Basque pelota at the Games of the II Olympiad | |||||
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Venue | Neuilly-sur-Seine | ||||
Date | 14 June 1900 | ||||
Competitors | 2 from 1 nation | ||||
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At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a Basque pelota 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 were awarded first prize.[1][2]
This is the only Olympics to date where pelota was an official sport, being revived at the 1924, 1968 and 1992 Games as a demonstration sport.