1900 Paris Olympics
Also called: Games of the II Olympiad, Paris 1900
The second Olympics were held as a sideshow of the Paris World’s Fair, spread over more than five months. Women competed for the first time, and the British tennis player Charlotte Cooper became the first female Olympic champion.
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Held alongside the World’s Fair from 14 May to 28 October 1900, the Games had no opening ceremony and were so swallowed up by the exposition that it was unclear which contests were Olympic. Athletics took place on the grass of the Bois de Boulogne. Some twenty-odd nations and roughly a thousand athletes are thought to have taken part. Women competed for the first time, and Charlotte Cooper won the tennis to become the first female Olympic champion.
