Mallon's book on the 1900 Olympic Games

The data on these pages are completely according to the excellent book by Bill Mallon :

"The 1900 Olympic Games - Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary", Jefferson NC, 1998

Included Sports and Events

In determining the exact nature of the Olympic events, I have decided to follow Mallon to the letter.

Thus Archery and Sailing (Yachting) are retained, as are Croquet and Pelota Basque, which are usually ignored by historians.

Mallon uses four criteria to determine whether or not an event was "Olympic":

• international
• open for all
• not handicapped
• for amateurs (except in Fencing)

Errors in Mallon

This is the list of errors that have been reported and that Bill Mallon has agreed to. Errors 1-31 were published in his work on the 1920 Olympics. Errors 32 and further are corrected in the databases used sice then. (excluding errors in the non-Olympic events)

page	section	error	correction	reference
23	known comp.	AUT-FEN: 8	AUT-FEN : 9	5
		AUT: 13/13	AUT: 14 / 14	5
		FRA-FEN:211	FRA-FEN : 216	16
		FRA-SHO:34	FRA-SHO : 35	32
		FRA-SWI:49	FRA-SWI : 47	27
		FRA-SAI:75	FRA-SAI : 73	24
		FRA: 763/743	FRA: 765 / 744	28,32
24		GER-ROW:19	GER-ROW : 21	29
		GER-SHO:1	GER-SHO : 0	32
		GER: 78/75	GER : 79 / 76	29,32
		NED-ROW:14	NED-ROW : 13	19
		NED: 29/29	NED : 28 / 28	19
		USA-ATH: 41	USA-ATH : 43	30
		USA: 74/73	USA : 76 / 75	30
		ATH: 115	ATH : 117	30
		FEN: 258	FEN : 264	17
		ROW: 107	ROW: 108	21
		SWI: 78	SWI : 76	27
		SAI: 97	SAI: 95	24
		total:1257/1222	total : 1262 / 1226	31,32
25	comp./nation	Austria: 13	Austria : Men 14 - Subtotal 14 - total 14	5
26		Fr:751/763/743	France : Men 753 - Subtotal 765 - total 744	28,32
		Germany: 78	Germany : Men 79 - Subtotal 79 - total 76	29,32
		Netherlands: 29	Netherlands : Men 28 - Subtotal 28 - total 28	19
		USA: 67/74/73	USA : Men 69 - Subtotal 76 - total 75	30
		Totals: 1235	Totals : Men 1,240 - Subtotal 1,262 - Total 1,227	31
	comp./sport	Athletics: 115	Athletics : Total 117 - Men 117	30
		Fencing: 258	Fencing: Total 264 - Men 264	17
		Rowing: 107	Rowing :  Total 108 - Men 108	21
27		Swimming: 78	Swimming: Total 76 - Men 76	27
		Yachting: 97	Yachting : Total 95 - Men 94	24
		Subtotals: 1257	Subtotals : Total 1,262 - Men 1,240	31
		Multisport: 35	Multisport Athletes: 36	32
		Totals: 1222	Totals : Total 1,226 - Men 1,204	31
	Athletes in 2sp	Total (35) France (20)	Total (36) France (21) André, Baron de Schonen (Fencing/Shooting)	32
38	competitors	USA: 41	USA: 43	30
		Totals: 115	Totals: 117	30
40	round 1 heat 2	John T	Walter Tewksbury
44	1500 m	4:06.0	4:06.2
82	Heat 9	2. Gottren	2. Paul Gottron
103	Long Jump	Langendonck	Constant van Langhendonck
104	4-in-hand	George P	Georges Pauwels
105	competitors	Austria: 8	Austria: 9	5
106		France: 211	France: 216	16
		Totals: 258	Totals: 264	17
112	Pool 8	1. Rabel	1. André Rabel
	Pool 10	2. Jay	2. Maurice Jay
116	Foil, Masters	8. Adolphe R	8. Alphonse Rouleau
	Pool 2	1. Adolphe R	1. Alphonse Rouleau
118	Qualifiers	Adolphe R	Alphonse Rouleau
119	Qualifiers	Adolphe R	Alphonse Rouleau
121	Pool 1	addition	Antonius Van Nieuwenhuizen
123	Sabre Masters	Zachavrot	Zacharov
	SF Pool 2	Zachavrot	Zacharov
124	Competitors	Zachavrot	Zacharov
127	Belgium	addition	Raul Kelecom, Emile Spannoghe
136	Individual	30. Lemaire	30. Paulien Lemaire
150	competitors	France:47	France : 47	20
		Germany:19	Germany : 21	2, 11
		Netherlands:14	Netherlands:13	19
		Totals: 107	Totals: 108	21
153	Heat 2	4. Galee	4. Gelée	18
154	Heat 3	4. Gelée	add note	18
161	introduction	Nth African	Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera was likely of Haitian origin
162	Moseley Wds	addition	James Cantion, Clement Deykin
