Great Britain at The 1900 Summer Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having participated in the inaugural 1896 Games. In Olympic competition, the nation has always shortened its official name to Great Britain rather than the more common United Kingdom seen elsewhere.

Famous quotes containing the words britain and/or summer:

    “Hath Britain all the sun that shines? day? night?
    Are they not but in Britain?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Lancaster bore him such a little town,
    Such a great man. It doesn’t see him often
    Of late years, though he keeps the old homestead
    And sends the children down there with their mother
    To run wild in the summer a little wild.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)