Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Singles, two balls explained

Event:Two ball singles croquet
Games:1900 Summer
Venue:Bois de Boulogne
Dates:July 4 and 11
Competitors:6
Nations:1
Longnames:yes
Gold:Chrétien Waydelich
Goldnoc:FRA
Silver:Maurice Vignerot
Silvernoc:FRA
Bronze:Jacques Sautereau
Bronzenoc:FRA

The 1900 Olympic Croquet two-ball singles tournament was held on 4 and 11 July 1900. Eight athletes from France competed. The event was won by Chrétien Waydelich, the only person to earn two singles medals in Olympic croquet (with a bronze in the one-ball competition as well). Silver went to Maurice Vignerot and bronze to Jacques Sautereau.

Background

This was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics; it was one of three croquet competitions in 1900. Croquet was one of the first Olympic sports open to women (with only sailing having female competitors before croquet, due to that sport taking place earlier in 1900), with two of the six players in this event being women.[1]

Competition format

The competition format is unclear. There were two rounds. The first round appears to have been a head-to-head, best-of-three competition. The winners advanced to the second round, as did one of the losers. The second round appears to have been a round-robin with each match being best-of-three.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 4 July 1900 First round
Wednesday, 11 July 1900 Final

Results

Round 1

Winner Score Loser
2-0
(42-40)
2-0
(41-19)
w/o

Final

The second round was conducted as a round-robin.

Results summary

Rank Player Nation
4
5

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Singles, Two Balls, Open . Olympedia . 29 January 2021.