Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – 1 to 2 ton
| 1 to 2 Ton Sailing at the Games of the II Olympiad | |
 1 - 2 Ton Class | |
| Venue | Meulan |
|---|---|
| Date | First race: May 22, 1900 Second race: May 25, 1900 |
| Competitors | 22 (documented) from 3 nations |
| Teams | 9 |
| Medalists | |
| Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open class | Open | ||||
| 0 - ½ ton | Open | ||||
| ½ - 1 ton | Open | ||||
| 1 - 2 ton | Open | ||||
| 2 - 3 ton | Open | ||||
| 3 - 10 ton | Open | ||||
| 10 - 20 ton | Open | ||||
| 20+ ton | Open | ||||
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]
Race schedule[1]
| ● | 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
For the 1 to 2 ton the 19 kilometres (10 nmi) course in the Meulan course area was used.
Course area Meulan
Weather conditions
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]
Two separate races were sailed. No combined results were made.[1]
Race of 22 May 1900
| 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 |
Texier (helmsman) | Texier (crew) | Mamie | 7 | 02:52:30 |
| 8 | France |
Lecointre | Unknown | Alcyon | 8 | 03:05:06 |
Legend: DNC – Did not compete; |
Race of 25 May 1900
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 |
Texier (helmsman) | Texier (crew) | 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; |
Notes
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 the Swiss team did not win the first medals for Switzerland, that honor goes to Louis Zutter during the 1896 Olympics.
Other information
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
- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)" (PDF). Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "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.
- 1 2 "Sailing at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed 1-2 Ton". Sports Reference. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ↑ "Official website of the Olympic Movement: Olympics Search all results & Olympic medalists". IOC. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "The Countess de Pourtales – After all the first modern female Olympic starter" (PDF). International Society of Olympic Historians. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
"Paris 1900". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.