He remains the oldest medalist in Olympic history. Swahn's son Alfred won nine medals between 1908 and 1924. Live pigeons were the targets for two shooting events on the 1900 program, marking the only ...

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 ...

Rowing made its Olympic debut at the 1900 Paris Games. The sport was actually on the program at the 1896 Olympics in Athens but was canceled due to bad weather. Until 1976, there was only a men's ...

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

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 ...

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 best fielders in the history of the Olympics, 1900. Who has dismissed the most batsmen by taking catches in the Olympics, 1900? Where do the greatest fielders rank on the all-time Olympics ...