168	Pistol, Team	3. van Haan	3. Dirk Boest Gips
		addition	4. Alban Rooman, Charles Lebègue
	Pistol, Ind.	6. van Haan	6. Dirk Boest Gips
169	Free Pistol	addition	13. Alban Rooman 19. Charles Lebègue
173	Clay Trap	7th place	André, Baron de Schonen - FRA	32
193	competitors	France: 49	France : 47	27
194		Totals: 78	Totals : 76	27
201	Tritons Lillois	M. Cadet	Victor Cadet	26
202	Heat 4	4. M. Cadet	4. Victor Cadet	26
225	Tritons Lillois	Cadet	Victor Cadet	26
229	competitors	France: 75	France: 73	24
230		Totals: 97	Totals: 95	24
232	Carabinier	Dormeuil	Louis-Auguste Dormeuil	22
	Petit-Poucet	Dormeuil	Louis-Auguste Dormeuil	22
238	Carabinier	Dormeuil	Louis-Auguste Dormeuil	22
259	Austria	Totals: 13	Totals: 14; Men: 14	5
	Wraschtil H	addition	Wraschtil, Hermann (b. 15 July 1880 - d. 9 November 1950)
	AUT - FEN	Totals: 8	Totals: 9; Men: 9	5
260	Horwath	correction	Horvath
	Müller C	addition	Müller, Camillo (b. 2 January 1870)
	Rischtoff	addition	Rischtoff, Capt. Heinrich (b. 9 February 1865)
	van der St'n	addition	van der Stoppen, -- Foil (advanced from r1/3)	5
	Langendonck	correction	Langhendonck, Constant Octave van (b. 4 February 1870)
	Lambert P	addition	Lambert, Paul Marie Victor (b. 27 March 1876)
	Pauwels G	addition	Pauwels, Georges Marie Nestor (b. 30 December 1879)
	Smet T	addition	Smet, Antoine Joseph "Tony" (b. 16 February 1876)
	Verbrugge C	addition	Verbrugge, Cyrille (b. 9 November 1866 - d. 1929)
261	Kelecom R	addition	Kelecom, Raul
	Londot L	addition	Londot, Lucien Jean
	Spannoghe W	addition & correction	Spannoghe, Emile Hilaire
	Bruggeman P	addition	Bruggeman, Prospère (b. 7 March 1873)
	Lebègue	addition	Lebègue, Charles Félicien (b. 3 November 1871)
	Rooman	addition	Rooman, Alban
263	Denmark	Schulz	Schultz, Ernst
263	France	Totals: 765/753	Totals: 772; Men 760	6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13
264	Gontier E	addition	Gontier, Émile (b. 1878 - d. 1947)
267	FRA - FEN	Totals: 211	Totals: 216; Men: 216	16
	Alibert G	addition	Alibert, Gaston (b. 1883 - d. 26 December 1917)
	Aufort	correction	Aufort, -- Épée, Masters and Sabre, Masters	14
268	Dizier	addition	Dizier, -- - Foil, Masters (r1/5)	12
269	Jay	addition	Jay, Maurice Joseph - Épée (2h10r1/4)	6
	Largé L	addition	Largé, Lucien - Foil Masters (rep-alternate)	7
270	Lézard	addition	Lézard, -- - Épée, Masters (ach3r2/3)	13
	Rabel A	addition	Rabel, André Marie - Épée (1h9r1/4)	8
271	Rouleau A	addition	Rouleau, Alphonse (b. 6 September 1867)
	Selderslagh	deletion	Selderslagh is Belgian, not French	15
	Soudois	addition	Soudois, -- - Foil (advanced from r1)	9
	Wattelier	addition	Wattelier, -- - Foil (advanced from r1)	10
272	Démanet L	addition	Démanet, Georges Lucien
273	Lalue M	addition	Lalue, Marcel (b. 24 April 1882)
	Lecoutre J	addition	Lecoutre, Jules (b. 24 April 1878)
	Lemaire	addition	Lemaire, Paulien Alexandre (b. 18 December 1882)
275	de Bissacia	addition	de Bissacia, Duke Louis (b. 28 March 1863)
	Fauquet-L.	addition	Fauquet-Lemaître André
	FRA - ROW	correction	Totals: 47; Men: 47	20
	--	addition	--, (coxswain) Coxed Pairs (1) (Minerva Amsterdam)	19
	Galee	deletion	must probably be Gelée	18
	Gaudin A	addition	Gaudin, Charles André
	Gelée	addition	Gelée, -- - Coxed Pairs (4h2r1/2)	18
277	de Joubert	addition	de Joubert, Count Charles (b. 18 April 1864)
	FRA-SWI	Totals: 49	Totals: 47; Men: 47	27
	Cadet M	deletion	this swimmer is probably Victor Cadet	26
	Cadet V	addition	200 meter team race (3/18)	26
	Chenot	deletion	this swimmer is probably Jules Clévenot	25
	Clévenot J	addition	4,000 meter freestyle (DNFh3r1/2)	25
279	Cadet	addition	Cadet, Victor	26
	FRA-SAI	Totals: 75	Totals: 73; Men: 73	24
	Auguste-D	deletion	should be under Dormeuil	22
