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.

or over certain courses like the Gordon Bennett Cup. All that innovation was on full display alongside international competition in 1900 — the Olympic Games were hosted in Paris that year ...

A ballooning event was held for the first and last time at the Paris Olympics in 1900. Athletes competed based on the distance they travelled, the time they remained in the air and their accuracy ...

When Paris hosted the ... the inaugural Gordon Bennet Cup, not that there was much competition. Five teams entered. Three were French. As for the 1900 Olympic games, there was one major auto ...

Fencing will take place at the Grand Palais, in the heart of Paris. Opened in 1900 for the Paris Universal Exhibition ... The venue has undergone a restoration project ahead of the Olympics and will ...

Originally constructed for the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1900, the building ... Rugby World Cup games and the World Athletics Championship. Track & field will return to the Stade de France for the ...