Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 2500 metres steeplechase

Men's 2500 metres steeplechase at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	Bois de Boulogne
Date	July 15
Competitors	6 from 6 nations
Medalists
George Orton 23x15px Canada Sidney Robinson  Great Britain Jacques Chastanié  France

Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m		men
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
200 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
2500 m steeplechase		men
4000 m steeplechase		men
5000 m team race		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing triple jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men

The men's 2500 metres steeplechase was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was the first time, that a steeplechase race was held at the Olympics. It was held on July 15, 1900. The race was held on a track of 500 metres in circumference. Six athletes from six nations competed in the shorter of the two steeplechase events. The 4000 metre steeplechase race was held one day later.

The competition involved five laps of the 500 metre track, complete with standard hurdles as well as stone fences and a water jump.

Records

None, this was the first time the event was held. And it was the only time a steeplechase race was held over 2500 metres.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1	22x20px George Orton (CAN)	7:34.4
2	Sidney Robinson (GBR)	7:38.0
3	Jacques Chastanié (FRA)	Unknown
4	Arthur Newton (USA)	Unknown
5	Hermann Wraschtil (AUT)	Unknown
6	Franz Duhne (GER)	Unknown

Orton had been in fourth place for most of the race, ahead of only Wraschtil and Duhne. He passed the three leaders in the final straight of the fifth lap.

Sources

• International Olympic Committee.
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].