Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Singles, two balls

Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Singles, two balls

The 1900 Olympic Croquet one-ball singles tournament was held on 4 July 1900. Six athletes from France competed.

References

* De Wael, Herman. "Herman's Full Olympians": "Croquet 1900". Accessed 10 January 2006. Available electronically at [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/spcros1.html#1900 ] .
* Mallon, Bill. "The First Two Women Olympians" in "Citius, Altius, Fortius", Autumn 1995, No. 3, p. 38. Available in pdf format from the AAFLA [http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv3n3/JOHv3n3j.pdf ] .
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