At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, four events in rowing were contested, marking the introduction of the sport to the Olympic program. At the inaugural 1896 Games, the rowing competition was cancelled due to strong winds. At 10 years 218 days Dimitrios Loundras remains the youngest medalist and competitor in Olympic history, if one discounts an unknown competitor, believed to be a seven-year-old French boy, who competed as coxswain for the Dutch coxed pair rowing team in the 1900 Olympics.
