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Coxed Pairs, Men

Date25 – 26 August 1900
StatusOlympic
LocationSeine, Pont de Courbevoie – Pont d'Asnières, Paris
Participants16 from 3 countries

The final of this race was the top race of the Olympic rowing competition. Castillon and Minerva pulled away to an early lead. Marne lagged behind early but at the halfway mark, began to close on the Dutch team. Castillon could not keep up its early pace. Although Marne continued to close to the finish, they lost by less than one metre to the Netherlands’ pair.

In this race, the youngest Olympic competitor ever took part. In the heats, the Dutch pair of François Antoine Brandt and Roelof Klein qualified easily, coxed by Hermanus Gerardus Brockmann, but they did not win their heat, losing to Marne. But Brandt and Klein decided that Brockmann was too heavy, weighing 60 kg. (132 lbs.), and they did not wish to pull him along in the boat. The Dutchmen enlisted the services of a young French boy, whose name, despite significant efforts to locate it, has not survived. Pictures of the boy exist, however, and he is usually considered to be between 7 and 10 years of age, and weighing about 33 kg. (73 lbs.), although Dutch expert Tony Bijkerk thinks he is more likely nearer 12 years of age. With the much lighter load, Brandt and Klein won the championship.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1Minerva AmsterdamNEDGold1
François BrandtRoelof KleinHermanus Brockmann
2Societé Nautique de la MarneFRASilver2
Lucien MartinetRené Waleff
3Rowing Club CastillonFRABronze
Carlos DeltourAntoine Védrenne Paoli
4Cercle Nautique de ReimsFRA3
MathieuPierre Ferlin
3 h2 r1/2Royal Club Nautique de GandBEL4
Prosper BruggemanMaurice Hemelsoet
4 h2 r1/2Club Nautique de DieppeFRA5
Henri DelabarreRobert Gelée
AC h1 r1/2Stade Français ACFRADNF6
Gordon LoveLouis Roche

Round One

Date25 August 1900
FormatFirst two teams in each heat advance to the finals.

Heat #1

Time14:45
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime
1Societé Nautique de la MarneFRA6:47.4Q7
Lucien MartinetRené Waleff
2Minerva AmsterdamNED6:56.0Q
François BrandtRoelof KleinHermanus Brockmann
DNFStade Français ACFRA8
Gordon LoveLouis Roche

Heat #2

Time15:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime
1Rowing Club CastillonFRA6:33.4Q
Carlos DeltourAntoine Védrenne Paoli
2Cercle Nautique de ReimsFRA7:00.0Q9
MathieuPierre Ferlin
3Royal Club Nautique de GandBEL7:00.410
Prosper BruggemanMaurice Hemelsoet
4Club Nautique de DieppeFRA7:04.011
Henri DelabarreRobert Gelée

Final Round

Date26 August 1900 — 15:30
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime
1Minerva AmsterdamNED7:34.212
François BrandtRoelof Klein
2Societé Nautique de la MarneFRA7:34.413
Lucien MartinetRené Waleff
3Rowing Club CastillonFRA7:57.214
Carlos DeltourAntoine Védrenne Paoli
4Cercle Nautique de ReimsFRA8:01.015
MathieuPierre Ferlin