India at the 1900 Summer Olympics

India at the Olympic Games
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At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris
Competitors	1 in 1 sport
Medals Rank: 17	Gold 0	Silver 2	Bronze 0	Total 2
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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. The IOC still regard Pritchard as having competed for India.

Medalists

• Norman Pritchard

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Pritchard competed in athletics, entering five events and taking second place in two of them.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heat	Semifinal	Repechage	Final
60 metres	—	Norman Pritchard	Unknown 3rd, heat 1	None held		Did not advance
100 metres	—	Norman Pritchard	11.4 seconds 1st, heat 5	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3	Unknown 2nd	Did not advance
200 metres	2nd	Norman Pritchard	Unknown 2nd, heat 1	None held		22.8 seconds
110 metre hurdles	5th	Norman Pritchard	16.6 seconds 1st, heat 2	None held	Straight to final	Did not finish
200 metre hurdles	2nd	Norman Pritchard	26.8 seconds 1st, heat 2	None held		26.6 seconds

External links

• Times article - March 19 2005 "India defiant over Olympic medals"