Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the
1908 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in London
Competitors676 in 24 sports
Flag bearerKynaston Studd
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
56
Silver
51
Bronze
39
Total
146
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed as the host nation of the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The British Olympic Association was the National Olympic Committee responsible for organising the United Kingdom's representation. At the time British athletes competed under the team name "United Kingdom".[1] The British team comprised 676 competitors.[2]

It was the fourth appearance of the country, which has not missed any of the Summer Olympic Games. The country finished in the Olympic table in first place for the first and only time in its history. The Men's field hockey on the 31st of October is the last time that Great Britain swept the medal podium at an Olympics, as of 2022.

Medallists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold William Dod Archery Men's double York round July 18
 Gold Queenie Newall Archery Women's double National round July 18
 Gold Wyndham Halswelle Athletics Men's 400 m July 23
 Gold Emil Voigt Athletics Men's 5 miles July 18
 Gold Arthur Russell Athletics Men's 3200 m steeplechase July 18
 Gold William Coales, Joe Deakin, Arthur Robertson Athletics Men's 3 miles team race July 15
 Gold George Larner Athletics Men's 3500 m walk July 14
Men's 10 miles walk July 17
 Gold Tim Ahearne Athletics Men's triple jump July 25
 Gold Henry Thomas Boxing Bantamweight October 27
 Gold Richard Gunn Boxing Featherweight October 27
 Gold Frederick Grace Boxing Lightweight October 27
 Gold Johnny Douglas Boxing Middleweight October 27
 Gold Albert Oldman Boxing Heavyweight October 27
 Gold Victor Johnson Cycling Men's 660 yd July 15
 Gold Benjamin Jones Cycling Men's 5000 m July 18
 Gold Clarence Kingsbury Cycling Men's 20 km July 14
 Gold Charles Henry Bartlett Cycling Men's 100 km July 18
 Gold Benjamin Jones, Clarence Kingsbury,
Leonard Meredith, Ernest Payne
Cycling Men's team pursuit July 17
 Gold Madge Syers Figure skating Ladies' singles October 29
 Gold Great Britain men's Olympic football team
Football October 24
 Gold England national field hockey team
Field hockey October 31
 Gold Charles Darley Miller, George Arthur Miller,
Patteson Womersley Nickalls, Herbert Haydon Wilson
Polo June 21
 Gold Evan Noel Rackets Men's singles April 29
 Gold John Jacob Astor, Vane Pennell Rackets Men's doubles May 1
 Gold Harry Blackstaffe Rowing Men's single sculls July 31
 Gold John Fenning, Gordon Thomson Rowing Men's coxless pair July 31
 Gold Collier Cudmore, James Angus Gillan,
Duncan Mackinnon, John Somers-Smith
Rowing Men's coxless four July 31
 Gold Henry Bucknall, Charles Burnell,
Raymond Etherington-Smith, Albert Gladstone,
Banner Johnstone, Frederick Septimus Kelly,
Gilchrist Maclagan, Guy Nickalls,
Ronald Sanderson
Rowing Men's eight July 31
 Gold Charles Crichton, Gilbert Laws, Thomas McMeekin Sailing 6 m class July 29
 Gold Norman Bingley, Richard Dixon,
Charles Rivett-Carnac, Frances Rivett-Carnac
Sailing 7 m class July 29
 Gold Charles Campbell, Blair Cochrane,
John Rhodes, Henry Sutton, Arthur Wood
Sailing 8 m class July 29
 Gold T. C. Glen Coats (helmsman),
J. H. Downes (mate), J. S. Aspin, John Buchanan,
J. C. Bunten, A. D. Downes, David Dunlop,
John Mackenzie, Albert Martin, Gerald Tait[3]
Sailing 12 m class July 12
 Gold Joshua Millner Shooting Men's 1000 yd free rifle July 9
 Gold Arthur Carnell Shooting Men's stationary target small-bore rifle July 11
 Gold John Fleming Shooting Men's moving target small-bore rifle July 11
 Gold William Styles Shooting Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle July 11
 Gold Edward Amoore, Harold Humby,
Maurice Matthews, William Pimm
Shooting Men's team small-bore rifle July 11
 Gold Peter Easte, Alexander Maunder, Frederic Moore,
Charles Palmer, John Pike, John Postans
Shooting Men's trap, team July 11
 Gold Henry Taylor Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle July 16
Men's 1500 m freestyle July 25
 Gold Frederick Holman Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke July 18
 Gold John Derbyshire, William Foster,
Paul Radmilovic, Henry Taylor
Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay July 24
 Gold Josiah Ritchie Tennis Men's singles July 11
 Gold Reginald Doherty, George Hillyard Tennis Men's doubles July 11
 Gold Arthur Gore Tennis Men's indoor singles July 11
 Gold Arthur Gore, Herbert Roper Barrett Tennis Men's indoor doubles July 9
 Gold Dorothea Douglass Tennis Women's singles July 11
 Gold Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith Tennis Women's indoor singles July 11
 Gold Edward Barrett, John Duke, Frederick Goodfellow,
Frederick Humphreys, William Hirons, Albert Ireton,
Frederick Merriman, Edwin Mills, John James Shepherd
Tug of war July 18
 Gold John Field-Richards, Bernard Boverton Redwood,
Isaac Thomas Thornycroft
Water motorsports Class B August 28
Class C August 29
 Gold Great Britain men's national water polo team
Water polo July 22
 Gold George de Relwyskow Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight July 24
 Gold Stanley Bacon Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight July 22
 Gold Con O'Kelly Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight July 23
 Silver Reginald Brooks-King Archery Men's double York round July 18
 Silver Lottie Dod Archery Women's double National round July 18
 Silver Harold A. Wilson Athletics Men's 1500 m July 14
 Silver Edward Owen Athletics Men's 5 miles July 18
 Silver Arthur Robertson Athletics Men's 3200 m steeplechase July 18
 Silver Ernest Webb Athletics Men's 3500 m walk July 14
Men's 10 miles walk July 17
 Silver Con Leahy Athletics Men's high jump July 21
 Silver Denis Horgan Athletics Men's shot put July 16
 Silver John Condon Boxing Bantamweight October 27
 Silver Charles Morris Boxing Featherweight October 27
 Silver Frederick Spiller Boxing Lightweight October 27
