Longue Paume Olympic Demonstration Sport
Longue Paume, meaning ("long palm"), was a demonstration sport in 1900. Longue Paume is an outdoor version of jeu de paume, and is regarded as the ancestor of most racket sports. Jeu de paume was an official medal sport in 1908, and a demonstration sport in 1924.
What we now call tennis or lawn tennis (which was also once a demonstration sport and now an official Olympic medal sport) is derived from this older version of the game.
Longue Paume Results in 1900
These results have been taken from the official report of the Games (untranslated)
- Partie à Terrer Category 1: Société de Longue Paumistes Valenciennois FRA, Société de Longue-Paume de Paris FRA, Société de Longue-Paume Amiens FRA & Société de Longue-Paume de Montdidier FRA
- Partie à Terrer Category 2: Société de Longue Paume de Paris "A" FRA, Société de Longue-Paume de Beaulieu-les-Fontaines FRA, Société de Longue-Paume de Guillancourt FRA & Société de Longue Paume de Paris "B" FRA
- Partie à Enlever Category 1: Société de Longue Paume de Paris FRA, Société de Longue-Paume de Montdidier FRA, Société des Paumistes de Montdidier FRA & Société de Longue-Paume de Rozières FRA
- Partie à Enlever Category 2: Société de Longue Paume de Paris "A" FRA, Société de Longue-Paume de Guillancourt FRA, Société de Longue-Paume de Nesles FRA & Société de Longue Paume de Paris "B" FRA
Related Pages
- Jeu de Paume in 1908 (medal sport)
- Jeu de Paume demonstration sport in 1924
- Demonstration Sports and Events at Paris 1900
- Full list of all demonstration sports
- About the sport of Longue Paume
- Tennis at the Olympics
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