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motorsport was on the
Summer Olympic Games programme in
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 ...
.
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
: 6.5-8m (12km): ??? (Panhard-Levassor) FRA 54:17, ?. Deslignières FRA 59:15 (only 2 finishers)
: 6.5-8m (50km): ?. Guibert FRA 4:21:02, ?. Deslignières FRA 4:25:00, ?. Michaelsen FRA 4:26:03
: 8-10m (20km): ?. Oudin FRA 1:30:39, G. Gallice FRA 1:31:59, ?. Marnix FRA 1:32:20
: 8-10m (60km): Auguste Dussaux FRA 4:40:45, ?. Marnix FRA 4:41:14, G. Gallice FRA 4:43:40
: 10-15m (24km): Xavier Schelcher FRA 1:09:27, ?. Schindler FRA 1:27:25, ?. Deprez FRA 1:27:52
: 10-15m (72km): Xavier Schelcher FRA 3:49:00, ?. Schindler FRA 4:23:20, ?. Deprez FRA 4:33:00
See also
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1900 Summer Olympics
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Boat racing
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Motorboat
A motorboat, speedboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine.
Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the internal combustion engine, the gea ...
References
{{Sports at the Olympics
Discontinued sports at the Summer Olympics
1900 Summer Olympics events
1900 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 ...