 Silver Sydney Evans Boxing Heavyweight October 27
 Silver Benjamin Jones Cycling Men's 20 km July 14
 Silver Charles Denny Cycling Men's 100 km July 18
 Silver Frederick Hamlin, Thomas Johnson Cycling Men's tandem July 15
 Silver Leaf Daniell, Cecil Haig,
Martin Holt, Robert Montgomerie
Fencing Men's team épée October 24
 Silver Arthur Cumming Figure skating Men's special figures October 29
 Silver James H. Johnson, Phyllis Johnson Figure skating Pairs October 29
 Silver Walter Tysall Gymnastics Men's all-around July 15
 Silver Ireland national field hockey team
Field hockey October 31
 Silver Eustace Miles Jeu de paume May 23
 Silver Great Britain national lacrosse team
Lacrosse October 24
 Silver Walter Buckmaster, Frederick Freake,
Walter Jones, John Wodehouse
Polo June 21
 Silver John Hardress Lloyd, John Paul McCann,
Percy O'Reilly, Auston Rotheram
Polo June 21
 Silver Henry Leaf Rackets Men's singles April 29
 Silver Cecil Browning, Edmund Bury Rackets Men's doubles May 1
 Silver Alexander McCulloch Rowing Men's single sculls July 31
 Silver George Fairbairn, Philip Verdon Rowing Men's coxless pair July 31
 Silver Harold Barker, John Fenning,
Philip Filleul, Gordon Thomson
Rowing Men's coxless four July 31
 Silver Cornwall rugby union
Rugby union October 26
 Silver C. MacIver (helmsman), J. G. Kenion (mate),
J. M. Adam, James Baxter, W. P. Davidson,
J. F. Jellico, T. A. R. Littledale, C. R. MacIver,
C. Macleod Robertson, J. F. D. Spence[3]
Sailing 12 m class July 12
 Silver Arthur Fulton, John Martin, Harcourt Ommundsen,
William Padgett, Philip Richardson, Fleetwood Varley
Shooting Men's military rifle, team July 11
 Silver Harold Humby Shooting Men's stationary target small-bore rifle July 11
 Silver Maurice Matthews Shooting Men's moving target small-bore rifle July 11
 Silver Harold Hawkins Shooting Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle July 11
 Silver Ted Ranken Shooting Men's single-shot running deer July 9
Men's double-shot running deer July 10
 Silver William Ellicott, William Russell Lane-Joynt,
Charles Nix, Ted Ranken
Shooting Men's team single-shot running deer July 10
 Silver Thomas Battersby Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle July 25
 Silver William Robinson Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke July 18
 Silver James Cecil Parke, Josiah Ritchie Tennis Men's doubles July 11
 Silver George Caridia Tennis Men's indoor singles July 11
 Silver George Caridia, George Simond Tennis Men's indoor doubles July 9
 Silver Dora Boothby Tennis Women's singles July 11
 Silver Alice Greene Tennis Women's indoor singles July 11
 Silver James Clarke, Thomas Butler, Charles Foden,
William Greggan, Alexander Kidd, Daniel Lowey,
Patrick Philbin, George Smith, Thomas Swindlehurst
Tug of war July 18
 Silver William J. Press Wrestling Men's freestyle bantamweight July 20
 Silver John Slim Wrestling Men's freestyle featherweight July 22
 Silver William Wood Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight July 24
 Silver George de Relwyskow Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight July 22
 Bronze Beatrice Hill-Lowe Archery Women's double National round July 18
 Bronze Norman Hallows Athletics Men's 1500 m July 14
 Bronze Jimmy Tremeer Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles July 22
 Bronze Edward Spencer Athletics Men's 10 miles walk July 17
 Bronze William Webb Boxing Bantamweight October 27
 Bronze Hugh Roddin Boxing Featherweight October 27
 Bronze Harry Johnson Boxing Lightweight October 27
 Bronze William Philo Boxing Middleweight October 27
 Bronze Frederick Parks Boxing Heavyweight October 27
 Bronze Charlie Brooks, Walter Isaacs Cycling Men's tandem July 15
 Bronze Geoffrey Hall-Say Figure skating Men's special figures October 29
 Bronze Dorothy Greenhough-Smith Figure skating Ladies' singles October 29
 Bronze Edgar Syers, Madge Syers Figure skating Pairs October 29
 Bronze Scotland national field hockey team
Field hockey October 31
 Bronze Wales national field hockey team
Field hockey October 31
 Bronze Neville Bulwer-Lytton Jeu de paume May 23
 Bronze John Jacob Astor Rackets Men's singles April 29
 Bronze Henry Brougham Rackets Men's singles April 29
 Bronze Evan Noel, Henry Leaf Rackets Men's doubles May 1
 Bronze Harry Blackstaffe Rowing Men's single sculls July 31
 Bronze Richard Boyle, John Burn,
Oswald Carver, Henry Goldsmith,
Frank Jerwood, Harold Kitching,
Eric Powell, Douglas Stuart,
Edward Gordon Williams
Rowing Men's eight July 31
 Bronze Alfred Hughes, Frederick Hughes,
Philip Hunloke, George Ratsey, William Dudley Ward
Sailing 8 m class July 29
 Bronze Maurice Blood Shooting Men's 1000 yd free rifle July 9
 Bronze George Barnes Shooting Men's stationary target small-bore rifle July 11
 Bronze William Marsden Shooting Men's moving target small-bore rifle July 11
 Bronze Edward Amoore Shooting Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle July 11
 Bronze Alexander Rogers Shooting Men's single-shot running deer July 9
 Bronze Geoffrey Coles, William Ellicott,
Henry Lynch-Staunton, Jesse Wallingford
Shooting Men's 50 yd free pistol, team July 11
 Bronze Alexander Maunder Shooting Men's trap July 11
 Bronze John Butt, Henry Creasey, Bob Hutton,
William Morris, George Herbert Skinner, George Whitaker
Shooting Men's trap, team July 11
 Bronze Herbert Haresnape Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke July 17
 Bronze Wilberforce Eaves Tennis Men's singles July 11
 Bronze Clement Cazalet, Charles P. Dixon Tennis Men's doubles July 11
 Bronze Ruth Winch Tennis Women's singles July 11
 Bronze Walter Chaffe, Joseph Dowler, Ernest Ebbage,
Thomas Homewood, Alexander Munro, William Slade,
Walter Tammas, T. J. Williams, James Woodget
Tug of war July 18
 Bronze William McKie Wrestling Men's freestyle featherweight July 22
 Bronze Albert Gingell Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight July 24
 Bronze Frederick Beck Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight July 22
 Bronze Edward Barrett Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight July 23

