Strange but True Olympic Events that are Discontinued

This event was only ever held for the 1900 Olympics, starting to notice a trend about 1900, the coordinators of those Olympics must have been high that year.

The event consisted of climbing over a pole, then scrambling over a row of boats, then under another row of boats, all against the current of the river Seine. Try that in 2:38.4 (the gold medal wining time.

The image depicts Gold Medal Winning Australian Frederick Lane climbing out of the river after competing in the 1900 Paris Olympics' swimming obstacle race.

Source: http://www.squidoo.com/strange-but-true-olympic-events

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