The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games. However, the Athens Games of 1906 have since been downgraded by the International Olympic Committee and the 1908 Games are seen as the start of the Fourth Olympiad, in keeping with the now-accepted four-year cycle. Overall, 106 events in 24 disciplines were contested.[1]
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Archery
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's Continental style[2] | Eugène Grisot France | Louis Vernet France | Gustave Cabaret France |
Men's double York Round[3] | William Dod Great Britain | Reginald Brooks-King Great Britain | Henry Richardson United States |
Women's double National Round[4] | Sybil Newall Great Britain | Lottie Dod Great Britain | Beatrice Hill-Lowe Great Britain |
Athletics
Boxing
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight[34] (-52.6 kg / 116 lb) | A. Henry Thomas Great Britain | John Condon Great Britain | William Webb Great Britain |
Featherweight[35] (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) | Richard Gunn Great Britain | Charles Morris Great Britain | Hugh Roddin Great Britain |
Lightweight[36] (-63.5 kg / 140 lb) | Frederick Grace Great Britain | Frederick Spiller Great Britain | Harry Johnson Great Britain |
Middleweight[37] (-71.7 kg / 158 lb) | Johnny Douglas Great Britain | Reginald Baker Australasia | William Philo Great Britain |
Heavyweight[38] (over 71.7 kg/158 lb) | Albert Oldman Great Britain | Sydney Evans Great Britain | Frederick Parks Great Britain |
Cycling
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
660 yards | Victor Johnson Great Britain | Émile Demangel France | Karl Neumer Germany |
5000 metres | Benjamin Jones Great Britain | Maurice Schilles France | André Auffray France |
20 kilometres | Clarence Kingsbury Great Britain | Benjamin Jones Great Britain | Joseph Werbrouck Belgium |
100 kilometres | Charles Bartlett Great Britain | Charles Denny Great Britain | Octave Lapize France |
Sprint | No medalists - race declared void as time limit was exceeded in final | ||
Tandem | France (FRA) André Auffray Maurice Schilles | Great Britain (GBR) Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson | Great Britain (GBR) Charlie Brooks Walter Isaacs |
Team pursuit | Great Britain (GBR) Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leonard Meredith Ernest Payne | Germany (GER) Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer | Canada (CAN) William Anderson Walter Andrews Frederick McCarthy William Morton |
Diving
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
3 metre springboard | Albert Zürner Germany | Kurt Behrens Germany | George Gaidzik United States |
Gottlob Walz Germany | |||
10 metre platform | Hjalmar Johansson Sweden | Karl Malmström Sweden | Arvid Spångberg Sweden |
Fencing
Figure skating
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's singles | Ulrich Salchow Sweden | Richard Johansson Sweden | Per Thorén Sweden |
Men's special figures | Nikolai Panin Russian Empire | Arthur Cumming Great Britain | Geoffrey Hall-Say Great Britain |
Ladies' singles | Madge Syers Great Britain | Elsa Rendschmidt Germany | Dorothy Greenhough-Smith Great Britain |
Pairs | Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger Germany | Phyllis Johnson and James H. Johnson Great Britain | Madge Syers and Edgar Syers Great Britain |
Football
Gymnastics
Hockey
Jeu de paume
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's tournament | Jay Gould II United States | Eustace Miles Great Britain | Neville Bulwer-Lytton Great Britain |
Lacrosse
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|
Canada (CAN) Frank Dixon George Campbell Gus Dillon Richard Louis Duckett George Rennie Clarence McKerrow Alexander Turnbull Henry Hoobin Ernest Hamilton John Broderick Tommy Gorman Patrick Brennan (Capt.) D. McLeod A. Mara J. Fyon | Great Britain (GBR) Gustav Alexander George Buckland Eric Dutton S. N. Hayes Wilfrid Johnson Edward Jones Reginald Martin Gerald Mason Johnson Parker-Smith Hubert Ramsey (Capt.) Charles Scott Norman Whitley C. J. Mason F. S. Johnson V. G. Gilbey H. Shorrocks J. Alexander L. Blockey | not awarded |
Polo
Rackets
