Pigeon racing
Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance. The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the bird's rate of travel ...
was contested at the
1900 Olympic Games in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 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), ma ...
. It is known that there were seven events on the
1900 Olympic Games schedule. These events have generally not been classified as official,
although the
IOC has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not.
References
External links
GB Athletics - Olympic Games Medallists - Other Sports - Demonstration & Unofficial Sports
Olympics
1900 Summer Olympics events
Discontinued sports at the Summer Olympics
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