Henri Hyacinthe Helle (4 September 1873 in

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– 21 June 1901 in Thiescourt) competed for

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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 ...

, in

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

. Helle competed in two events, taking second place in the 50 metre Au Chapelet event and fourth place in the 50 metre Au Cordon Doré competition. His score of 27 points in the Au Cordon Doré was one point behind the third-place archer,

Émile Fisseux Émile Léon Fisseux (born 15 February 1868 in Paris, date of death unknown) was a French competitor in the sport of archery. Fisseux competed in one event in Archery at the 1900 Summer Olympics, taking third place in the 50 metre Au Cordon D ...

. No scores are known for the Au Chapelet competition.

Notes

# - Prizes at the time were silver medals for first place and bronze medals for second, as well as usually including cash awards. The current gold, silver, bronze medal system was initiated at the

1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended s ...

. The International Olympic Committee has retroactively assigned medals in the current system to top three placers at early Olympics.

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* * French male archers Archers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for France Olympic silver medalists for France 1873 births 1901 deaths Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Oise {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub