Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:Infobox Olympic event Template:Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics Template:Location map+ At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, four events in rowing were contested, marking the introduction of the sport to the Olympic program.<ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At the inaugural 1896 Games, the rowing competition was cancelled due to strong winds. The 1900 regatta was held on the Seine between the Courbevoie Bridge and the Asnières Bridge on 25 and 26 August.<ref>Template:Cite sports-reference</ref> The length of the regatta course was Template:Convert.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Two finals were held in the coxed four competition, with both finals being considered Olympic championships.<ref name="four"/> Thus, there were a total of five rowing championships awarded.

Medal summary

Single sculls Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOCathlete
Coxed pair Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam<ref>Despite information from some sources (DutchNews), the IOC continues to attribute this medal to Mixed Team, as it must be shown in the IOC database (IOC-DB-1, IOC-DB-2).</ref> Minerva Amsterdam Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete<ref name="Brockmann">Brockmann was the coxswain for the Dutch team in the semifinal, but not in the final, in which an unknown French boy participated as coxswain. Brockmann is considered a gold medalist by the IOC and is listed in that organization's medal database.</ref> Template:Flagathlete<ref>The unknown cox may have been 12-year-old Giorgi Nikoladze of modern day Georgia (then part of the Russian Empire), future scientist and founder of Shevardeni Society, according to research by Dr Paata Natsvlishvili, Georgia NOC foundation member; however this research is not convincing (Histoire secrète du sport, François Thomazeau, La Découverte, 2019.).</ref>	Template:FlagIOCteam Société Nautique de la Marne Lucien Martinet René Waleff unknown cox	Template:FlagIOCteam Rowing Club Castillon Carlos Deltour Antoine Védrenne Raoul Paoli
Coxed four Final 1<ref name="four">Due to wrangling about who would be allowed to compete in the coxed four final, two finals were held for that competition. Both finals are considered Olympic championships by the International Olympic Committee.</ref> Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Cercle de l'Aviron Roubaix Henri Bouckaert Jean Cau Émile Delchambre Henri Hazebrouck Charlot	Template:FlagIOCteam Club Nautique de Lyon Georges Lumpp Charles Perrin Daniel Soubeyran Émile Wegelin unknown cox	Template:FlagIOCteam Favorite Hammonia Wilhelm Carstens Julius Körner Adolf Möller Hugo Rüster Gustav Moths<ref name="German cox">The German team changed the coxswain after the semi-final. Gustav Moths participated only in the semi-final and Max Ammermann participated in the final. However, the IOC medal database credits the bronze medal only to Gustav Moths.</ref> Max Ammermann
Coxed four Final 2 Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg Gustav Goßler Oscar Goßler Walther Katzenstein Waldemar Tietgens Carl Goßler	Template:FlagIOCteam Minerva Amsterdam Coenraad Hiebendaal Geert Lotsij Paul Lotsij Johannes Terwogt Hermanus Brockmann	Template:FlagIOCteam Ludwigshafener Ruderverein Ernst Felle Otto Fickeisen Carl Lehle Hermann Wilker Franz Kröwerath
Eight Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Vesper Boat Club William Carr Harry DeBaecke John Exley John Geiger Edwin Hedley James Juvenal Roscoe Lockwood Edward Marsh Louis Abell	Template:FlagIOCteam Royal Club Nautique de Gand Jules De Bisschop Prosper Bruggeman Oscar Dessomville Oscar De Cock Maurice Hemelsoet Marcel Van Crombrugge Frank Odberg Maurice Verdonck Alfred Van Landeghem	Template:FlagIOCteam Minerva Amsterdam François Brandt Johannes van Dijk Roelof Klein Ruurd Leegstra Walter Middelberg Hendrik Offerhaus Walter Thijssen Henricus Tromp Hermanus Brockmann

Participating nations

A total of 108 rowers from 8 nations competed at the Paris Games:

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Coxswain mystery

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François Brandt (left), Roelof Klein and their coxswain, after the coxed pair final at the 1900 Olympics

In the coxed pair event, the names of the coxswains for six of the seven crews entered are not known. Most of these were young French boys weighing about 25 kg, which the French crews employed to their advantage.<ref name="Bijkerk"/> The winning Dutch crew decided, after losing their heat, that their own coxswain was too heavy, and they recruited a French boy to steer the boat for the finals. The lad, name unknown, is believed likely to be the youngest Olympic gold medalist ever (previously estimated as between 7 and 10 years of age).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Some estimate the boy was likely 12 to 14 years old.<ref name="Bijkerk">Template:Cite journal</ref> One researcher has made a case that this unknown cox could have been Giorgi Nikoladze (1888-1931) of Georgia, a future scientist and promulgator of Georgian sport.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Further reading

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Rowing 1900". Accessed 26 February 2006. Available electronically at [1].
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