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
   Great Britain
   France
   France
   France
   France
   France
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.

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

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat Medalrace
Pos. Pts.
1st Great Britain
Lorne Currie Algernon Maudslay
John Gretton
Linton Hope
Scotia 1 03:29:45
2nd France
Jules Valton Jacques Baudrier
Jean Le Bret
Félix Marcotte
William Martin
Crabe II 2 03:39:23
3rd 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
Texier (helmsman) Texier (crew)
 
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
E. 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

    Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat Medalrace
    Pos. Pts.
    1st France
    Louis Auguste-Dormeuil Unknown
     
    Pettit-Poucet 1 03:27:07
    2nd France
    Émile Michelet Marcel Meran
     
    Scamasaxe 2 03:30:31
    3rd 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
    Texier (helmsman) Texier (crew)
     
    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
    E. 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

      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

      References

      1. 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.
      2. 1 2 "Sailing at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed ½-1 Ton". Sports Reference. 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!

      "Paris 1900". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 

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