Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Singles, two balls

The 1900 Olympic Croquet two-ball singles tournament was held on 4 and 11 July 1900. Eight athletes from France competed. The event was won by Chrétien Waydelich, the only person to earn two singles medals in Olympic croquet (with a bronze in the one-ball competition as well). Silver went to Maurice Vignerot and bronze to Jacques Sautereau.

Two ball singles croquet
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics
VenueBois de Boulogne
DatesJuly 4 and 11
Competitors6 from 1 nation
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chrétien Waydelich
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maurice Vignerot
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jacques Sautereau
 France

Background

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This was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics; it was one of three croquet competitions in 1900. Croquet was one of the first Olympic sports open to women (with only sailing having female competitors before croquet, due to that sport taking place earlier in 1900), with two of the six players in this event being women.[1]

Competition format

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The competition format is unclear. There were two rounds. The first round appears to have been a head-to-head, best-of-three competition. The winners advanced to the second round, as did one of the losers. The second round appears to have been a round-robin with each match being best-of-three.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Wednesday, 4 July 1900 First round
Wednesday, 11 July 1900 Final

Results

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Round 1

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Winner Score Loser
  Maurice Vignerot (FRA) 2-0
(42-40)
  Louise Anne Marie Després (FRA)
  Jacques Sautereau (FRA) 2-0
(41-19)
  Al. Blachère (FRA)
  Chrétien Waydelich (FRA) w/o   Jeanne Filleul-Brohy (FRA)

Final

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The second round was conducted as a round-robin.

Pos Player Nation W L CW MV JS AB
  Chrétien Waydelich   France 3 0 2–1[a] 1–0[b] 1–0[c]
  Maurice Vignerot   France 2 1 1–2[d] 2–1[e] 2–0[f]
  Jacques Sautereau   France 1 2 0–1[g] 1–2[h] 1–0[i]
4 Al. Blachère   France 0 3 0–1[j] 0–2[k] 0–1[l]
Source: Olympedia
Notes:
  1. ^ 42–41
  2. ^ Games and scores unknown
  3. ^ Games and scores unknown
  4. ^ 41–42
  5. ^ 42–41
  6. ^ Walkover
  7. ^ Games and scores unknown
  8. ^ 41–42
  9. ^ Games and scores unknown
  10. ^ Games and scores unknown
  11. ^ Walkover
  12. ^ Games and scores unknown

Results summary

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Rank Player Nation
  Chrétien Waydelich   France
  Maurice Vignerot   France
  Jacques Sautereau   France
4 Al. Blachère   France
5 Louise Anne Marie Després   France
Jeanne Filleul-Brohy   France

References

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  1. ^ "Singles, Two Balls, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 January 2021.