Fire fighting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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Fire fighting was a contested event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Competitions were held for both professional and volunteer firefighters.

Like all events held at the 1900 Games, the fire fighting event was considered part of the

AG Spalding, devotes a whole page to the competition, which was won by Kansas City and "its famous engine and hook and ladder company No.1".[citation needed
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Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Volunteers Portugal Porto
Portugal 		United Kingdom Leyton
Great Britain 		Hungary Budapest
Hungary
Professionals United States Kansas City
United States 		Italy Milan
Italy 		none

References

  1. ISBN 3-928562-20-7
    . In many works, it is read that the IOC later met to decide which events were Olympic and which were not. This is not correct and no decision has ever been made. No discussion of this item can be found in the account of any Session.
  2. ISBN 978-0-7864-4064-1
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