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Australia at Paris 1900

• Australian swimmer Frederick Lane won the obstacle swimming race [more about the Obstacle Race]
• Australian shooter Donald MacIntosh came third in the live pigeon shooting event, which was the first and only time animals were killed on purpose in an Olympic event [more about the Pigeon Shooting Event]
• Australian Stan Rowley won three bronze medals in sprinting events for Australia, and in addition a gold medal was won when he competed as the fifth member with four runners from Great Britain and Ireland [more about mixed teams] for the 5000m team race.

Related Pages

• Australia at each Olympiad
• Information about all countries at each Olympiad
• About the Obstacle Race
• About the Pigeon Shooting
• About mixed teams

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