Rowing at the Summer Olympics called "Continental Qualification Regattas", of which four are held during the year preceding the games - Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Final (open to everyone else). Each year FISA issues details of how many crews qualify at each regatta. At the World Championships, the top finishing boats guarantee a place for that country - the rowers in the crew can be changed before the games. At the qualification regattas, it is the crew that wins that qualifies for the Olympics, and if members of that crew race in the Olympics they must race in that event. The numbers below are
Fire fighting at the 1900 Summer Olympics Fire fighting at the 1900 Summer Olympics Fire fighting was a contested event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Competitions were held for both professional and volunteer firefighters. Like all events held at the 1900 Games, the fire fighting event was considered part of the 1900 World's Fair. In later years the IOC deemed each event of the 1900 Olympics to be either official or unofficial. Fire fighting was regarded as unofficial. There was no such designation at the time of the Games. The American report of the 1900 Games, prepared by AG Spalding, devotes a whole page