Equestrian events at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Equestrian at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	7th arrondissement of Paris (south of the Place de Breteuil)
Dates	29 May – 2 June 1900
No. of events	5
Competitors	Up to 64 from 8 nations

Equestrian events at the 1900 Summer Olympics
	Jumping
	Hacks and hunter combined
	Long jump
	Four-in-hand mail coach
	High jump

Five equestrian competitions were held from 29 May to 2 June 1900 at the Concours Hippique International (English: International Horse Show) in Paris as part of the Exposition Universelle. The events were later classified as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics. The events were organised by the Société hippique française, with competitors from eight countries competing in three jumping and two driving events at the Place de Breteuil in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.

Only the three jumping events had been considered "Olympic" by the International Olympic Committee in the past. The IOC website currently has affirmed a total of 95 medal events, after accepting, as it appears, the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon for events that should be considered "Olympic". These additional events include two equestrian driving events. It is not certain how many competitors there were, but it is likely that there were between 37 and 64. Five nations competed in the Olympic jumping events, with three more (Germany, Spain, and Austria) in the two driving events. There were three female riders, all of whom competed in the hacks and hunter combined event: Italian Elvira Guerra and Frenchwomen Jane Moulin and Blanche de Marcigny.

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 29 May 1900		Jumping (obstacle course)
Thursday, 31 May 1900		Hacks and hunter combined
		Long jump
Saturday, 2 June 1900	14:00	Four-in-hand mail coach
	16:30	High jump

Medal table

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Dominique Gardères, winner of the high jump competition

Medal summary

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Constant van Langhendonck, winner of the long jump competition

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jumping	Aimé Haegeman  Belgium	Georges Van Der Poele  Belgium	Louis de Champsavin  France
High jump	Dominique Gardères  France Gian Giorgio Trissino  Italy	none awarded	Georges Van Der Poele  Belgium
Long jump	Constant van Langhendonck  Belgium	Gian Giorgio Trissino  Italy	Jacques de Prunelé  France
Hacks and hunter	Napoléon Murat  France	Victor Archenoul  France	Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac  France
Mail coach	Georges Nagelmackers  Belgium	Léon Thome  France	Jean de Neuflize  France

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in equestrian

Sources

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Equestrian 1900". Accessed 19 January 2006. Available electronically at [1] Archived 16 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine.