There were 29 separate events in the 26th Fête Fédérale de l’Union des Sociétés de Gymnastique de France competitions, which were held during the 1900 Paris International Exposition in the gymnastics category, although not all were gymnastics events, as fencing, boxing, and shooting were all contested. There were 8,050 competitors overall in the 29 different events. There were seven events for “Group 1” – handsfree, apparatus, boxing, canne (a French form of stick combat), fencing, pyramids without apparatus, and pyramids with apparatus. The fencing competition had 18 societies classified with the event won by l’Avenir de Thaon with 128 points.