280	Dormeuil A	correction	Dormeuil, Louis-Auguste, (Carabinier) Open Class (dq); 1/2-1 ton class, race 1 (dns); 1/2-1 ton class, race 2 (1)	22
	Glandaz A	addition	Glandaz, E. Albert
281	Mellor S.M.	deletion	British, not French	23
282	Taylor J.H	deletion	British, not French	23
	Germany	total: 75	Totals: 77; Men: 77	2, 11
	Dörry K	addition	Dörry, Kurt (b. 24 Spetember 1874 - d. 4 January 1947)
	Keyl J	addition	Keyl, Julius (b. 8 December 1877 - d. 15 November 1959)
	Rau G	addition	Rau, Gustav (b. 1873)
	Gottron	addition	Gottron, Paul
	Guilleaume M	addition	Guilleaume, Max (b. 16 February 1866 - d. 1932)
283	Fürstenberger	addition	Fürstenberger, Eugen (b. 16 February 1866)
	Genserowsky	correction	Genserowsky, Richard (b. 1875)
	Naumann O	addition	Naumann, Oscar (b. 3 July 1876)
	Peitsch H	addition	Peitsch, Hugo (b. 1874)
	Sauer F	addition	Sauer, Fritz (b. 1872)
	Tannert A	addition	Tannert, Adolf (b. 1876)
	Wiegand C	addition	Wiegand, Carl (b. 1879)
	GER - ROW	total:19	totals: 21; Men: 21	2, 11
	Gleichman	addition	Gleichman von Oven, Alexander Jr. (b. 15 April 1879) Coxed Eights (Coxswain) (3h1r1/2)	2
	Jencquel E	addition	Jencquel, Ernst Ascan (b. 11 January 1879)
	Katz'n E	addition	Katzenstein, Edgar (b. 26 November 1879)
	Laurezzari	addition	Laurezzari, Theodor Alphons (b. 18 May 1880)
	Moths G	addition	Moths, Gustav Adolph - Coxed Fours (3h3r1/2) (Favorite Hamonia) (coxswain)	11
	Warncke A	addition	Warncke, Arthur (b. 27 January 1880)
284	Hax G	addition	Hax, Georg (b. 27 December 1870)
285	Saward W	addition	Saward, William (b. 1858)
287	Cantion J	addition	Cantion, James
	Deykin C.P.	addition	Deykin, Clement Pemberton (b. 1877)
	Burgess T	addition & correction	(b. 15 June 1872 - d. 5 July 1950)
	Burgess T	addition & correction	(b. 15 June 1872 - d. 5 July 1950)
288	Exshaw	addition	Exshaw, Edward William (b. 15 February 1866 - d. 16 March 1927)
	Quentin C	addition	(b. 1852 - d. 29 October 1926)
289	Crettier R	addition	Crettier, Rezsö (b. 25 November 1878)
	Kauser J	addition	Kauser, Jakab (b. 22 March 1887 - d. 27 June 1925)
	Koppán P	addition	Koppán, Pál (*16 May 1878)
	Schubert E	addition	Schubert, Ernö (b. 4 June 1881 - d. 10 February 1931)
	Strausz G	addition	Strausz, Gyula (b. 26 February 1880)
290	Santelli I	addition	Santelli, Italo (b. 1866)
	Théato M	addition	Théato, Michel Johann
	Escandón P	1956	1856
291	Netherlands	Totals: 29	Totals: 28; Men: 28	19
	Van N'huizen	addition	Van Nieuwenhuizen, Antonius
	NED - ROW	Totals: 14	Totals: 13; Men: 13	19
	--	deletion	the unknown cox is French, not Dutch	19
	NED - SHO Boets	addition	Boets Gips, Dirk (b. 30 July 1864; d. 11 November 1920) replaces Gerardus van Haan	1
	Haan	deleted	did not compete
293	Zachavrot	Zachavrot	Zacharov
	Duke of Gor	addition	(b. 1864)
	Fórmica J	addition	(b. 11 April 1881)
	Quitana O	addition	Quintana Vigo, Orestes
295	Richardet L	addition	Richardet, Louis Michel
	Röderer C	correction	Röderer, Carl Konrad
	de Pourtalès H	Helen	Hélène (b. 28 April 1868)
	de Pourtalès B	addition	Bernard Guy
	USA	totals: 73	Totals: 75; Men 75	3, 4
	USA - ATH	totals: 41	Totals: 43; Men 43	3, 4
296	Grant A	addition & correction	(b. 16 April 1875)
	Lee H	addition	Lee, Harry Glover (b. 22 February 1877 - d.10 March 1937) 400 m (2h1r1/2)	3
	Long M	addition	(b. *16 October 1878)
	Moloney W	addition	Moloney, William Arthur (b.10 July 1876 - d. 12 August 1915) 400 m (1h1r1/2)	4
297	Abbott Mary	addition	Abbott, Mary Perkins Ives
	Ridgway E	addition	Ridgway, Ellen Monroe
	Jones G	addition	Jones, Georgina Frances
	Voight C	addition	(d. 11 February 1947)
	McCreery W	addition	McCreery, Walter Adolph
	Abell L	addition	(b. 21 July 1884)
	Carr W	addition	(d. 30 June 1929)
298	note 3	correction	see below	26