Results by event

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Archery

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In the archery competition, the British team dominated the two events (one for men, one for women) popular in their country, winning both championships and second places as well as one third place, losing only a single bronze medal to the United States. British women were the only ones to compete in the women's event. Great Britain had 41 archers present, 25 women and 16 men; they totalled 42 entries over all three events held.

Brother and sister William and Lottie Dod took gold and silver medals, Queenie Newall taking the women's gold to become the oldest female gold medallist in Olympic history (a record she holds through the 2004 Summer Olympics), and the only Irish woman present at the 1908 Games won the women's bronze medal.

The British did not do as well in the Continental style, dominated by the French team, with the only Briton taking 12th place. Robert Backhouse, however, shot a score in a friendly demonstration that would have placed him second had he been in actual competition.

Event Place Archer Score
Men's double York round 1st William Dod 815
2nd Reginald Brooks-King 768
4th John Penrose 709
5th John Bridges 687
6th Harold James 652
7th Theodore Robinson 647
8th Hugh Nesham 643
9th John Keyworth 622
10th Charles Perry-Keene 543
11th Capel Pownall 532
12th John Stopford 530
13th Robert Backhouse 516
14th Robert Heathcote 476
15th Geoffrey Cornewall 430
18th Charles Coates 413
21st R. H. Bagnall-Oakeley 374
Men's Continental style 12th John Keyworth 190
Women's double National round 1st Queenie Newall 688
2nd Lottie Dod 642
3rd Beatrice Hill-Lowe 618
4th Jessie Wadworth 605
5th G. W. H. Honnywill 587
6th S. H. Armitage 582
7th V. W. H. Priestley-Foster 553
8th Lillian Wilson 534
9th Mary Wadworth 522
10th M. Boddam-Whetham 510
11th Gertrude Appleyard 503
12th E. Nott-Bower 503
13th Lillias Robertson 500
14th Margaret Weedon 498
15th Albertine Thackwell 484
16th Doris E. Day 483
17th K. G. Mudge 465
18th Ellen Babington 451
19th Christine Cadman 427
20th Martina Hyde 419
21st Sarah Leonard 410
22nd Ina Wood 387
23rd Janetta Vance 385
24th Emily Rushton 323
25th Hilda Williams 316

Athletics

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The British team was the second most successful team in athletics. With 7 first-place finishes, they gathered less than half the championships that the American team did at 16, but still nearly doubled all other teams combined (4 gold medals).

