at the 1900 summer olympics Competition , three croquet events Competition were contested Competition .

This was the only Olympiad Competition where croquet was part of the official programme , though there was the variant called Request roque at the 1904 Summer Olympics Competition .

although croquet satisfied three criteria , it had been thought to have had a non-french entrant , marcel unk , who more recently has been shown to have been from france .

According to Bill Mallon 's published Publishing work Employment , Haëntjens was from Belgium ; thus , the croquet events had for a time been considered `` international . ''