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Military exercise at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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Military exercise was contested at the 1900 World's Fair alongside the program of the 1900 Olympic Games.[1]

According to Olympedia, a database of Olympic Games results created by historians including Bill Mallon,[2] the event doubled as the 1900 annual feast of the Union des sociétés d’instruction militaire de France.[3] It was entered by 80 clubs across a variety of sports and exercises, with prizes awarded for clubs' overall performance, as well as performances in three different sections (Preparatory Military Training, Complementary Military Training and Free Exercise).[3] Military exercise is not considered, like many events at the 1900 World's Fair, to have been officially Olympic.

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  1. ^ Drevon, A. (2000). Les Jeux olympiques oubliés: Paris 1900 (in French). CNRS. p. 91. ISBN 978-2-271-05838-6. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  2. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (2012-10-30). "Comprehensive Olympic data now back in public domain at olympedia.org". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  3. ^ a b "Olympedia – Military Exercise at the 1900 Summer Olympics". Olympedia – Main Page. 1900-06-25. Retrieved 2024-01-28.