Water Motorsports At The Summer Olympics

	Water Motorsports At The Summer Olympics Water motorsports at the Summer Olympics may refer to: * Water motorsports at the 1900 Summer Olympics Water motorsport was on the Summer Olympic Games programme in 1900. These events have generally not been classified as official, although the IOC has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not. As with the official croquet event ... * Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics See also * Olympic results index#Water motorsports {{disambiguation Discontinued sports at the Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Water Motorsports At The 1900 Summer Olympics Water motorsport was on the Summer Olympic Games programme in 1900. These events have generally not been classified as official, although the IOC has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not. As with the official croquet events, some motorboating events satisfied three of four retrospective criteria — restriction to amateurs, open to all nations, open to all competitors and without handicapping. As with croquet, there were only French players. (All other official events met all four criteria.) Motorboating was also included in the 1908 Olympic Games. Results Eight events, now regarded as unofficial, were held during the 1900 Olympics. First three pilots (with engine manufacturers in parentheses, where known) in those events were: : 6.5m (12km): George Pitre (Outhenin-Chalandre) FRA 47:15, Jules Valton FRA 53:34, ??? (Dalifol) FRA 53:59 : 6.5m (50km): George Pitre (Outhenin-Chalandre) FRA 3:40:19, Jules Valton FRA 3:53:02, ?. Dumas Jr. FRA 4:19:08 : 6.5-8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Water Motorsports At The 1908 Summer Olympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics, three motorboat racing events were contested. Various sources refer to the sport as "water motorsports", "motor boats",Cook, p. 227 and "power boating". The 1900 and 1908 Summer Games were the only ones to feature motorised sports (motor racing was featured in 1900). The IOC has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not. All three events used the same distance: five laps around an 8- nautical-mile course for a total of . In each of the events, multiple boats started; however, only one finished due primarily to the gale that was blowing during the course of the competition. Events were held on 28 August and 29 August 1908. Medal summary The water motorsports event was quickly abolished, because after these games the IOC decided that the Olympics was not intended for motorized competition. Participating nations 17 boaters from 2 nations competed. * * Medal table Sources: Events Class A — Open class The open class was sched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Olympic Results Index This Olympic Games results index is a list of links to articles containing results of each Olympic sport at the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Years not appearing are those when the event was not held. Years in ''italics'' mean it was a demonstration sport. Summer Olympics The Summer Olympics was cancelled in 1916 because of World War I, and in 1940 and 1944 because of World War II. Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Basque pelota Beach volleyball Boxing Canoeing and kayaking Cricket Croquet Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Figure skating Figure skating appeared in the Summer Olympics twice, in 1908 and 1920. It became an established event of the Winter Olympics in 1924 ( see below). Football (soccer) Otherwise known as association football, this event made its debut at the Olympics of 1900 and has appeared in every Olympic games since then except for 1932, after the introduction of the FIFA World Cup in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]