顾拜旦曾建议第一届奥运会于1900年与世界博览会同时在巴黎举行，借以扩大奥运会的影响。但顾拜旦的意见遭到了否决。不过与会代表考虑到顾拜旦为复活奥林匹克运动所作的贡献，尊重他提出的在1900年让奥运会和世界博览会同时举行的设想，同意第二届奥运会在巴黎举行。

KEY FACTS

Opening date: 14 May 1900

Closing date: 28 October 1900

The host city: Paris (France)

Sports: 18

PARIS 1900 Games of the II Olympiad

　　The Games of 1900 were held in Paris as part of the Exposition Universelle Internationale - the Paris World's Fair. The exposition organizers spread the events over five months and de-emphasized their Olympic status to such an extent that many athletes died without ever knowing that they had participated in the Olympics. Women made their first appearance in the modern Games.

　　The first to compete were Mme. Brohy and Mlle. Ohnier of France in croquet. The first female champion was in tennis: Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain. Tennis was one of five sports in which athletes from different nations competed on the same team. The others were football, polo, rowing and tug of war. Alvin Kraenzlein won four athletics events in three days and, on 16 July, Ray Ewry, who had overcome childhood polio, won three championships in one day - all in the standing jump events.

Do you Know? 一位“无名冠军”？

　　On August 26, 1900, the Dutch coxed pair suddenly needed a replacement coxswain. A French boy was chosen and the Dutch pair rowed to a close victory. The French boy joined in the victory ceremony and had his photograph taken. Then he disappeared. Years of research have failed to turn up a clue as to his name or his actual age. Judging a Parisian boy of 1900 with present-day eyes, he could be anywhere from 7 to 12 years old.

　　1900年8月26日，荷兰赛艇队需要一位替补选手，一名法国男孩被选中。之后，他们取得了胜利，在庆祝仪式上，法国男孩合影留恋。然后他就消失了。多年来也没有找到关于他名字或年龄的任何线索。凭着这张照片，现在的人猜测他是位7－12岁的小男孩。