Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Doubles

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Doubles croquet
at the Games of the II Olympiad
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Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics
VenueBois de Boulogne
Date22 July
Competitors≥2 from ≥1 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gaston Aumoitte and Georges Johin
 France

The 1900 Olympic Croquet doubles tournament has only one double from France known. It was held on 22 July 1900.[1] The rest of the results are unknown. Gaston Aumoitte and Georges Johin, who had taken first and second in the singles one-ball event, were the winning pair. Very little is known about the event, including the competition format.

Background[]

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); it is unknown whether any women competed in the doubles.[1]

Schedule[]

Date Time Round
Sunday, 22 July 1900 Final

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Doubles, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  • De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Croquet 1900". Accessed 10 January 2006. Available electronically at [1].
  • Mallon, Bill. "The First Two Women Olympians" in Citius, Altius, Fortius, Autumn 1995, No. 3, p. 38. Available in pdf format from the AAFLA [2].
  • 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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