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's singles | Evan Noel (GBR) | Henry Leaf (GBR) | John Jacob Astor (GBR) |
Henry Brougham (GBR) | |||
Men's doubles | Vane Pennell and John Jacob Astor (GBR) | Edmund Bury and Cecil Browning (GBR) | Evan Noel and Henry Leaf (GBR) |
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
6 Metre: | Great Britain (GBR) | Belgium (BEL) | France (FRA) |
7 Metre: | Great Britain (GBR) | not awarded | |
8 Metre: | Great Britain (GBR) | Sweden (SWE) | Great Britain (GBR) |
12 Metre: | Great Britain (GBR) | Great Britain (GBR) | not awarded |
15 Metre: | no entries |
Shooting
Swimming
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
100 m freestyle[42] | Charles Daniels United States | Zoltán Halmay Hungary | Harald Julin Sweden |
400 m freestyle[43] | Henry Taylor Great Britain | Frank Beaurepaire Australasia | Otto Scheff Austria |
1500 m freestyle[44] | Henry Taylor Great Britain | Thomas Battersby Great Britain | Frank Beaurepaire Australasia |
100 m backstroke[45] | Arno Bieberstein Germany | Ludvig Dam Denmark | Herbert Haresnape Great Britain |
200 m breaststroke[46] | Frederick Holman Great Britain | William Robinson Great Britain | Pontus Hanson Sweden |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Great Britain (GBR)[47] John Derbyshire Paul Radmilovic William Foster Henry Taylor | Hungary (HUN)[48] József Munk Imre Zachár Béla Las-Torres Zoltán Halmay | United States (USA)[49] Harry Hebner Leo Goodwin Charles Daniels Leslie Rich |
Tennis
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's Singles | Josiah Ritchie Great Britain | Otto Froitzheim Germany | Wilberforce Eaves Great Britain |
Men's Doubles | George Hillyard and Reginald Doherty (GBR) | Josiah Ritchie and James Parke (GBR) | Clement Cazalet and Charles Dixon (GBR) |
Men's Indoor Singles | Arthur Gore Great Britain | George Caridia Great Britain | Josiah Ritchie Great Britain |
Men's Indoor Doubles | Herbert Barrett and Arthur Gore (GBR) | George Caridia and George Simond (GBR) | Wollmar Boström and Gunnar Setterwall (SWE) |
Women's Singles | Dorothea Chambers Great Britain | Penelope Boothby Great Britain | Ruth Winch Great Britain |
Women's Indoor Singles | Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith Great Britain | Alice Greene Great Britain | Märtha Adlerstråhle Sweden |
Tug of war
Water motorsports
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Class A — Open | France (FRA) Camille | not awarded | not awarded |
Class B — Under 60 feet | Great Britain (GBR) Gyrinus | not awarded | not awarded |
Class C — 6.5–8 metres | Great Britain (GBR) Gyrinus | not awarded | not awarded |
Water polo
Wrestling
Freestyle
Greco-Roman
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Lightweight[55] | Enrico Porro Italy | Nikolay Orlov Russian Empire | Arvo Lindén Finland |
Middleweight[56] | Frithiof Mårtensson Sweden | Mauritz Andersson Sweden | Anders Andersen Denmark |
Light heavyweight[57] | Verner Weckman Finland | Yrjö Saarela Finland | Carl Jensen Denmark |
Super heavyweight[58] | Richárd Weisz Hungary | Aleksandr Petrov Russian Empire | Søren Marinus Jensen Denmark |
Statistics
Medal leaders
Athletes who won more than two medals are listed below.
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mel Sheppard | United States (USA) | Athletics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Henry Taylor | Great Britain (GBR) | Swimming | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Benjamin Jones | Great Britain (GBR) | Cycling | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Martin Sheridan | United States (USA) | Athletics | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Oscar Swahn | Sweden (SWE) | Shooting | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Josiah Ritchie | Great Britain (GBR) | Tennis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Ted Ranken | Great Britain (GBR) | Shooting | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Notes
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1908 Summer Olympics medal winners.
- "London 1908". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
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