1 Dirk Boest Gips replaces Gerardus van Hoon/G. van Loon

2 Alexander Gleichman von Oven, Jr is missing in the list of German Rowers

3 Harry Lee is missing in the list of American Athletes

4 William Moloney is missing in the list of American Athletes

5 van der Stoppen is missing in the list of Austrian Fencers. This brings the number of Austrian Fencers to 9, and the total number of Austrians to 14.

6 Maurice Jay is missing in the list of French Fencers

7 Lucien Largé is missing in the list of French Fencers

8 André Rabel is missing in the list of French Fencers

9 Soudois is missing in the list of French Fencers

10 Wattelier is missing in the list of French Fencers

11 Gustav Adolph Moths is missing in the list of German Rowers

12 a second fencer named Dizier is missing in the list of French Fencers

13 a second fencer named Lézard is missing in the list of French Fencers

14 a French Fencer called Aufort is counted twice

15 Selderslagh is incorrectly listed and counted among the French Fencers - he is Belgian

16 seven missing French Fencers, and two counted double, brings the total of French Fencers to 216 in stead of 211 (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15)

17 five extra French Fencers and one extra Austrian brings the total of Fencers to 264 in stead of 258 (5, 16)

18 The name is either Galee or Gelée (I'm guessing Gelée) but, but considering that they rowed with the same partner in two boats of Dieppe, it is more likely a spelling error. This is almost certainly only one Rower.

