24 NOCs (Nations)
997 athletes (22 women, 975 men)
95 events

Paris 3 June 1900, Games of the II Olympiad. Gymnasts parade in the "Vélodrome de Vincennes" during the Federal Meeting of the Union of Gymnastics Associations of France.

Official opening of the Games by: No official opening.

Lighting the Olympic Flame by: The Olympic flame was first lit during the opening ceremony of the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam.

Olympic Oath by: The first athletes' oath was sworn at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.

Official Oath by: The first officials' oath was sworn at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

Four victories： Alvin Kraenzlein (USA-athletics) won the 60m, the 110m hurdles and 200m hurdles, and the long jump. His record of four individual victories at one Games still stands for a track & field athlete.[Full story]

The Games of 1900 were held in Paris as part of the Exposition Universelle Internationale - the Paris World's Fair.[Full story]

Prinstein refuses to take part in the final： In the final, his compatriot and rival Alvin Kraenzlein beat him by one centimetre.[Full story]