Fishing, hot air ballooning, underwater swimming, and live-game target shooting were among some of the other sports to only appear in the 1900 Paris Olympics, and never again. The Summer Olympics ...

The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France will always be known as the Olympics where the committee threw everything at the ...

The 1900 Olympics were held in Paris after Baron Pierre de Coubertin rejected calls from many for the Games to be sited permanently in Athens following the success of the inaugural Games.

People worldwide are tuning in to watch the Paris Olympics, enjoying the impressive displays of athletics and sportsmanship. The modern Games have been around since 1896, so the line-up of events ...

Throughout the history of the Olympics, though ... Swimming Obstacle Race made the Olympic sport cut only once in the 1900 Summer Games in Paris with Australian Fred Lane taking home the gold.

which remain commonplace at the Summer Olympics. Rather, this was a competition to see how high and far the horses themselves could jump. Also taking place at the 1900 games, the "long and high ...

Image caption, Cricket is a traditional summer sport - but not one that ... Ninja Warrior might come to mind. But the Olympics? Again in Paris in 1900, competitors had to take on a 200m course ...

London has hosted summer Olympics twice before in 1908 and 1948 ... India first participated in Olympic Games in 1900 (Paris), with a lone athlete (Norman Pritchard) winning two silver medals ...

Horse long jump (distance) and high jump (height) were a one-time-only sport in 1900. Yes, the sport featured ... In some of the Olympics, points were also given for style. This was a men's ...