Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Singles, two balls

The 1900 Olympic Croquet two-ball singles tournament was held on 4 and 11 July 1900. Eight athletes from France competed. The event was won by Chrétien Waydelich, the only person to earn two singles medals in Olympic croquet (with a bronze in the one-ball competition as well). Silver went to Maurice Vignerot and bronze to Jacques Sautereau.

Two ball singles croquet
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Croquet at the 1900 Summer Olympics
VenueBois de Boulogne
DatesJuly 4 and 11
Competitors6 from 1 nation
Medalists
Chrétien Waydelich
 France
Maurice Vignerot
 France
Jacques Sautereau
 France
Croquet at the
1900 Summer Olympics
Singles, one ball
Singles, two balls
Doubles

Background

This was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics; it was one of three croquet competitions in 1900. Croquet was one of the first Olympic sports open to women (with only sailing having female competitors before croquet, due to that sport taking place earlier in 1900), with two of the six players in this event being women.[1]

Competition format

The competition format is unclear. There were two rounds. The first round appears to have been a head-to-head, best-of-three competition. The winners advanced to the second round, as did one of the losers. The second round appears to have been a round-robin with each match being best-of-three.

Schedule
Date Time Round
Saturday, 4 July 1900First round
Saturday, 11 July 1900Final

Results

Round 1
WinnerScoreLoser
 Maurice Vignerot (FRA)2-0
(42-40)		 Louise Anne Marie Després (FRA)
 Jacques Sautereau (FRA)2-0
(41-19)		 Al. Blachère (FRA)
 Chrétien Waydelich (FRA)w/o Jeanne Filleul-Brohy (FRA)

Final

The second round was conducted as a round-robin.

Pos Player Nation W L CW MV JS AB
Chrétien Waydelich  France 3 0 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 1–0[lower-alpha 2] 1–0[lower-alpha 3]
Maurice Vignerot  France 2 1 1–2[lower-alpha 4] 2–1[lower-alpha 5] 2–0[lower-alpha 6]
Jacques Sautereau  France 1 2 0–1[lower-alpha 7] 1–2[lower-alpha 8] 1–0[lower-alpha 9]
4 Al. Blachère  France 0 3 0–1[lower-alpha 10] 0–2[lower-alpha 11] 0–1[lower-alpha 12]
Source: Olympedia
Notes:
  1. 42–41
  2. Games and scores unknown
  3. Games and scores unknown
  4. 41–42
  5. 42–41
  6. Walkover
  7. Games and scores unknown
  8. 41–42
  9. Games and scores unknown
  10. Games and scores unknown
  11. Walkover
  12. Games and scores unknown

Results summary
RankPlayerNation
Chrétien Waydelich France
Maurice Vignerot France
Jacques Sautereau France
4Al. Blachère France
5Louise Anne Marie Després France
Jeanne Filleul-Brohy France

References
  1. "Singles, Two Balls, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  • De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Croquet 1900". Accessed 10 January 2006. Available electronically at .
  • Mallon, Bill. "The First Two Women Olympians" in Citius, Altius, Fortius, Autumn 1995, No. 3, p. 38. Available in pdf format from the AAFLA .
  • Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.
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