Pauline Whittier	49
	3rd	Daria Pratt	53
	5th	Ellen Ridgway	57
	7th	Mary Abbott	65

Polo

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.

Event	Place	Team	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Men's polo	1st	Foxhunters Hurlingham Foxhall Parker Keene Frank Mackey 2 British players	Won 10-0 vs. Compiègne (FRA)	Won 6-4 vs. Bagatelle (FRA/GBR)	Won 3-1 vs. Rugby (GBR/USA)
	2nd	BLO Polo Club Rugby Walter McCreery 3 British players	Bye	Won 8-0 vs. Mexico (MEX)	Lost 3-1 vs. Foxhunters (GBR/USA)

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Boat	Round 1	Semifinals	Final
Coxed eights	1st	Vesper Boat Club William Carr, Harry DeBaecke, John Exley, John Geiger, Edwin Hedley, James Juvenal, Roscoe Lockwood, Edward Marsh, Louis Abell (cox)	None held	5:15.4 1st, semifinal 2	6:07.8

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Sailors	Time (total)
3-10 ton class	3rd	H. MacHenry	4:38:49
Open class	—	H. MacHenry	Did not finish
		Unknown	Did not finish

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Swimmer	Semifinals	Final
Men's 200 metre freestyle	18th	Fred Hendschel	3:42.0 3rd, semifinal 4	Did not advance
	23rd	R. N. Forregger	4:32.0 4th, semifinal 4
Men's 200 metre obstacle event	12th	Fred Hendschel	3:45.2 4th, semifinal 3	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Player	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Men's singles	5th	Basil Spalding de Garmendia	Won 6-1, 6-3	Lost 6-2, 8-6	Did not advance
	8th	Charles Sands	Lost 6-2, 6-3	Did not advance
		Charles Voigt	Lost 6-1, 6-3
Women's singles	3rd	Marion Jones	None held	Bye	Lost 6-2, 7-5	Did not advance
	5th	Georgina Jones		Lost 6-0, 6-1	Did not advance
Men's doubles	2nd	Basil Spalding de Garmendia Max Décugis (FRA)	None held	Won 6-3, 7-5	Won 6-2, 6-4	Lost 6-1, 6-1, 6-0
	5th	Charles Sands Archibald Warden (GBR)		Lost 6-3, 7-5	Did not advance
Mixed doubles	3rd	Marion Jones Lawrence Doherty (GBR)	None held	Won 6-1, 7-5	Lost 6-2, 6-4	Did not advance
	5th	Charles Sands Georgina Jones		Lost 6-1, 7-5	Did not advance