Running

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Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 100 metres Semi-
finalist
Patrick Roche 11.4 seconds
1st, heat 17
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 1
Did not advance
John W. Morton 11.2 seconds
1st, heat 9
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 2
James P. Stark 11.8 seconds
1st, heat 16
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 4
Robert Duncan 11.4 seconds
1st, heat 7
Unknown
4th, semifinal 3
John George 11.6 seconds
1st, heat 2
Unknown
4th, semifinal 4
Heats M. Chapman 11.3 seconds
2nd, heat 10
Did not advance
Henry Pankhurst 11.5 seconds
2nd, heat 12
Denis Murray Unknown
3rd, heat 4
Harold Watson Unknown
3rd, heat 14
William Murray Unknown
4th, heat 8
Henry Harmer Did not finish
—, heat 5
Men's 200 metres 4th George Hawkins 22.8 seconds
1st, heat 15
22.6 seconds
1st, semifinal 4
22.9 seconds
Semi-
finalist
Lionel Reed 23.2 seconds
1st, heat 13
Unknown
2nd, semifinal 3
Did not advance
Patrick Roche 22.8 seconds
1st, heat 3
Unknown
2nd, semifinal 4
John George 23.4 seconds
1st, heat 1
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 3
Samuel Hurdsfield 23.6 seconds
1st, heat 9
Unknown
4th, semifinal 3
Heats Robert Duncan Unknown
2nd, heat 5
Did not advance
John W. Morton Unknown
2nd, heat 12
Henry Pankhurst Unknown
3rd, heat 10
James P. Stark Unknown
3rd, heat 11
Men's 400 metres 1st Wyndham Halswelle 49.4 seconds
1st, heat 15
48.4 seconds (OR)
1st, semifinal 2
50.0 seconds
(walkover)
Semi-
finalist
Charles Davies 50.4 seconds
1st, heat 12
Unknown
2nd, semifinal 1
Did not advance
Edwin Montague 50.2 seconds
1st, heat 1
Unknown
2nd, semifinal 2
George Nicol 50.8 seconds
1st, heat 5
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 2
Edward Ryle Walkover
1st, heat 3
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 3
G. W. Young 52.4 seconds
1st, heat 16
Unknown
4th, semifinal 1
Heats Christopher Maude Chavasse Unknown
2nd, heat 8
Did not advance
Arthur Astley Unknown
2nd, heat 9
Alan Patterson Unknown
2nd, heat 11
Robert Robb Unknown
2nd, heat 13
Noel Godfrey Chavasse Unknown
3rd, heat 7
Men's 800 metres 5th Theodore Just None held 1:57.8
1st, semifinal 6
1:56.4
7-8 Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford 1:57.8
1st, semifinal 8
Did not finish
Semi-
finalist
George Butterfield Unknown
2nd, semifinal 1
Did not advance
James Lintott Unknown
2nd, semifinal 2
John Lee Unknown
2nd, semifinal 3
Arthur Astley Unknown
2nd, semifinal 5
George Morphy Unknown
3rd, semifinal 3
Harold Holding Unknown
3rd, semifinal 7
Frederick Ashford Did not finish
—, semifinal 1
L. J. Manogue Did not finish
—, semifinal 4
Men's 1500 metres 2nd Harold A. Wilson None held Unknown
1st, semifinal 7
4:03.6
3rd Norman Hallows 4:03.4 (OR)
1st, semifinal 3
4:04.0
5th Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford Unknown
1st, semifinal 8
4:07.6
6th Joe Deakin 4:13.6
1st, semifinal 6
4:07.9
7-8 Ernest Loney 4:08.4
1st, semifinal 4
Did not finish
Semi-
finalist
George Butterfield Unknown
3rd, semifinal 2
Did not advance
John McGough Unknown
3rd, semifinal 4
Francis Knott Unknown
4th, semifinal 1
John Lee Unknown
4th, semifinal 2
Josh Smith Unknown
5th, semifinal 1
Men's 110 metre hurdles Semi-
finalist
Eric Hussey 16.8 seconds
1st, heat 11
Unknown
2nd, semifinal 1
Did not advance
William Knyvett Walkover
1st, heat 7
Unknown
2nd, semifinal 2
Alfred Healey 15.8 seconds
1st, heat 1
Unknown
2nd, semifinal 3
Cecil Kinahan 16.8 seconds
1st, heat 12
Unknown
2nd, semifinal 4
Laurence Kiely Walkover
1st, heat 4
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 3
Wallis Walters 17.8 seconds
1st, heat 6
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 1
Oswald Groenings 16.4 seconds
1st, heat 3
Unknown
4th, semifinal 1
Tim Ahearne Walkover
1st, heat 9
Unknown
