| Host City: Paris, France |
Format: Final only. |
| Date Started: July 15, 1900 |
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| Date Finished: July 15, 1900 |
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| (Competitors: 6; Countries: 6) |
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Venue(s): Catalan Cross, Boulogne Forest, Paris
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| The course was held over five laps, with a water jump, solid fences and stone hurdles on each lap. The Sunday scheduling depleted the field from 11 to 6, and Robinson and Chastanié set the pace for most of the race. Orton moved from fourth to first on the last lap to win comfortably. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| This event was five laps of the track, and the competitors faced a water jump, hurdles, and stone fences on each lap. Only six started, as several Americans withdrew due to the Sunday start. The pack quickly sorted out into two groups, as Austria’s Herman Wraschtil and Germany’s Franz Dühne could not keep up the pace. Sidney Robinson and Jacques Chastanié led through the first lap, but Arthur Newton and George Orton ran close behind those two. There was little change through the next three laps. On the last lap, Orton was last through most of the circuit, but on the final straight, he finished strongly to win easily. Chastanié and Newton had nothing left for the sprint and faltered in the stretch. |
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Results |
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| 2500 m Steeplechase |
Men |
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Final |
15 July |
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| 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. |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
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7.34.4 |
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George Orton |
Canada |
CAN |
27 |
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10 yds bh |
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Sidney Robinson |
Great Britain |
GBR |
23 |
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| 3 |
50 yds bh2 |
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Jean Chastanié |
France |
FRA |
24 |
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Arthur Newton |
United States |
USA |
17 |
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Hermann Wraschtil |
Austria |
AUT |
19 |
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Franz Duhne |
Germany |
GER |
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