During “L’Exposition be Paris 1900” also called 1900 Paris World’s Fair, many international events were held within the Exposition, including the Summer Olympics. From May 14 1900 to October 28 1900, the Olympics hosted an number of sporting events, which today might be called ‘demonstration sports’. Rather than ‘Olympic’ events, these were reported as ‘Paris Championships’, “International Championships”, “World Championships” and “Grand Prix of the Paris Exposition”.
A number of events were held for the first and only time in Olympic history, including automobile racing,
As part of the 1900 Olympics, the Paris-Toulouse-Paris race took place over three days. Fifty-five vehicles started the events, but only 21 finished; 9 cars, 9 motorcycles, and 3 voiturettes made it to the finish line (although only 18 had a time recorded).
Paris-Toulouse-Paris (1347km) – Voiture
In the car race, the winner was Alfred ‘Levegh’ Velghe, whose Mors automobile finished more than one hour ahead of his 2nd and 3rd place competitors Arthur Pinson and Emile Voigt each driving a Panhard-Levassor. Velghe received a prize of 8,000 francs and a gold medal for winning.
A pioneer in French motor racing, Velghe started racing in 1898, was reported to light up a victory cigar when he won a race, and always raced as the more Franco-sounding pseudonym ‘Levegh’.
Paris-Toulouse-Paris (1347km) – Voiturette
The “voiturette” miniature car race was limited to smaller vehicles, and was won by Louis Renault. He drove a family-made car and covered the course over 11 hours faster than runner-up Schrader in his Renault-Aster or third-place Grus in his Renault. A prize of 4,000 francs was given to Renault as well as a gold medal for winning.
Only a year earlier, Louis founded the Renault corporation as Société Renault Frères by Louis Renault with his brothers Marcel and Fernand. More than 120 years later, the company still bears his family name.
- http://www.olympedia.org/results/925081
- http://www.olympedia.org/results/925079
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Summer_Olympics
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_racing_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics
- http://www.gbrathletics.com/olympic/other.htm
It’s not Carl Voigt, it’s Emile Voigt https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Voigt
Thanks.
How strange, JuliusMassius… there’s a different Wikipedia page that lists the 1900 Olympic bronze medalist in the ‘Voiture’ category of the 1347 km Paris-Toulouse-Paris race as Carl Voigt. But your link to Emile Voigt’s personal Wikipedia page also lists him as the 1900 Olympian.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_racing_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics
It’s been 125 years since the event, but the RIGHT guy deserves recognition! How do we figure out the truth?
Look here : https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/emile-voigt
I don’t know why there is a confusion. The father of Emile Voigt was Charles Emile Voigt (Carl Emil Voigt).
Bro… how you know so much about this? Racers from a century ago?
OK… ok… now this is definitive. I don’t trust Wikipedia. But I am very familiar with DriverDB. If they say it was Emile, then that is 100% fact.
Fernand Charron fell ill before the competition and Emile Voigt replaced him.
Emile Voigt won this competition with the car that Fernand Charron used to win the Gordon Bennett Cup held in June of that same year.
https://imgbox.com/PWAy5k6u
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charron-Laycock
Charron-Laycock ex Charron-Girardot-Voigt (CGV).
It is written, Voigt, Charron’s partner, replaces Charron, who is ill. Emile Voigt is Charron’s partner (Charron-Girardot-Voigt CGV).
https://imgbox.com/PWAy5k6u
Emile Voigt is buried in the town where I live and I am in contact with his grandson. We must not denigrate Wikipedia. I created the Wikipedia page of Emile Voigt and so I am doing research by looking for sources. The English Wikipedia page for the 1900 race is based on only one source (it is even indicated at the beginning of the page). The case of Emile Voigt with the Emile/Carl confusion must be a rare case. Many sites have based themselves on this English page. I will correct tomorrow with sources. You can delete my comments anonymously (it makes double comments).
Well Julius Massius, thank you for reaching out and correcting this matter. I can tell you have a special appreciation for Emile Voigt and I respect you keeping his legacy alive.
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P.S. Duplicate comments deleted.
Hello, you made a mistake in the article, you wrote Voight instead of Voigt. Kind regards.
Just fixed a minute ago. I wonder if I should use the English version Emile, or the proper Emil? What do you think, my knowledgeable friend?
You can leave it like that, Emile Voigt.
You have done wonderful things to preserve the legacy of Emile Voigt.
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Would you be interested in being a ‘guest writer’ for Demaras Racing’s website and writing a (short) piece of Voigt?
Yes, I can do that. You can tell me by what date you want this little article.
Julius,
We’ve been running http://www.demaras.com for a decade, and we post and article every single day. So, there is no rush or urgency. Within two weeks would be lovely!
If you’d like to discuss in a less public space, send me an email to chris@demaras.com
Chris
I had Émile Voigt’s grandson and he will provide me with personal photos of Émile next week.
This is going to be SO cool!
I think Carl Vogt’s mistake came from this site. This site is no longer updated. I still sent an email yesterday to correct the name. There is even a link to the people working on this site and there are many of them..
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/891651
https://www.olympedia.org/static/about
I think that’s the website I cited in an earlier article.
If there’s errors on the Paris 1900 Olinpics page on Wiki, that should be corrected too.
I corrected the Wikipedia page and all pages mentioning Émile Voigt.
I was actually thinking about that last night. You can now use the article on demaras.com as a citation.