Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – 2 to 3 ton

2 to 3 Ton Sailing at the Games of the II Olympiad
2 - 3 Ton Class
Venue	Meulan
Date	First race: May 22, 1900 Second race: May 25, 1900
Competitors	11 (documented) from 2 nations
Teams	4
Medalists
William Exshaw, Frédéric Blanchy, Jacques Le Lavasseur   Mixed team   William Exshaw, Frédéric Blanchy, Jacques Le Lavasseur   Mixed team   Léon Susse, Jacques Doucet, Auguste Godinet, Henri Mialaret   France   Léon Susse, Jacques Doucet, Auguste Godinet, Henri Mialaret   France   Ferdinand Schlatter, De Cottignon, Émile Jean-Fontaine   France   Auguste Donny   France

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 2 to 3 ton was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics program in Meulan. Four boats started during the two races in the 2 to 3 ton. Eleven sailors are documented, besides the France participants there was an Mixed country team from Great Britain and France. The races were held on 22 and 25 May 1900 on the river Seine.^[1][2]

Race schedule^[1]

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Meulan competition

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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
2 to 3 ton			●			●
Total gold medals			1			1

Course area and course configuration

For the 2 to 3 ton the 19 kilometres (10 nmi) course in the Meulan course area was used.

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  Course area Meulan

Weather conditions

The race was troublesome due to an almost complete absence of any wind. Also the fact that the wind there was 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.
	Mixed team	William Exshaw  GBR	Frédéric Blanchy  FRA Jacques Le Lavasseur  FRA	Olly	1	02:17:30
	France	Léon Susse	Jacques Doucet Auguste Godinet Henri Mialaret	Favorite	2	02:20:03
	France	Ferdinand Schlatter	De Cottignon Émile Jean-Fontaine	Gwendoline	3	02:24:48
4	France	Auguste Donny	Unknown	Mignon	4	02:26:31

Legend: Gender: – male; – female;

Race of 25 May 1900

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Medalrace
					Pos.	Pts.
	Mixed team	William Exshaw  GBR	Frédéric Blanchy  FRA Jacques Le Lavasseur  FRA	Olly	1	04:17:34
	France	Léon Susse	Jacques Doucet Auguste Godinet Henri Mialaret	Favorite	2	04:23:57
	France	Auguste Donny	Unknown	Mignon	4	04:52:13
	France	Ferdinand Schlatter	De Cottignon Émile Jean-Fontaine	Gwendoline	DNF

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; Gender: – male; – female;

Notes

Mixed country teams during the 1900 Olympics are grouped together under the ZZX IOC code.

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. "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.
2. "Sailing at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed 2-3 Ton". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
3. "Official website of the Olympic Movement: Olympics Search all results & Olympic medalists". IOC. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

"Paris 1900". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.