[3][4] For the 0 to 0.5 ton the 8 kilometres (4.3 nmi) course in the Meulan course area was used.

The race was troublesome due to an almost complete absence of any wind and the existing wind was perpendicular to the course (river Seine) and blocked or diverted by trees and buildings.

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; Gender: – male; – female;

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; Gender: – male; – female; Initially only the race on 22 May 1900 was part of the Olympic program.

However the race on the 24 May 1900, initially part of the Exposition Universelle program, was afterwards awarded with an Olympic status.