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 | |
| Venue | Meulan |
|---|---|
| Date | First race: August 24, 1900 Second race: August 25, 1900 |
| Competitors | 35 (documented) from 3 nations |
| Teams | 20 |
| Medalists | |
| Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open class | Open | ||||
| 0 - ½ ton | Open | ||||
| ½ - 1 ton | Open | ||||
| 1 - 2 ton | Open | ||||
| 2 - 3 ton | Open | ||||
| 3 - 10 ton | Open | ||||
| 10 - 20 ton | Open | ||||
| 20+ ton | Open | ||||
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]
| ● | 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
For the 0.5 to 1 ton the 15 kilometres (8.1 nmi) course in the Meulan course area was used.
Course area Meulan
Weather conditions
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]
Two separate races were sailed. No combined results were made.[1]
Race of 24 May 1900
Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; |
Race of 25 May 1900
Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; |
Notes
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
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
- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)" (PDF). Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "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.
- 1 2 "Sailing at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed ½-1 Ton". Sports Reference. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ↑ "Official website of the Olympic Movement: Olympics Search all results & Olympic medalists". IOC. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ↑ Colette was a one ton boat of the catamaran type.
- ↑ Since Sidi-Fekkar capsized before the start and got external help she was disqualified.
- ↑ 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!
"Paris 1900". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.