Talk:1900 Summer Olympics

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If the Gold Medals were not given, how is it that the table contains a column of Gold Medals?

Karia 12:03, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

Gold, silver, and bronze medals have been retroactively awarded by the International Olympic Committee to bring early Olympics in line with the modern awards. These tables follow that decision. -- Jonel | Speak 06:56, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Number of nations?

The infobox states 24 nations competed, which matches the IOC website, but 28 nations are listed further down in the article. Andrwsc 00:54, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

De Wael's website which generally takes results directly from Mallon's The 1900 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary, lists 28 (30 if Algeria and Ireland are considered separate from France and Great Britain, respectively). That's where the list of nations comes from. Each nation listed has at least one competitor identified, which creates problems with the IOC's notation that 24 competed.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a list at the IOC website other than the medals by country list, which includes only the 20 nations that actually won at least one medal. They are:

1. Australia
2. Austria
3. Belgium
4. Bohemia
5. Canada
6. Cuba
7. Denmark
8. France
9. Germany
10. Great Britain
11. Hungary
12. Mexico
13. Netherlands
14. Norway
15. India
16. Italy
17. Spain
18. Switzerland
19. Sweden
20. United States of America

• • Mixed team

The others we have listed are:

1. Argentina
2. Greece
3. Haiti
4. Iran
5. Luxembourg
6. Peru
7. Romania
8. Russia

Of these, Greece almost certainly is included in the IOC count. Luxembourg is not. Which of the other 6 were among the 3 the IOC has? Can't be sure unless the IOC publishes a list. -- Jonel | Speak 19:55, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

My guess is that Argentina, Romania and Russia are those 3. If you search through the PDF file for the official report here, there is evidence of those three countries. I could not find anything for Haiti, Iran or Peru. Andrwsc 18:38, 7 April 2006 (UTC)