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)

    “In that open field
    If you do not come too close, if you do not come too close,
    On a summer midnight, you can hear the music
    Of the weak pipe and the little drum
    And see them dancing around the bonfire
    The association of man and woman
    In daunsinge, signifying matrimonie....”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)