Motor racing at the 1900 Summer Olympics explained

Motor racing was contested at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Fourteen events were held in conjunction with the 1900 World's Fair. These events have generally not been classified as official,^[1] although the IOC has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not.^{[2] [3]}

Entries were by manufacturers rather than drivers and competitors' names were not adequately reported at the time. The exceptions are the two classes of the Paris-Toulouse-Paris race, one class of which was won by Louis Renault. Most events had only French competitors but there were some international entries.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2 seater car – Under 400 kg – 815 km – Race A	Unknown driver Unknown car France	Unknown driver Unknown car France	none
2 seater car – Under 400 kg – 815 km – Race B	Unknown driver Car – Renault France	Unknown driver Car – Outhenin-Chaldenre France	Unknown driver Car – Fernandez France Unknown driver Car – Hanzer France
2 seater car – Over 400 kg	Unknown driver Car – Peugeot France	Unknown driver Car – Delahaye France	Unknown driver Car – Serpollet France Unknown driver Car – Rochet-Petit France
4 seater car – Over 400 kg	Unknown driver Car – de Dietrich France Unknown driver Car – Delahaye France		Unknown driver Car – Brouhot France Unknown driver Car – Hurtu France
6 seater car – Over 400 kg	Unknown driver Car – Panhard-Levassor France	Unknown driver Car – Brouhot France	Unknown driver Car – Serpollet France Unknown driver Car – Georges Richard France
7 seater car	not awarded	Unknown driver Car – Panhard-Levassor France	none
Taxi – Petrol – 300 km	Unknown driver Unknown car France	Unknown driver Unknown car France	Unknown driver Unknown car France
Taxi – Electric – 300 km	Unknown driver Unknown car France	Unknown driver Unknown car France	Unknown driver Unknown car France
Delivery Van – 500 to 1200 kg – Petrol – 300 km	Unknown driver Unknown car France	Unknown driver Unknown car France	Unknown driver Unknown car France
Delivery Van – 500 to 1200 kg – Electric – 300 km	Unknown driver Unknown car France	Unknown driver Unknown car France	none
Small Truck – Over 1000 kg – 300 km	Unknown driver Car – de Dion-Bouton France Unknown driver Car – Peugeot France	none	Unknown driver Car – Riker Electric United States
Truck	Unknown driver Car – de Dion-Bouton (I) France Unknown driver Car – Peugeot France Unknown driver Car – de Dion-Bouton (II) France Unknown driver Car – Panhard-Levassor France	none	none
Fire Truck	Gilbert Brown Car – Unknown truck USA	none	none
Paris-Toulouse-Paris – Small Car	Louis Renault Car – Renault France	Schrader Car – Renault-Aster France	Grus Car – Renault France
Paris-Toulouse-Paris – Large Car	"Levegh" (Alfred Velghe) Car – Mors France	Pinson Car – Panhard-Levassor France	Carl Voight Car – Panhard-Levassor Germany

External links

• GB Athletics – Olympic Games Medallists – Other Sports – Demonstration & Unofficial Sports
• LA84 report

Notes and References

1. Book: The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary . Mallon, Bill . 1998 . McFarland & Company, Inc. . Jefferson, North Carolina . 25–26 . 978-0-7864-4064-1.
2. Book: Karl. Lennartz. Walter. Teutenberg. Olympische Spiele 1900 in Paris. Agon-Sportverlag. Kassel, Germany. 147. 1995. 3-928562-20-7. In many works, it is read that the IOC later met to decide which events were Olympic and which were not. This is not correct and no decision has ever been made. No discussion of this item can be found in the account of any Session..
3. Web site: Heijmans . Jeroen . Motorsport at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games . International Society of Olympic Historians.