Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – .5 to 1 ton explained

Event:0.5 to 1 Ton Sailing
Games:1900 Summer
Date:First race:
Second race:
Competitors:35 (documented)
Nations:3
Teams:20
Goldnoc:GBR
Silvernoc:FRA
Bronzenoc:FRA
Goldnoc2:FRA
Silvernoc2:FRA
Bronzenoc2:FRA

The 0.5 to 1 ton was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics program in Meulan. Twenty boats started during the two races in the 0.5 to 1 ton. thirty–five competitors from three countries are documented. The races were held on 24 and 25 May 1900 on the river Seine.

Race schedule

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Course area and course configuration

For the 0.5 to 1 ton the 15km (09miles) course in the Meulan course area was used.

Weather conditions

The race was troublesome due to an almost complete absence of any wind and the existing wind was perpendicular to the course (river Seine) and blocked or diverted by trees and buildings.

Final results

Two separate races were sailed. No combined results were made.

Race of 25 May 1900

Notes

Jean d'Estournelles de Constant one of the participants in this class was also the chef de bureau à la Direction des beaux-arts as well as secrétaire des courses du Cercle de la voile of the event. He also wrote the section on the Olympic sailing of 1900 in the official report.

Other information

Initially only the race on 24 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.

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