Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Jumping

Show jumping at the Games of the II Olympiad
Date	May 29
Competitors	37 from 5 nations
Medalists
Aimé Haegeman Belgium   Georges van der Poële Belgium   Louis de Champsavin France

Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Jumping
High jump
Long jump
Hacks and hunter combined
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The jumping event at the 1900 Summer Olympics Equestrian competition was similar to the modern event. The course was 850 metres (2,790 ft) long with 22 jumps, including a double jump and a triple jump as well as a 4 metres (13 ft) water jump. 45 competitors entered, though only 37 competed. Some information is known on 16 of the competitors, though of the rest all that can be deduced from the nationalities of the entrants is that, of the remaining unknowns that did compete, at most 1 was a Russian, up to 3 were Italian, at least 3 and up to 9 were Belgian, and between 8 and 14 were French.

The silver medalist, Georges van der Poële, also won the bronze in the Equestrian high jumping competition.

Place	Rider	Horse	Time
1	Aimé Haegeman (BEL)	Benton II	2:16.0
2	Georges van der Poële (BEL)	Winsor Squire	2:17.6
3	Louis de Champsavin (FRA)	Terpsichore	2:26.0
4-37	Hermann John Mandl (AUT)	Unknown	Unknown
	Henri Leclerc (FRA)	Extra-Dry	Unknown
	Henri Leclerc (FRA)	Gilles	Unknown
	de Béthune-Scully (FRA)	Tip-Top	Unknown
	Maurice Jéhin[1] (FRA)	Bistouri	Unknown
	Louis Napoléon Murat[2] (FRA)	Arcadius	Unknown
	Louis d'Havrincourt (FRA)	Mavourneen	Unknown
	Philippot (FRA)	Unknown	Unknown
	Vigneulles (FRA)	Unknown	Unknown
	De Coulombier (FRA)	Unknown	Unknown
	De Lamaratine (FRA)	Unknown	Unknown
	Marcel Haëntjens (FRA)	Unknown	Unknown
	Dominique Gardères  (FRA)	Unknown	Unknown
	21 other competitors

Notes

1. That Jéhin rode Bistouri, a horse which he owned, is presumed by de Wael.
2. De Wael notes that it is uncertain if Murat actually was the rider, but argues for it on the basis that Murat was the owner of Arcadius and is known to have ridden in other events

References

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Equestrian 1900". Available electronically at . Accessed 29 July 2006.
• 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.