Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – 3 to 10 ton

3 to 10 Ton Sailing at the Games of the II Olympiad
3 - 10 Ton Class
Venue	Meulan
Date	First race: May 24, 1900 (1900-05-24) Second race: May 25, 1900 (1900-05-25)
Competitors	20 (documented) from 3 nations
Teams	11
Medalists
Henri Gilardoni  France Edward Hore, Harry Jefferson, Howard Taylor  Great Britain Henri Smulders, Chris Hooijkaas, Arie van der Velden  Netherlands Maurice Gufflet, A. Dubois, J. Dubois, Robert Gufflet, Charles Guiraist  France Maurice Gufflet, A. Dubois, J. Dubois, Robert Gufflet, Charles Guiraist  France H. MacHenry  United States

The 3 to 10 ton was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics program in Meulan. Eleven boats started during the two races in the 3 to 10 ton. Twenty sailors are documented, besides the France and Great Britain participants there was a Mixed country team from the US and Great Britain. The races were held on 24 and 25 May 1900 on the river Seine.

Race schedule

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Meulan competition

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Le Havre competition

1900	May								August
	20 Sun	21 Mon	22 Tue	23 Wed	24 Thu	25 Fri	26 Sat	27 Thu	1 Fri	2 Sat	3 Sun	4 Mon	5 Tue	6 Wed
3 to 10 ton					●	●
Total gold medals					1	1

Course area and course configuration

For the 3 to 10 ton the 19 kilometres (10 nmi) course in the Meulan course area was used.

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  Course area Meulan

Weather conditions

The race was troublesome due to an almost complete absence of any wind. Also the fact that the wind there was came perpendicular to the course (river Seine) and was blocked or diverted by trees and buildings.

Final results

Two separate races were sailed. No combined results were made.

Race of 24 May 1900

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Medalrace
					Pos.	Pts.
	France	Henri Gilardoni	Unknown	Fémur	1	03:45:02
	Netherlands	Henri Smulders	Chris Hooijkaas Arie van der Velden	Mascotte	2	03:46:52
	France	Maurice Gufflet	A. Dubois J. Dubois Robert Gufflet Charles Guiraist	Gitana	3	03:52:02
4	France	Émile Michelet	Unknown	Turquoise	4	03:55:16
5	France	Leroy	Unknown	Mascaret	5	04:01:35
6	France	William Martin	Unknown	Pirouette	6	04:18:18
7	United States	H. MacHenry	Unknown (Howard Taylor  Great Britain is sometimes mentioned as a crewman, but is only known to have designed Frimousse, not sailed it.)	Frimousse	7	Unknown
8	France	Henry Maingot	Unknown	Gyp	8	Unknown
9	France	François Texier	Auguste Texier	Singy	9	Unknown

Legend: Gender: – male; – female;

Race of 25 May 1900

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Medalrace
					Pos.	Pts.
	Great Britain	Edward Hore	Harry Jefferson Howard Taylor	Bona Fide	1	04:14:58
	France	Maurice Gufflet	A. Dubois J. Dubois Robert Gufflet Charles Guiraist	Gitana	2	04:35:44
	United States	H. MacHenry	Unknown	Frimousse	3	04:38:49
4	Netherlands	Henri Smulders	Chris Hooijkaas Arie van der Velden	Mascotte	4	04:46:36
5	France	Leroy	Unknown	Mascaret	5	05:08:51
6	France	Pierre Moussette	Unknown	Marsouin	6	05:16:50
7	France	William Martin	Unknown	Pirouette	7	05:30:07
DSQ	France	Émile Michelet	Unknown	Turquoise	DSQ

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; Gender: – male; – female;

Notes

Mixed country teams during the 1900 Olympics are grouped together under the ZZX IOC code.

Other information

Initially only the race on 24 May 1900 was part of the Olympic program. However the race on the 25 May 1900, initially part of the Exposition Universelle program, was afterwards awarded with an Olympic status.

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)" (PDF). Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

References

"Paris 1900". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.