Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Croquetat the Games of the II Olympiad
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| Venues | Bois de Boulogne |
| Competitors | 10 from 1 nation |
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, three croquet events were contested. Seven men and three women participated.
The doubles competition was scheduled first, though it is unclear whether the French pair that won had any competition.
The one-ball singles was played the next week, followed by two-ball singles the week after. France, which supplied all 10 competitors, won all the medals. This was the only Olympiad where croquet was part of the official programme, though there was the variant called roque at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
All events satisfying all four of these retrospective selection criteria — restricted to amateurs, open to all nations, open to all competitors and without handicapping — are now regarded as Olympic events (except for ballooning). Although croquet satisfied three criteria, it had been thought to have had a non-French entrant, Marcel Haëntjens, who more recently has been shown to have been from France. According to Bill Mallon's published work, Haëntjens was from Belgium; thus, the croquet events had for a time been considered "international."
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  France (FRA) |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Totals (1 nations) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Singles, one ball | Gaston Aumoitte (FRA) |
Georges Johin (FRA) |
Chrétien Waydelich (FRA) |
| Singles, two balls | Chrétien Waydelich (FRA) |
Maurice Vignerot (FRA) |
Jacques Sautereau (FRA) |
| Doubles | France (FRA)
Gaston Aumoitte Georges Johin |
None | None |
Participating nations
A total of 10 players from 1 nation competed at the Paris Games:
- France (10)
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Croquet en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 1900 para niños
