France at The 1900 Summer Olympics

France was the host of the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. France was one of many nations that had competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Greece and had returned to compete at the 1900 Games.

Gold medals were not given out and silver medals were given to the winners while bronze medals were given to second place.

Famous quotes containing the words france and/or summer:

    “In France a woman will not go to sleep until she has talked over affairs of state with her lover or her husband.”
    —Jules Mazarin (1602–1661)

    “The summer that I was ten—
    Can it be there was only one
    summer that I was ten? It must

    have been a long one then—”
    —May Swenson (1919–1995)