4th, semifinal 3
Heats Arthur Halligan Unknown
2nd, heat 2
Did not advance
Kenneth Powell Unknown
2nd, heat 5
Edward Leader Unknown
2nd, heat 13
Men's 400 metre hurdles 3rd Jimmy Tremeer Walkover
1st, heat 10
1:00.6
1st, semifinal 4
57.0 seconds
4th Leslie Burton 1:00.4
1st, heat 12
Unknown
1st, semifinal 3
58.0 seconds
Semi-
finalist
Frederick Harmer Walkover
1st, heat 4
Unknown
2nd, semifinal 3
Did not advance
Wyatt Gould Walkover
1st, heat 8
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 3
Oswald Groenings Walkover
1st, heat 7
Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
G. Burton Walkover
1st, heat 5
Did not finish
—, semifinal 4
Heats John Densham Unknown
2nd, heat 2
Did not advance
Men's 3200 metre steeplechase 1st Arthur Russell (athlete) None held 10:56.2
1st, semifinal 1
10:47.8
2nd Arthur Robertson 11:10.0
1st, semifinal 4
10:48.4
4th Guy Holdaway Unknown
1st, semifinal 5
11:26.0
5th Harry Sewell Unknown
1st, semifinal 6
Unknown
Semi-
finalist
Joseph Kinchin Unknown
2nd, semifinal 5
Did not advance
Frank Buckley Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Joseph English Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Henry Barker Did not finish
—, semifinal 3
Billy Grantham Did not finish
—, semifinal 6
Thomas Downing Disqualified
—, semifinal 1
Richard Yorke Disqualified
—, semifinal 4
Men's medley relay Semi-
finalist
George Hawkins
Henry Pankhurst
Edwin Montague
Theodore Just
None held Unknown
2nd, semifinal 3
Did not advance
Men's 3 mile team race[n 1] 1st Joe Deakin None held 15:05.6
2 points, team=6
14:39.6
1 point, team=6
Arthur Robertson 15:05.6
3 points, team=6
14:41.0
2 points, team=6
William Coales 15:05.6
1 point, team=6
14:41.6
3 points, team=6
No place Harold A. Wilson 15:05.6
No score, team=6
14:57.0
No score, team=6
Norman Hallows Did not finish
No score, team=6
15:08.0
No score, team=6
Men's 5 miles 1st Emil Voigt None held 26:13.4
1st, semifinal 2
25:11.2
2nd Edward Owen 26:12.2
1st, semifinal 6
25:24.0
5th Arthur Robertson 25:50.2
1st, semifinal 5
26:13.0
10-12 James Murphy 25:59.2
1st, semifinal 4
Did not finish
Semi-
finalist
Samuel Stevenson Unknown
3rd, semifinal 5
Did not advance
William Coales Did not finish
—, semifinal 1
Joe Deakin Did not finish
—, semifinal 4
Men's marathon 12th William Clarke None held 3:16:08.6
13th Ernest Barnes 3:17:30.8
15th Fred Lord 3:19:08.8
17th James Beale 3:20:14.0
Fred Appleby Did not finish
Henry Barrett Did not finish
Alexander Duncan Did not finish
Thomas Jack Did not finish
Jack Price Did not finish
Frederick Thompson Did not finish
Albert Wyatt Did not finish
Samuel Stevenson Did not start
Men's 3500 metre walk 1st George Larner None held 15:32.0
1st, semifinal 1
14:55.0
2nd Ernest Webb 15:17.2
1st, semifinal 2
15:07.4
8th Ralph Harrison 16:04.4
2nd, semifinal 3
Disqualified
9th William J. Palmer 16:33.0
3rd, semifinal 1
Disqualified
10th Ernest Larner 16:10.0
4th, semifinal 3
Did not advance
11th John Butler 16:17.0
5th, semifinal 3
13th Sydney Sarel 17:06.0
5th, semifinal 1
Bill Brown Disqualified
—, semifinal 1
Richard Quinn Disqualified
—, semifinal 2
John J. Reid Disqualified
—, semifinal 2
Men's 10 mile walk 1st George Larner None held 1:18:19.0
1st, semifinal 2
1:15:57.4
2nd Ernest Webb 1:20:18.8
1st, semifinal 1
1:17:31.0
3rd Edward Spencer 1:21:25.4
2nd, semifinal 1
1:21:20.2
4th Fred Carter 1:21:25.4
2nd, semifinal 1
1:21:20.2
5th Ernest Larner 1:21:25.4
2nd, semifinal 1
1:24:26.2
6th William J. Palmer 1:19:04.0
4th, semifinal 2
Unknown
7th Ralph Harrison 1:18:21.2
2nd, semifinal 2
Did not start
9th Gadwin Withers 1:19:22.4
5th, semifinal 2
Did not advance
10th Sydney Schofield 1:21:07.4
6th, semifinal 2
12th Thomas Hammond 1:23:44.0
6th, semifinal 1
John Butler Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Alfred Yeoumans Disqualified
—, semifinal 1

