India at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- India at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics India
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flagcaption=Flag of British India
competitors=1
sports=1
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gold=0
silver=2
bronze=0
total=2
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..["David Wallechinsky - "The Complete Book of the Olympics" Aurum Press 2000] The IOC still regard Pritchard as having competed for India.]Medalists
India finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals.
ilver
* Norman Pritchard — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
* Norman Pritchard — Athletics, Men's 200 metre hurdles
Results by event
Athletics
Pritchard competed in athletics, entering five events and taking second place in two of them.
References
*cite journal |title=Who was Norman Pritchard? |author=Ian Buchanan |publisher=International Society of Olympic Historians |journal=Journal of Olympic History |pages=27–28 |issue=January 2000 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv8n1/johv8n1i.pdf |format=PDF
External links
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article431574.ece Times article - March 19 2005 "India defiant over Olympic medals"]
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