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Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – 1 to 2 ton

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The 1 to 2 ton was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics program in Meulan. Nine boats started during the two races in the 1 to 2 ton. Twenty–two competitors from three countries are documented. The races were held on 22 and 25 May 1900 on the river Seine.[1][2]

1 to 2 Ton Sailing
at the Games of the II Olympiad
1 - 2 Ton Class
VenueMeulan
DateFirst race: May 22, 1900 (1900-05-22)
Second race: May 25, 1900 (1900-05-25)
Competitors22 (documented) from 3 nations
Teams9
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hermann de Pourtalès, Hélène de Pourtalès, Bernard de Pourtalès  Switzerland
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paul Wiesner, Georg Naue, Heinrich Peters, Ottokar Weise  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) François Vilamitjana, Auguste Albert, Albert Duval, Charles Hugo  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hermann de Pourtalès, Hélène de Pourtalès, Bernard de Pourtalès  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jacques Baudrier, Lucien Baudrier, Dubosq, Édouard Mantois  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) François Vilamitjana, Auguste Albert, Albert Duval, Charles Hugo  France

Race schedule[1]

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 ●  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
1 to 2 ton ● ●
Total gold medals 1 1

Course area and course configuration

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For the 1 to 2 ton the 19 kilometres (10 nmi) course in the Meulan course area was used.

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    Course area Meulan

Weather conditions

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The race was troublesome due to an almost complete absence of any wind and that the wind there came perpendicular to the course (river Seine) and was blocked or diverted by trees and buildings.[2]

Final results[3]

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Two separate races were sailed. No combined results were made.[1]

Race of 22 May 1900

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Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat Medalrace
Pos. Pts.
    Switzerland Hermann de Pourtalès   Hélène de Pourtalès  [4][5]
Bernard de Pourtalès  
 		 Lérina 1 02:15:32
    France François Vilamitjana   Auguste Albert  
Albert Duval  
Charles Hugo  		 Marthe 2 02:17:29
    France Jacques Baudrier   Lucien Baudrier  
Dubosq  
Édouard Mantois  		 Nina-Claire 3 02:26:28
4   France Eugène Laverne   Henri Laverne  
 
 		 Amulet 4 02:26:56
5   France Marcel Moisand   Unknown
 
 		 Ducky 5 02:31:14
6   France Georges Warenhorst   Unknown
 
 		 Freia 6 02:33:54
7   France François Texier   Auguste Texier  
 
 		 Mamie 7 02:52:30
8   France Lecointre   Unknown
 
 		 Alcyon 8 03:05:06

Legend: DNC – Did not come to the starting area;
Gender:   – male;   – female;

Race of 25 May 1900

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This race saw with Aschenbrödel (German for Cinderella) one more boat competing. One day earlier they had entered in the ½—1 ton class, but were not permitted to race as their boat measured in at 1.041 tons. In this class the German crew sailed the lightest boat, yet easily finished in the quickest time. Their low handicap served only to widen the gap between them and the second-place Swiss team.

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat Medalrace
Pos. Pts.
    Germany Paul Wiesner   Georg Naue  
Heinrich Peters  
Ottokar Weise  		 Aschenbrödel 1 03:09:19
    Switzerland Hermann de Pourtalès   Hélène de Pourtalès  [4]
Bernard de Pourtalès  
 		 Lérina 2 03:35:14
    France François Vilamitjana   Auguste Albert  
Albert Duval  
Charles Hugo (sailor)  		 Marthe 3 03:37:49
4   France Jacques Baudrier   Lucien Baudrier  
Dubosq  
Édouard Mantois  		 Nina-Claire 4 04:10:17
5   France Georges Warenhorst   Unknown
 
 		 Freia 5 04:11:22
6   France François Texier   Auguste Texier  
 
 		 Mamie 6 04:30:08
7   France Marcel Moisand   Unknown
 
 		 Ducky 7 04:48:07
  France Eugène Laverne   Henri Laverne  
 
 		 Amulet DNF  
  France Lecointre   Unknown
 
 		 Alcyon DNF  

Legend: DNF – Did not finish;
Gender:   – male;   – female;

Notes

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Since Hélène de Pourtalès was the first female Olympic starter in the modern Olympics, she holds the first Olympic medals won by a woman. However her Swiss team did not win the first medals for Switzerland, that honor goes to Louis Zutter during the 1896 Olympics.

 
Hélène de Pourtalès

Other information

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Initially only the race on 22 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

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  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)" (PDF). Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Concours D'Exercices Physiques et de Sports" (PDF) (in French). Imprimerie Nationale (LA84). 1901. pp. 399–430. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Sailing at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed 1-2 Ton". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Official website of the Olympic Movement: Olympics Search all results & Olympic medalists". IOC. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  4. ^ a b Hélène de Pourtalès was the only documented woman participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics regatta. She won the a gold and a silver medal in the 1 to 2 ton.
  5. ^ "The Countess de Pourtales – After all the first modern female Olympic starter" (PDF). International Society of Olympic Historians. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

"Paris 1900". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

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