Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 4000 metres steeplechase
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Men's 4000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the II Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Bois de Boulogne | |||||||||
Date | July 16 | |||||||||
Competitors | 8 from 5 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 12:58.4 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 4000 metres steeplechase was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was one of the first two times that a steeplechase race was held at the Olympics, with the 2500 metres version held one day earlier. The 4000 metres steeplechase was held on July 16, 1900.[1] The race was held on a track of 500 metres in circumference. Eight athletes from five nations competed in the longer of the two steeplechase events. The three medallists from the 2500 metre steeplechase also competed in the 4000. The only one among them to win a second medal was Sidney Robinson, who added a bronze medal to the silver he had won earlier. The gold medal was won by John Rimmer of Great Britain, which completed a medal sweep with Rimmer, silver medalist Charles Bennett, and Robinson.