Jumping

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Event Place Athlete Height/
Distance
Men's high jump 2nd Con Leahy 1.88 metres
7th Patrick Leahy 1.78 metres
10th Edward Leader 1.77 metres
George Wilson 1.77 metres
20th Alfred Bellerby 1.59 metres
Men's long jump 8th Tim Ahearne 6.72 metres
9th Denis Murray 6.71 metres
11th Charles Williams 6.65 metres
16th Alfred Bellerby 6.44 metres
17th Wilfred Bleaden 6.43 metres
18th William Watt 6.42 metres
21-32 Lionel Cornish Unknown
Men's triple jump 1st Tim Ahearne 14.92 metres
11th Cyril Dugmore 13.31 metres
12th Michael Dineen 13.23 metres
18-20 George Mayberry Unknown
Men's standing high jump 8th Walter Henderson 1.42 metres
17th Lancelot Stafford 1.32 metres
19-23 Alfred Flaxman Unknown
Men's standing long jump 8-25 Tim Ahearne Unknown
Wilfred Bleaden Unknown
Lionel Cornish Unknown
Walter Henderson Unknown
Frederick Kitching Unknown
Lancelot Stafford Unknown

Throwing

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Event Place Athlete Distance
Men's shot put 2nd Denis Horgan 13.62 metres
5th Edward Barrett 12.89 metres
9-25 John Barrett Unknown
Henry Leeke Unknown
Tom Nicolson Unknown
Men's discus throw 12-42 Edward Barrett Unknown
Michael Collins Unknown
Alfred Flaxman Unknown
Walter Henderson Unknown
Henry Leeke Unknown
Ernest May Unknown
John Murray Unknown
Men's hammer throw 4th Tom Nicolson 48.09 metres
9th Alan Fyffe 37.35 metres
10-19 Henry Leeke Unknown
Robert Lindsay-Watson Unknown
Ernest May Unknown
John Murray Unknown
Men's javelin throw 8-16 Henry Leeke Unknown
Ernest May Unknown
Jimmy Tremeer Unknown
Men's Greek discus 11-23 John Barrett Unknown
Alfred Flaxman Unknown
Walter Henderson Unknown
Henry Leeke Unknown
Ernest May Unknown
Men's freestyle javelin 10-33 Edward Barrett Unknown
Alfred Flaxman Unknown
Walter Henderson Unknown
Henry Leeke Unknown
Ernest May Unknown

Boxing

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Great Britain dominated the boxing competitions, taking 14 of the 15 medals including all 5 gold medals.

