Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Jumping

Show jumping
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Date 29 May
Competitors 37 from 5 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Aimé Haegeman
 Belgium
2nd, silver medalist(s) Georges Van Der Poele
 Belgium
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Louis de Champsavin
 France

The jumping event at the 1900 Summer Olympics equestrian competition was similar to the modern event. The course was 850 metres (2,790 ft) long with 22 jumps, including a double jump and a triple jump as well as a 4 metres (13 ft) water jump. 45 competitors entered, though only 37 competed. Some information is known on 16 of the competitors, though of the rest all that can be deduced from the nationalities of the entrants is that, of the remaining unknowns that did compete, at most 1 was a Russian, up to 3 were Italian, at least 3 and up to 9 were Belgian, and between 8 and 14 were French.

The silver medalist, Georges Van Der Poele, also won the bronze in the equestrian high jumping competition.

PlaceRiderHorseTime
1 Aimé Haegeman (BEL)Benton II2:16.0
2 Georges Van Der Poele (BEL)Winsor Squire2:17.6
3 Louis de Champsavin (FRA)Terpsichore2:26.0
4–37 Hermann Mandl (AUT)UnknownUnknown
 Henri Leclerc (FRA)Extra-DryUnknown
 Henri Leclerc (FRA)GillesUnknown
 de Béthune-Scully (FRA)Tip-TopUnknown
 Maurice Jéhin[1] (FRA)BistouriUnknown
 Louis Napoléon Murat[2] (FRA)ArcadiusUnknown
 Louis d'Havrincourt (FRA)MavourneenUnknown
 Philippot (FRA)UnknownUnknown
 Vigneulles (FRA)UnknownUnknown
 De Coulombier (FRA)UnknownUnknown
 De Lamaratine (FRA)UnknownUnknown
 Marcel Haëntjens (FRA)UnknownUnknown
 Dominique Gardères  (FRA)UnknownUnknown
21 other competitors

Notes

  1. ↑ That Jéhin rode Bistouri, a horse which he owned, is presumed by de Wael.
  2. ↑ De Wael notes that it is uncertain if Murat actually was the rider, but argues for it on the basis that Murat was the owner of Arcadius and is known to have ridden in other events

References

  • International Olympic Committee medal winners database
  • De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Equestrian 1900". Available electronically at . Accessed 29 July 2006.
  • Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.
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