Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The in the French capital Paris as part of the World's Fair ( Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Paris) discharged International competitions for Physical Education and Sport ( Concours Internationaux d' Exercices Physiques et de Sports ) included competitions in cycling, which is part of the Olympic Summer Games 1900 ( Games of the II Olympiad ) were.

The competitions in cycling passed the remainder of several competitions, the (IOC ) are considered as not all olympic after the presentation of Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, and in accordance with the International Olympic Committee. Driven primarily included competitions for professionals, for among other things a race over 24 hours and 100 miles was aligned. The IOC ordered two competitions in cycling to the Olympic program of the Games of the II Olympiad.

The confusion about the Olympic competitions in cycling is an example for the general incomplete workup and difficult interpretation in the context of the circumstances under which the Summer Olympics took place in 1900. Thus, the assessment made by IOC assignment is highly controversial.

For a long time, it was felt, even by the IOC, without exception, argued that only a competition for amateurs Sprint, Olympic character possessed. Now, you have also classified the 25 -km track race with pacemakers as olympic, although the official report of the World's Fair nowhere mentions such a race. Well-known sports historians (eg Volker Kluge, Erich Kamper ) see this contest are therefore still not as part of the former Olympic Games, but as part of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The was also in Paris, but in the Velodrome of the Parc des Princes, held in August 1900. However, no official world champion title was awarded for the race over 25 km, which it was only in the race over 100 km. Strange thing is that both races were won by Frenchman Louis Bastien.

At the two officially designated by the IOC as Olympic competitions, 72 athletes from six nations involved. Venue for the 2000 -meter sprint of the amateurs was the Municipal Velodrome on the site of the World Expo in Vincennes.

  • 2.1 5000 m points race

2000 m sprint for Amateurs

Date: 11 and 13 September

69 drivers qualified in 9 heats the three best for intermediate 9 runs. For these intermediate runs, each with three drivers to only the first of three penultimate runs ( Semifinals ) qualified. For these races turn came, only the most first in the final.

In the heats only two rounds were completed in the Velodrome, which corresponded to a distance of 1000 m. Only when the semifinals and the final 2000 m were run. The judges had measured in all races, only the total time of the winner and the time for the last 200 m ( value in brackets ). For the runners there was no time measurement, with them the residue was estimated to be the winner.

Another example of the general confusion to the Olympic Games in 1900 is what happened to the French racing cyclist Vasserot Ferdinand, who had won a month before the Olympic sprint for third place in the World Cup. 60 years later, when France honored his medal winner of all Olympic Games, not only the winner Taillandier first learned of his Olympic victory, but also Vasserot the fact that he allegedly took second place. Only years later, when Vasserot had long since died, was determined that the second place he was a semi-final run, which he had lost to John Henry Lake.

25 km with pacemaker

Date: September 15 (? ) The date is disputed, it is estimated on the 16th August and viewed the race as part of the Cycling World Championship. Venue was the Velodrome of the Parc des Princes. The winner Bastien also won the 100 -km race pace for the cycling world championship on August 15.

Nichtolympischer competition ( officially disputed)

The view of the IOCs to assign the 25 km race with pacemakers to the Olympic program, encouraged other no less important sports historians (eg Bill Mallon ) to investigated all in Paris discharged at that time cycling in terms of their Olympic character, even those that are part of the UCI Track Cycling were world Cup. As far as this is concerned about a race for amateurs and no world title was awarded in this case, it is considered that it was olympic. This would mean that a third competition in cycling would have to be attributed to the Olympic program of the Games of the II Olympiad, the points race over 5000 meters.

5000 m points race

Date: August 19

The race was part of the cycling world championships, but no title was awarded. It was attended by 13 racers from three nations also took part in the Olympic competitions. Venue was the Velodrome of the Parc de Prince.

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