Henri Louis Hérouin, Sr. (; 19 February 1876 in Congis-sur-Thérouanne – 6 January 1926 in Pomponne) was a French competitor in the sport of

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

. Hérouin won the first prize, and is now considered by the

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to have won the

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, in the 50 metre Au Cordon Doré event at the first Olympic appearance of archery, in the

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. His score of 31 put him 2 points above his closest competitor Hubert Van Innis. Hérouin also beat van Innis in the Championnat du Monde event, 22-16. This event is not considered Olympic by the IOC.

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# - 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 1 July to 23 November 1904. Many events were conducted ...

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* * 1876 births Archers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for France Olympic gold medalists for France French male archers 1926 deaths Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Meaux {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub

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