Which city hosted the second Olympics in 1900?

The 1900 Summer Olympics (French: Les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, in 1900. No opening or closing ceremonies were held; competitions began on May 14 and ended on October 28.

The Games were held as part of the 1900 World's Fair. In total, 997 competitors took part in 19 different sports. This number relies on certain assumptions about which events were and were not "Olympic". Many athletes, among them some who won events, didn't know that they had competed in the Olympic Games. Women took part in the games for the first time, and sailor Hélène de Pourtalès became the first female Olympic champion.

The decision to hold competitions on a Sunday brought protests from many American athletes, who travelled as representatives of their colleges and were expected to withdraw rather than compete on their religious day of rest.

More Info: en.wikipedia.org

Test your knowledge

What are your thoughts on this subject?

17 Comments

Irene Townsend

Paris was the only one it could have been, out of those choices

David Coe

The decision to hold competitions on a Sunday brought protests from many American athletes, who traveled as representatives of their colleges and were expected to withdraw rather than compete on their religious day of rest. Religious nutjobs

garrett scott

The Summer Olympics was the Olympics in 1900. There were Olympic Games before the Modern games. The Games in 1900 were not the second but were second in the modern era. Chariots of fire movie was about the 1924 Olympiad in Paris.