Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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 Polo pictogram | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Bois de Boulogne | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 28 May – 2 June | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 4 nations | ||||||||||||
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At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a polo tournament was contested. Matches were held on 28 May, 31 May, and 2 June. Five teams competed. Most of the teams were of mixed nationality, with British and French athletes competing on three teams. There was no playoff for third place.
Background[]
The "Olympic" polo tournament, or the "Grand Prix International d'Exposition", was one of multiple polo tournaments played in Paris in late May and early June 1900. It was the first time that polo was played at the Olympics; the sport would appear again in 1908, 1920, 1924, and 1936. Each time, the tournament was for men only.[1]
Competition format[]
The competition was a single elimination tournament, with no third place match. Teams did not have to consist of entirely players from a single nation at the time, with most of the teams competing being mixed. Further, players were apparently permitted to play for multiple teams during the same tournament, as Maurice Raoul-Duval played for both Bagatelle and Compiègne.[1]
Participating nations[]
A total of 20 players from 4 nations competed at the Paris Games:
France (7)
Great Britain (6)
Mexico (3)
United States (4)
Results[]
| Quarterfinal | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 28 May | ||||||||||
 Foxhunters Hurlingham (ZZX) | 10 | |||||||||
| 31 May | ||||||||||
 (FRA) | 0 | |||||||||
| Foxhunters Hurlingham (ZZX) | 6 | |||||||||
| (ZZX) | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 June | ||||||||||
| Foxhunters Hurlingham (ZZX) | 3 | |||||||||
| (ZZX) | 1 | |||||||||
| 31 May | ||||||||||
| (ZZX) | 8 | |||||||||
| (ZZX) | 0 | |||||||||
| Rank | Team | Nation |
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Foxhunters Hurlingham |  Great Britain  United States
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Great Britain United States France
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France Great Britain
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 Mexico United States
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| 5 | France
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Rosters[]
Foxhunters Hurlingham[]
- John Beresford (GBR)
- Denis St. George Daly (GBR)
- Foxhall Parker Keene (USA)
- Frank MacKey (USA)
- Alfred Rawlinson (GBR)
BLO Polo Club Rugby[]
Bagatelle Polo Club de Paris[]
- Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze (FRA)
- Frederick Agnew Gill (GBR)
- Maurice Raoul-Duval[2] (FRA)
- Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (FRA)
Mexico National Polo Team[]
- Eustaquio de Escandón (MEX)
- Manuel de Escandón (MEX)
- Pablo de Escandón (MEX)
- Guillermo Hayden Wright (USA)[3][4]
Compiègne Polo Club[]
Medal table[]
All four medals were won by mixed teams. Great Britain had competitors on the gold, the silver and one of the bronze medal teams, the United States on the gold, the silver medal teams and one of the bronze medal teams. France had players on the silver and one of the bronze medal teams, while Mexico had three players on the other bronze medal team.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Mixed team (ZZX) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (1 nations) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Notes[]
- ^ a b "Polo, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ a b Raoul-Duval played on two different teams.
- ^ "William Hayden Wright". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "PARIS 1900 POLO MEN RESULTS". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
References[]
- International Olympic Committee medal winners database
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Polo 1900". Accessed 25 February 2006. Available electronically at [1].
- 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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