19 The unknown cox of Minerva is French, not Dutch. This brings the total of Dutch rowers to 13, not 14. It brings the total Dutch participation to 28, not 29.

20 Two errors cancel out one another, the total number of French Rowers is correct at 47 (18, 19)

21 Two missing German Rowers, and a doubly counted Frenchman, means that the number of Rowers is 108, not 107 (2, 11, 18)

22 This person's name is written as Louis Auguste-Dormeuil and Auguste Dormeuil, but it is more likely Louis-Auguste Dormeuil, and almost certainly just one person.

23 J. Howard Taylor and S.M. Mellor are listed both as French (wrong) and as Britons (right)

24 There are 3 too many French sailors listed, but Mallon has also miscounted. There should be 73 French Sailors (22, 23). This brings the total number of known sailors to 95 in stead of 97.

25 Chenot is listed as entered in round one, heat 4, transferred to heat 3. In the result of heat 3 is listed Jules Clévenot. These are one and the same person.

26 M. Cadet (the M probably stands for Monsieur) in the team swimming and Cadet in the Waterpolo are probably one and the same as Victor Cadet who competed in the 200 m freestyle.

27 Two doubly counted French Swimmers brings the total down to 47 (25, 26), and the total number of swimmers to 76.

28 Errors in Fencing (+5), Rowing (0), Swimming (-2) and Sailing (-2) (16, 20, 24, 27) means that the total number of French competitors is 744 in stead of 743.

29 2 missing German Rowers (2, 11) bring the total up to 21, and the total number of German competitors to 77. The wrongly listed shooter (32) brings it back down to 76.

30 2 missing American Athletes (3, 4) brings the total number of Americans up to 75, the total number of Athletes to 117.

31 Errors in Athletics (+2), Fencing (+6), Rowing (+1), Swimming (-2), Sailing (-2) and a doubler (-1) (30, 17, 21, 27, 24, 32) make for a total of 4 additional competitors, which brings the final tally to 1226.

32 Baron André de Schonen is listed as German under shooting, and he is not counted as a sport doubler with Fencing.

Subsequent corrections

On the website of the OlyMADMen, the following changes have appeared:

• 6 previously unknown Dutch archers have been named;
• Harold, Viscount Dillon (Equestrianism) is British, not French
• Louis Bastien is regarded as a doubler in cycling and fencing (even if it is mentioned that this is difficult to prove)
• Edouard de Lastours is recognised as a doubler in tennis and fencing
• Xavier Anchetti is listed as French in stead of Russian
• Yulian Michaux is Russian in stead of French (these two were close together in one event, may have been mixed up)
• Bergès (Foil) and Henri-Georges Berger (Epée) are the same fencer
• Sahourin (Epée Masters) is actually François Sabouric (already known in Foil Masters)
• J.F. Bowden (Epée) is British, not French
• André Corvington (Foil) is Haitian, not French
• A. Berger did apparently not compete in the Epée
• Robinson (Epée) is not French, but British, and a repeater in 1906
• A. Robert (Epée) is the same as Paul Robert (Foil) and Swiss
• Dizier, although listed both among the qualified and non-qualified in the Masters Foil, is only one competitor, but
• Lemoine, noted as an Adjudant twice is considered two separate competitors (one of them competed as a Master, the other in the "amateur" class)

My lists are now the same as these ones, except that I add 9 coxes and a further 239 competitors (see below) to arrive at 1466 competitors

Unknown Competitors

Next we come to the "unknown competitors".

On the pages about the Athina 1896 Olympics, I have consistently counted the full number of competitors, known and unknown. For Paris 1900, I want to continue that practice, but this is more difficult, especially in Equestrianism and Sailing. Mallon does count the unknown coxes in Rowing. Since I want to count the true numbers, known and unknown, I must make guesstimates for the 2 sports aforementioned.

