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1 to 2 Ton Sailing at the Games of the II Olympiad
1 - 2 Ton Class
Venue	Meulan
Date	First race: May 22, 1900 (1900-05-22) Second race: May 25, 1900 (1900-05-25)
Competitors	22 (documented) from 3 nations
Teams	9
Medalists
Hermann de Pourtalès, Hélène de Pourtalès, Bernard de Pourtalès  Switzerland Paul Wiesner, Georg Naue, Heinrich Peters, Ottokar Weise  Germany François Vilamitjana, Auguste Albert, Albert Duval, Charles Hugo  France Hermann de Pourtalès, Hélène de Pourtalès, Bernard de Pourtalès  Switzerland Jacques Baudrier, Lucien Baudrier, Dubosq, Édouard Mantois  France François Vilamitjana, Auguste Albert, Albert Duval, Charles Hugo  France

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The 1 to 2 ton was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics program in Meulan. Nine boats started during the two races in the 1 to 2 ton. Twenty–two competitors from three countries are documented. The races were held on 22 and 25 May 1900 on the river Seine.^[1][2]

For the 1 to 2 ton the 19 kilometres (10 nmi) course in the Meulan course area was used.

• Course area Meulan

The race was troublesome due to an almost complete absence of any wind and that the wind there came perpendicular to the course (river Seine) and was blocked or diverted by trees and buildings.^[2]

Two separate races were sailed. No combined results were made.^[1]

Race of 22 May 1900

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Medalrace
					Pos.	Pts.
	Switzerland	Hermann de Pourtalès	Hélène de Pourtalès [4][5] Bernard de Pourtalès	Lérina	1	02:15:32
	France	François Vilamitjana	Auguste Albert Albert Duval Charles Hugo	Marthe	2	02:17:29
	France	Jacques Baudrier	Lucien Baudrier Dubosq Édouard Mantois	Nina-Claire	3	02:26:28
4	France	Eugène Laverne	Henri Laverne	Amulet	4	02:26:56
5	France	Marcel Moisand	Unknown	Ducky	5	02:31:14
6	France	Georges Warenhorst	Unknown	Freia	6	02:33:54
7	France	François Texier	Auguste Texier	Mamie	7	02:52:30
8	France	Lecointre	Unknown	Alcyon	8	03:05:06

Legend: DNC – Did not come to the starting area; Gender: – male; – female;

Race of 25 May 1900

This race saw with Aschenbrödel (German for Cinderella) one more boat competing. One day earlier they had entered in the ½—1 ton class, but were not permitted to race as their boat measured in at 1.041 tons. In this class the German crew sailed the lightest boat, yet easily finished in the quickest time. Their low handicap served only to widen the gap between them and the second-place Swiss team.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Medalrace
					Pos.	Pts.
	Germany	Paul Wiesner	Georg Naue Heinrich Peters Ottokar Weise	Aschenbrödel	1	03:09:19
	Switzerland	Hermann de Pourtalès	Hélène de Pourtalès [4] Bernard de Pourtalès	Lérina	2	03:35:14
	France	François Vilamitjana	Auguste Albert Albert Duval Charles Hugo (sailor)	Marthe	3	03:37:49
4	France	Jacques Baudrier	Lucien Baudrier Dubosq Édouard Mantois	Nina-Claire	4	04:10:17
5	France	Georges Warenhorst	Unknown	Freia	5	04:11:22
6	France	François Texier	Auguste Texier	Mamie	6	04:30:08
7	France	Marcel Moisand	Unknown	Ducky	7	04:48:07
	France	Eugène Laverne	Henri Laverne	Amulet	DNF
	France	Lecointre	Unknown	Alcyon	DNF

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; Gender: – male; – female;

Since Hélène de Pourtalès was the first female Olympic starter in the modern Olympics she holds the first Olympic medals won by a woman. However the Swiss team did not win the first medals for Switzerland, that honor goes to Louis Zutter during the 1896 Olympics.

Initially only the race on 22 May 1900 was part of the Olympic program. However the race on the 25 May 1900, initially part of the Exposition Universelle program, was afterwards awarded with an Olympic status.^[1]

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)" (PDF). Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 13 January 2015.