Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Open class

Open class Sailing at the Games of the II Olympiad
Open Class
Venue	Meulan
Date	First race: August 29, 1900
Competitors	about 78 from 6 nations
Teams	about 47
Medalists
Lorne Currie, John H. Gretton, Linton Hope, Algernon Maudslay   Great Britain   Paul Wiesner, Georg Naue, Heinrich Peters, Ottokar Weise   Germany   Émile Michelet   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 Open class was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics program in Meulan. All boats intended to compete in other races of the Meulan program were supposed to compete in the Concours d'Honneur (Open class). It was held on 20 May 1900. About seventy–eight sailors, on about forty–seven boats, from six nations competing. The latest finishing time was at 19:00 hours. Only seven boats made it to the finish in time.^[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
Open class	●
Total gold medals	1

Course area and course configuration

For the Open class 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]

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Medalrace
					Pos.	Pts.
	Great Britain	Lorne Currie	John H. Gretton Linton Hope Algernon Maudslay	Scotia 1.0 Ton	1	5:56:17
	Germany	Paul Wiesner	Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise	Aschenbrödel 1.041 Ton	2	5:58:17
	France	Émile Michelet	Unknown	Turquoise 10.0 Ton	3	6:12:12
4	France	Émile Sacré	Unknown	Fantlet 0.5 Ton	4	7:11:8
5	France	Jacques d'Estournelles de Constant	Unknown	Pierre et Jean 1.0 Ton	5	Unknown
	France	Texier (helmsman)	Texier (crew)	Mamie 1.0 Ton	DSQ	NA
	France	Louis Auguste-Dormeuil	Unknown	Carabinier 1.0 Ton	DSQ	NA
	France			Alcyon, Amulet, Ariette Baby, Colette, Crabe I Crabe II, Crocodile, Demi-Mondaine Ducky, Favorite, Fémur Freia, Galopin, Gitane Gwendoline, Gyp, Hébé Jeannette, Marsouin, Marthe Mascaret, Mignon, Quand-Même Sarcelle, Scamasaxe, Sidi-Fekkar Souriceau, Suzon IV, Tornade C.V.A., Nina Claire, Pirouette Plume-patte, Singy & Verveine	DNF	NA
	Netherlands			Mascotte	DNF	NA
	Switzerland			Lérina	DNF	NA
	United States			Frimousse & Singy	DNF	NA
	Mixed team			Ollé[4]	DNF	NA

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

Notes

Two competitors, “Mamie” and “Carabinier”, were disqualified for using “other means of propulsion than the sail.”^[2] This made them the first sailors ever to be disqualified in an Olympic regatta.

Other information

However Yachting World states the races were open from yachts up to 30 tons, no 30 ton boats did entered.^[2]

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 16 March 2014.
2. "Sailing at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Mixed Open". Sports Reference. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
3. "Official website of the Olympic Movement: Olympics Search all results & Olympic medalists". IOC. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
4. Several teams had crews from multiple countries, and in one case, they won a gold medal. This team, of the United Kingdom and France, is currently attributed as the ZZX mixed team.

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