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Not held in other editions
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2,500 metres Steeplechase, Handicap, Men

Date19 July 1900
StatusOlympic (non-medal)
LocationCroix Catelan, Bois de Boulogne, Paris
Participants11 from 5 countries

There were 11 starters with Britain’s Sidney Robinson going off scratch, but well behind those with huge handicaps, he quickly retired. Austrian Hermann Wraschtil and German Franz Duhne had the largest handicaps and the field never caught them, with Wraschtil winning the race by outsprinting Duhne relatively easily.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCTimeHandicap
1Hermann WraschtilAUT7:17.2230 m
2Franz DuhneGERat 10 metres240 m
3Edward BushnellUSAat 5 metres175 m
4Gaston RagueneauFRAat 8 metres35 m
5Jack RimmerGBRat 3 metres15 m
6Alex GrantUSA15 m
ACAlbert ChampoudryFRA80 m
AC WattremezFRA150 m
AC GirardFRA150 m
ACR. PerrigaultFRA175 m
DNFSidney RobinsonGBRscratch