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At the 1900 Summer Olympics, three croquet events were contested. Seven men and three women participated.

The doubles competition was scheduled first, though its unclear whether the French pair which won actually had any competition. The one-ball singles was played the next week, followed by two-ball singles the week after. France, with 9 of the 10 competitors, won all the medals. Belgium was the only other nation to send a croquet player, though he did not finish the first round of his competition. This was the only Olympiad where croquet was part of the official programme.

Contents 1 Medal table 2 Medal summary 3 Events 3.1 Singles, one ball 3.1.1 First round 3.1.2 Second round 3.1.3 Final 3.2 Singles, two balls 3.2.1 Round 1 3.2.2 Round 2 3.3 Doubles 4 References

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	3	2	2	7

Belgium had croquet players compete, but won no medals.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Singles, one ball	Aumoitte France	Johin France	Waydelich France
Singles, two balls	Waydelich France	Vignerot France	Sautereau France
Doubles	France Aumoitte Johin	None	None

The one-ball singles tournament was held over three rounds on 28 June 1900.

The first round eliminated five players, allowing four to advance. Four players, including two of the three women and the only Belgian player, did not finish the round. The third woman, Desprès, finished the round with 24 points but did not advance among the top four.

Place	Player	Nation	Score
1	Waydelich	France	11 points
2	Johin	France	13 points
3	Blachère	France	17 points
4	Aumoitte	France	18 points
5	Desprès	France	24 points
—	Filleaul Brohy	France	Did not finish
	Marcel Haentjens	Belgium	Did not finish
	Marie Ohnier	France	Did not finish
	Sautereau	France	Did not finish

Waydelich and Blachère were eliminated in the second round. Waydelich, in third place, is now considered by the International Olympic Committee to be a bronze medallist.

Place	Player	Nation	Score
1	Johin	France	16 points
2	Aumoitte	France	18 points
3	Waydelich	France	20 points
4	Blachère	France	22 points

Aumoitte won the championship.

Place	Player	Nation	Score
1	Aumoitte	France	15 points
2	Johin	France	21 points

The two ball tournament was held on 4 July 1900.

Place	Player	Nation
1	Waydelich	France
2	Vignerot	France
3	Sautereau	France
4	Blachère	France
—	Desprès	France
	Filleaul Brohy	France

Winner		Score	Loser
Vignerot	France	2-0 (42-40)	Desprès	France
Sautereau	France	2-0 (41-19)	Blachère	France
Waydelich	France	Forfeit	Filleaul Brohy	France

The second round was conducted as a round-robin.

Place	Player	Nation	Wins	Losses
1	Waydelich	France	3	0
2	Vignerot	France	2	1
3	Sautereau	France	1	2
4	Blachère	France	0	3

Winner		Score	Loser
Waydelich	France	2-1 (42-41)	Vignerot	France
Waydelich	France	Unknown	Sautereau	France
Waydelich	France	Unknown	Blachère	France
Vignerot	France	2-1 (42-41)	Sautereau	France
Vignerot	France	Forfeit	Blachère	France
Sautereau	France	Unknown	Blachère	France

There was only one pair in the doubles croquet competition.

Place	Players	Nation
1	Aumoitte Johin	France

• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Croquet 1900". Accessed 10 January 2006. Available electronically at [1].
• Mallon, Bill. "The First Two Women Olympians" in Citius, Altius, Fortius, Autumn 1995, No. 3, p. 38. Available in pdf format from the AAFLA [2].
• Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0. 

Events at the 1900 Summer Olympics (Paris)
Archery • Athletics • Basque pelota • Cricket • Croquet • Cycling • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Golf • Gymnastics • Polo • Rowing • Rugby union • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis • Tug of war • Water polo