Live pigeon shooting may be the "weirdest and most bizarre Olympic event of all time," said NPR. It occurred at the 1900 Olympic Games (which also took place in Paris) and was won by Leon de ...

In many ways, the early Olympics could be quite intense and organizers simply weren’t content with merely shooting paper targets. While pigeon shooting never returned after the 1900 Paris Games ...

Great Britain were forced to hand back a medal they won in 1900 just before the 2024 Paris Olympics following an ...

The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France will always be known as the Olympics where the committee threw everything at the ...

The 1900 Olympics were held in Paris after Baron Pierre de Coubertin rejected calls from many for the Games to be sited permanently in Athens following the success of the inaugural Games.

The inaugural Olympic archery competition took place at the 1900 Paris Games. There were six men's events and Belgium's Hubert van Innis won two golds and a silver. Although six Dutchmen competed in ...