Great Britain and Ireland at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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| IOC code | GBR | ||||||||
| NOC | British Olympic Association | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 102 in 14 sports | ||||||||
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It was the second appearance of Britain after having participated in the inaugural 1896 Games. In Olympic competition, the nation has always shortened its official name to Great Britain rather than the United Kingdom seen elsewhere.
Additionally British competitors won three gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals while competing for the Mixed Team.
Great Britain took 4 gold medals in athletics, including one as part of a mixed team (with 4 British athletes and one Australian). This put them second on the leaderboard for that sport, behind the dominant United States as the two nations to win multiple gold medals in the sport. The British team won a total of 9 athletics medals including a sweep of the 4000 metre steeplechase event. 9 athletes competed in 10 events.
Great Britain was represented by the Devon and Somerset Wanderers in cricket in 1900. The team won the only match, a 2-day 12-man contest, by 158 runs.
Great Britain first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent one fencer.
Upton Park F.C. represented Great Britain in the football competition. The club squad won its only match, against Club Française, 4-0.
Great Britain was one of four nations to compete in the first Olympic golf events. The British golfers took the silver and bronze medals in the men's competition, making Great Britain the only nation other than the United States to win a golfing medal that year.
Great Britain's second Olympic gymnastics appearance was no more successful than the nation's first, resulting in no medals.
Great Britain was one of four nations to compete in the first Olympic polo event. British athletes played on three of the five teams, two of which included American players while the third included French players. The mixed American/British combinations took the top two places, while the French/British team took third place.
Britain had a single rower present at the first Olympic rowing contests, winning the bronze medal in the single sculls event.
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