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tournament was contested. Only two teams entered - one from Spain and one from France - but the French team of Maurice Durquetty and Etchegaray withdrew on the afternoon of the single contest due to a disagreement about the rules. Therefore, the contest was scratched, and the Spanish team was awarded first prize. This is the only Olympics to date where pelota was an official sport, being revived at the 1924,

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Medalists

Medal table

Accurate as of the conclusion of the 1900 Olympics.

References

International Olympic Committee
medal winners database * De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "Pelota 1900". Accessed 25 February 2006. Available electronically a

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