Weight
class
Place Boxer Round
of 16
Quarter-
finals
Semi-
finals
Final
Bantamweight
Up to 116 pounds
1st A. Henry Thomas Not held Defeated McGurk
2-0 decision
Bye Defeated Condon
2-0 decision
2nd John Condon Defeated Mazior
KO, 3rd round
Defeated Webb
2-0 decision
Lost to Thomas
2-0 decision
3rd William Webb Defeated Perry
2-1 decision
Lost to Condon
2-0 decision
Did not advance
4th Frank McGurk Lost to Thomas
2-0 decision
Did not advance
Henry Perry Lost to Webb
2-1 decision
Featherweight
Up to 126 pounds
1st Richard Gunn Not held Defeated Poillot
KO, 2nd round
Defeated Ringer
2-0 decision
Defeated Morris
2-0 decision
2nd Charles Morris Defeated Adams
2-0 decision
Defeated Roddin
2-0 decision
Lost to Gunn
2-0 decision
3rd Hugh Roddin Defeated Lloyd
2-0 decision
Lost to Morris
2-0 decision
Did not advance
4th Thomas Ringer Defeated Constant
2-0 decision
Lost to Gunn
2-0 decision
5th Edward Adams Lost to Morris
2-0 decision
Did not advance
John Lloyd Lost to Roddin
2-0 decision
Lightweight
Up to 140 pounds
1st Frederick Grace Defeated Fearman
2-0 decision
Defeated Wells
2-0 decision
Bye Defeated Spiller
2-0 decision
2nd Frederick Spiller Defeated Fee
2-0 decision
Defeated Jessup
KO, 2nd round
Defeated Johnson
2-0 decision
Lost to Grace
2-0 decision
3rd Harry Johnson Defeated Hansen
2-0 decision
Defeated Holmes
2-1 decision
Lost to Spiller
2-0 decision
Did not advance
4th Harold Holmes Defeated André Bouvier
KO, 2nd round
Lost to Johnson
2-1 decision
Did not advance
George Jessup Defeated Osborne
KO, 1st round
Lost to Spiller
KO, 2nd round
Matt Wells Defeated Holberg
4th-round decision
Lost to Grace
2-0 decision
7th Edward Fearman Lost to Grace
2-0 decision
Did not advance
Patrick Fee Lost to Spiller
2-0 decision
Frank Osborne Lost to Jessup
KO, 1st round
Middleweight
Up to 158 pounds
1st Johnny Douglas Defeated Doudelle
KO, 1st round
Bye Defeated Warnes
KO, 2nd round
Defeated Baker
2-0 decision
3rd William Philo Defeated Murdoch
2-1 decision
Bye Lost to Baker
KO, 1st round
Did not advance
4th Ruben Warnes Defeated Morard
KO, 2nd round
Bye Lost to Douglas
KO, 2nd round
5th William Childs Defeated Aspa
KO, 2nd round
Lost to Baker
2-0
Did not advance
6th William Dees Lost to Baker
KO, 2nd round
Did not advance
Arthur Murdoch Lost to Philo
2-1 decision
Heavyweight
No limit
1st Albert Oldman Not held Defeated Myrans
KO, 1st round
Bye Defeated Evans
KO, 1st round
2nd Sydney Evans Defeated Ireton
KO, 1st round
Defeated Frederick Parks
2-1 decision
Lost to Oldman
KO, 1st round
3rd Frederick Parks Defeated Brewer
2-0 decision
Lost to Evans
2-1 decision
Did not advance
4th Harold Brewer Lost to Frederick Parks
2-0 decision
Did not advance
Albert Ireton Lost to Evans
KO, 1st round
Isaac Myrans Lost to Oldman
KO, 1st round
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Australasia 1 3 .250
France 7 0 1.000
Denmark 2 0 1.000
Total international 10 3 .769
Great Britain 24 24 .500
Total 34 27 .557

Cycling

[edit]

Great Britain won 5 of a possible 7 gold medals in the cycling competitions, losing only the men's tandem to France and the men's sprint by exceeding the time limit (though a French cyclist finished first in that event as well).

