Angling at the 1900 Summer Olympics
| Angling at the Games of the II Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Angling at the 1900 Summer Olympics in La Vie au grand air. A Jury member, wearing a top hat, is noting in his notebook the catch of a contestant. August 19, 1900. | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Île aux Cygnes, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 5, 1900 August 8, 1900 | ||||||||||||
| No. of events | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 600 (560 French and 40 foreigners) from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
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Angling was contested at the 1900 Olympics in Paris. At a series of competitions in August, some 600 fishermen, of whom 40 were from five countries other than France, participated in six separate events. These events have generally not been classified as official, although the IOC has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not. There was no such designation at the time of the Games. The angling events, officially named Concours international de pêche à la ligne ("International Angling Competition"), were organized as part of the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris.
Six heats of 100 anglers took place: Sunday morning for foreigners, Sunday afternoon and two on Monday for non-Parisians, and two on Tuesday for the local fishermen. The first ten anglers of each heat, having taken the most fish, qualified for the "concours d'honneur" (final) on Wednesday.