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The 1900 Summer Olympics were held in Paris, France. The event was organized by the International Olympic Committee and took place from May 14, 1900, to October 28, 1900. Athletes from various countries, such as Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States, participated in the event.
Some key people involved in the 1900 Summer Olympics included Olivier Collarini, Giuseppe Giurato, Roger de Barbarin, Gaston Aumoitte, Georges de la Falaise, Louis Auguste-Dormeuil, Henri Gilardoni, Charles Devendeville, Louis Bastien (Esperantist), Hermann Barrelet, Émile Coste, Dominique Gardères, Pierre Gervais, Émile Grumiaux, Henri Hérouin, Lucien Mérignac, Eugène Mougin, Achille Paroche, Émile Sacré, Gustave Sandras, Chrétien Waydelich, Noël Bas, Lorne Currie, Linton Hope, Algernon Maudslay, Howard Taylor (sailor), Edward Hore, Harry Jefferson, Cecil Quentin, Charlotte Cooper (author), Laurence Doherty, Reginald Doherty, Charles Bennett (high commissioner), John Rimmer, Alfred Tysoe, John Jarvis (set decorator), Selwin Calverley, Patrick Mackey, Harold Mahony, Patrick Leahy, Lloyd Hildebrand, Walter Rutherford, Arthur Norris, and Emmanuel Foulon.