One athlete from India competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, thereby being the nation's first appearance at the modern Olympic Games. Olympic historians tend to separate Indian results from British ones despite India's lack of independence, in a similar manner to the separation of results of competitors from Australia before 1901. One athlete, Norman Pritchard, represented India in 1900.
In 2005, the IAAF published the official track and field statistics for the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the historical records section Pritchard was listed as having competed for Great Britain in 1900. Research by Olympic historians has shown that Pritchard was chosen to represent Great Britain after competing in the British AAA championship in June 1900.[1] The IOC still regard Pritchard as having competed for India.
Pritchard competed in athletics, entering five events and taking second place in two of them. Until 2020 when Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw, Pritchard was the sole Olympic athletics medallist to be officially recorded as having represented India.
^"David Wallechinsky - The Complete Book of the Olympics Aurum Press 2000
Ian Buchanan. . Journal of Olympic History. International Society of Olympic Historians (January 2000): 27–28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
External links
Times article - March 19 2005 "India defiant over Olympic medals"
March 05, 2023
india, 1900, summer, olympics, athlete, from, india, competed, 1900, summer, olympics, paris, france, thereby, being, nation, first, appearance, modern, olympic, games, olympic, historians, tend, separate, indian, results, from, british, ones, despite, india, . One athlete from India competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris France thereby being the nation s first appearance at the modern Olympic Games Olympic historians tend to separate Indian results from British ones despite India s lack of independence in a similar manner to the separation of results of competitors from Australia before 1901 One athlete Norman Pritchard represented India in 1900 India at the1900 Summer OlympicsFlag of IndiaIOC codeINDNOCIndian Olympic AssociationWebsiteolympic wbr ind wbr inin ParisCompetitors1 in 1 sportMedalsRanked 19thGold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2Summer Olympics appearances overview 19001904 1912192019241928193219361948195219561960196419681972197619801984198819921996200020042008201220162020In 2005 the IAAF published the official track and field statistics for the 2004 Summer Olympics In the historical records section Pritchard was listed as having competed for Great Britain in 1900 Research by Olympic historians has shown that Pritchard was chosen to represent Great Britain after competing in the British AAA championship in June 1900 1 The IOC still regard Pritchard as having competed for India Pritchard competed in athletics entering five events and taking second place in two of them Until 2020 when Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the men s javelin throw Pritchard was the sole Olympic athletics medallist to be officially recorded as having represented India Contents 1 Medalists 2 Results by event 2 1 Athletics 3 References 4 External linksMedalists EditMedal Name Sport Event Date Norman Pritchard Athletics Men s 200 m July 22 Norman Pritchard Athletics Men s 200 metres hurdles July 16Results by event EditAthletics Edit Main article Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Repechage FinalResult Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result RankNorman Pritchard 60 m 7 1 3 n a did not advance100 m 11 4 1 Q Unknown 3 11 0 2 did not advance200 m Unknown 2 Q n a 22 8 110 m hurdles 16 6 1 Q n a did not finish200 m hurdles 26 8 1 Q n a 26 0 References Edit David Wallechinsky The Complete Book of the Olympics Aurum Press 2000 Ian Buchanan Who was Norman Pritchard Journal of Olympic History International Society of Olympic Historians January 2000 27 28 Archived from the original PDF on 2018 12 26 Retrieved 2008 01 15 External links EditTimes article March 19 2005 India defiant over Olympic medals Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title India at the 1900 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1137373853, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
