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Swimming At The 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's Underwater Swimming
The men's underwater swimming was an event on the Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics schedule in Paris. It was held on 12 August in the Seine. There were 14 competitors from 4 nations. The event was won by Charles Devendeville of France, with his countryman André Six André Jules Henri Six (15 July 1879 in Lambersart – 1 April 1915 in Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, Chelles) was a French Swimming (sport), swimmer and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, where he received a silver ... taking second. Denmark's Peder Lykkeberg took third despite being clearly the best underwater swimmer; he swam in circles though the distance portion of the score was measured in a straight line. Background The 1900 Games were the only occasion such an event was held. It was not featured at later Olympic games because of lack of spectator appeal. Competition format The score was given by adding one point for each second and two points for each metre swum un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seine
) , mouth_location = Le Havre/Honfleur , mouth_coordinates = , mouth_elevation = , progression = , river_system = Seine basin , basin_size = , tributaries_left = Yonne, Loing, Eure, Risle , tributaries_right = Ource, Aube, Marne, Oise, Epte The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre (and Honfleur on the left bank). It is navigable by ocean-going vessels as far as Rouen, from the sea. Over 60 percent of its length, as far as Burgundy, is negotiable by large barges and most tour boats, and nearly its whole length is available for recreational boating; excursion boats offer sightseeing tours of the river banks in the capital city, Paris. There are 37 bridges in P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Devendeville
Charles Devendeville (8 March 1882 in Lesquin – 19 September 1914 in Reims) was a French Swimming (sport), swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, where he received a gold medal in the Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's underwater swimming, underwater swimming."1900 Olympics – Paris, France – Swimming" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on August 30, 2008) He died of injuries during the First World War, at age 32. See also * List of Olympians killed in World War IReferences External links * 1882 births 1914 deaths People from Lesquin French male freestyle swim ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Six
André Jules Henri Six (15 July 1879 in Lambersart – 1 April 1915 in Chelles) was a French swimmer and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, where he received a silver medal in underwater swimming."1900 Olympics – Paris, France – Swimming" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 30 August 2008) He was killed in action during . See also * |
Peder Lykkeberg
Peder Rudolph Lykkeberg (11 February 1878 in Skanderborg – 23 December 1944 in Copenhagen) was a Danish swimmer who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 .... He won the bronze medal in the underwater swimming competition. This event was held only in 1900. Lykkeberg had the longest time underwater (90.0 seconds compared to the winner's 68.4 seconds) and swam further than the other contestants (covering more than the winner's 60.00 metres), but Lykkeberg swam in a circle—and the distance for the scoring in the event was measured as a straight line from the starting point, resulting in his distance being credited as only 28.50 metres. References External links * 1878 births 1944 deaths Danish male swimmers Olympic swimm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, seven swimming events were contested. Only men competed in the swimming competition. There was a total of 76 participants from 12 countries competing. The games are referenced in Yann Martel's 2001 novel ''Life of Pi''. As with the rowing events, swimming took place on the Seine between the Courbevoie Bridge and the Asnières Bridge. Medal table Medal summary Participating nations A total of 76 swimmers from 12 nations competed at the Paris Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * Notes References * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 1900 Summer Olympics 1900 Summer Olympics events 1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ... 1900 in swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Tisserand
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Paul Kaisermann
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Jean Leclerq
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