My handling of the unknown competitors is as follows

• In Archery, there are a number of unknown participants in some events. These have been included under one heading "unknown". There are (at most) 136 unknown competitors, of which Mallon thinks 6 were Dutch and 14 were Belgian. I have included 116 unknown French archers.
• In Cycling, not all 28 competitors of the points race are known. However, all 13 known riders had also competed in the Sprints. Since there are 69 known sprinters, it is unlikely that any of the 15 unknown competitors is actually new.
• In Equestrianism, I have made the following assumptions:
  • For the three jumping events, the official IOC report (in general rather incomplete) lists 24 participants from 4 nations. That means 2 unknown Italians and 10 unknown Frenchmen
  • The Chevaux de Selle is not listed on the IOC report, so I cannot add any unknowns
  • For the Mail Coach, the list of Entrants is given and counted, so there are too many rather than too few on Mallon's list and mine
  • Mallon thinks there are 4 unknown Belgians, 11 Frenchmen, and 1 Italian. I have followed this.
• In Fencing, Mallon seems to think there are an additional 13 unknown fencers. There are 12 names missing from the Masters Épée, so I'll be sticking to that number.  Mallon thinks there are 2 additional Hungarians and Italians each, so I'll add 8 unknown French fencers to make up the numbers
• In Rowing, there are 8 coxes whose names are unknown. They are classed and counted just like any known competitor
• In Sailing, I make the following assumptions:
  • The small boats on the Seine are listed in the IOC report, which speaks of 85 participants, while Mallon has 88 names. That is nothing to go on.
  • The 0-1/2 ton class needs 5 crew members to fill all boats to at least 2 people (all French)
  • The 1/2-1 ton class needs 15 crew members to fill all boats to at least 2 people (all French)
  • The 1-2 ton class needs 8 crew members to fill all boats to at least 3 people (all French)
  • The 2-3 ton class needs 2 crew members to fill all boats to at least 3 people (all French)
  • The 3-10 ton class needs 14 crew members to fill all boats to at least 3 people (12 French, 2 Americans)
  • The 10-20 ton class needs 18 crew members to fill all boats to at least 4 people (12 French, 6 Britons)
  • The +20 ton class needs 16 crew members to fill all boats to at least 5 people (8 Britons, 4 French, 4 Americans)
  • In the Open Class, only boats that also participated in the other classes competed, so I am assuming all crew members are already counted. Only one boat is listed in the Open class but not in the others, and it has no known crew members. I am counting another 3 unknown Americans.
  • that is a total of 81 unknown participants
  • Mallon claims there are 257 unknown sailors. I believe this is an overestimate, about 2.7 people per boat more.

Adding 136 Archers, 16 Equestrians, 12 Fencers and 81 Sailors brings the total number of competitors to 1466.

Other Possible errors in Mallon

There are a number of other things that should be looked into, and that may require additional adaptations to these pages (and to Bill Mallon's book)

• I have found the following list of people who might well be one and the same (all French). Some of these are more probable than others (Lemoine is a rather common name, but Texier is not):
  • Adam (swimming and fencing)
  • Auguste Albert (rugby and sailing)
  • Bertrand (swimming-waterpolo and cycling)
  • Boulanger (fencing and gymnastics) - unlikely, quite common name, and the fencer was a "Master"
  • Favier (gymnastics and waterpolo) - quite unlikely, the waterpoloist played for Lille, the Gymnast for Bourg, that's 500 km apart
  • Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze (polo), Fournier-Sarlovèze (golf) - are husband and wife, but Fourrier (tennis) might be the same lady.
  • Ganthier (sailing) and Gauthier (fencing (2)) - the first is a probable misspelling, this being a very strange name
  • Germain (gymnastics and cycling)
  • Hileret (fencing) and Hillaret (shooting)
  • Lemoine (fencing and gymnastics) - less likely, since the fencer was an Adjudant (now even two of them)
  • Leroy (sailing and fencing (2))
  • Emile Mercier (archery) and Mercier (shooting)
  • Joseph Roffo (tug-of-war) and Roffo (fencing)
  • Terrier (cycling and gymnastics)
  • Texier (swimming and sailing (2))
  • (I also had Bastien and De Lastours in this list)

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