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Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics – High jump

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Date
  
May 29

Competitors
  
19 from 5 nations

Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics – High jump

The 1900 Summer Olympics was the only Olympic Games to date to feature an Equestrian high jump competition.

Nineteen competitors entered the high jump competition, though only six are known by name. Of the remaining thirteen, six were French, three Belgian, three Italian and one Russian.

Rain earlier on the day of the competition made the ground heavy and slippery, and the competition was close. Two competitors were awarded the joint gold medal when they both cleared 1.85 metres (6 ft 1 in). Competitors were allowed to enter more than once: one of the joint gold medalists, Gian Giorgio Trissino, also came fourth on a different horse; he also won the silver medal in the Equestrian long jump competition. The bronze medalist, Georges van der Poële, also won the silver in the Equestrian jumping competition.

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Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics – High jump Wikipedia