Event Place Cyclist Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 660 yards 1st Victor Johnson 56.2 seconds
1st, heat 4
59.2 seconds
1st, semifinal 1
51.2 seconds
4th Daniel Flynn 55.0 seconds
1st, heat 13
54.8 seconds
1st, semifinal 3
Unknown
Semi-
finalist
Clarence Kingsbury 57.4 seconds
1st, heat 3
Unknown
2nd, semifinal 2
Did not advance
William Bailey 50.8 seconds
1st, heat 2
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 2
Benjamin Jones 59.0 seconds
1st, heat 1
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 4
Ernest Payne 57.2 seconds
1st, heat 12
Unknown
4th, semifinal 3
Heats George Summers Unknown
2nd, heat 6
Did not advance
W. F. Magee Unknown
2nd, heat 11
Albert Denny Unknown
2nd, heat 16
J. L. Lavery Unknown
3rd, heat 7
George Anderson Unknown
4th, heat 14
Men's 5000 metres 1st Benjamin Jones None held 9:08.8
1st, semifinal 5
8:36.2
5th Clarence Kingsbury 8:53.0
1st, semifinal 6
Unknown
Semi-
finalist
Daniel Flynn Unknown
2nd, semifinal 1
Did not advance
W. F. Magee Unknown
2nd, semifinal 4
C. V. Clark Unknown
2nd, semifinal 7
J. L. Lavery Unknown
4-9, semifinal 5
Albert Calvert Unknown
5-6, semifinal 6
William Bailey Did not finish
—, semifinal 1
Ernest Payne Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Men's 20 kilometres 1st Clarence Kingsbury None held 32:33.8
1st, semifinal 2
34:13.6
2nd Benjamin Jones 32:39.0
1st, semifinal 4
Unknown
5-9 Albert Denny 33:40.6
1st, semifinal 6
Unknown
Leon Meredith 33:21.0
1st, semifinal 1
Unknown
Semi-
finalist
Charlie Brooks 32:34.0
2nd, semifinal 2
Did not advance
D. C. Robertson 34:53.8
2nd, semifinal 5
Herbert Bouffler Unknown
4th, semifinal 3
Daniel Flynn Did not finish
—, semifinal 1
Frederick Hamlin Did not finish
—, semifinal 3
W. Lower Did not finish
—, semifinal 4
Men's 100 kilometres 1st Charles Bartlett None held Unknown
2nd, semifinal 2
2:41:48.6
2nd Charles Denny Unknown
7-9, semifinal 2
Unknown
4th William Pett Unknown
6th, semifinal 2
Unknown
7th D. C. Robertson Unknown
6th, semifinal 1
Unknown
8th Sydney Bailey Unknown
3rd, semifinal 1
Unknown
9-17 J. H. Bishop Unknown
5th, semifinal 1
Did not finish
Leon Meredith 2:43:15.4
1st, semifinal 2
Did not finish
Harry Mussen Unknown
7-14, semifinal 1
Did not finish
Semi-
finalist
John Norman Unknown
7-14, semifinal 1
Did not advance
R. Jolly Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
David Noon Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Men's sprint Finalist Victor Johnson 1:33.8
1st, heat 1
1:27.4
1st, semifinal 1
Time limit exceeded
Benjamin Jones 1:35.0
1st, heat 12
1:40.8
1st, semifinal 3
Time limit exceeded
Clarence Kingsbury 1:27.4
1st, heat 15
1:35.6
1st, semifinal 4
Time limit exceeded
Semi-
finalist
Daniel Flynn 1:30.2
1st, heat 4
Unknown
2-4, semifinal 2
Did not advance
Ernest Payne 1:32.0
1st, heat 5
Unknown
2-4, semifinal 2
J. L. Lavery 1:41.0
1st, heat 14
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 3
Heats George Summers Unknown
2nd, heat 13
Did not advance
John Matthews Unknown
3rd, heat 2
William Bailey Unknown
3rd, heat 7
Herbert Crowther Unknown
3rd, heat 8
W. F. Magee Time limit exceeded
—, heat 6
Men's tandem 2nd Frederick Hamlin
Thomas H. Johnson
3:14.8
1st, heat 2
2:42.2
1st, semifinal 1
Unknown
3rd Charlie Brooks
Walter Isaacs
2:42.2
1st, heat 1
Unknown
2nd, semifinal 1
Unknown
Semi-
finalist
John Matthews
Leon Meredith
2:43.2
1st, heat 7
Unknown
2nd, semifinal 2
Did not advance
John Barnard
Arthur Rushen
Unknown
2nd, heat 4
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 2
Heats R. Jolly
John Norman
Unknown
2nd, heat 6
Did not advance
C. McKaig
E. C. Piercy
Unknown
3rd, heat 3
Men's team pursuit 1st Benjamin Jones
Clarence Kingsbury
Leon Meredith
Ernest Payne
Walkover
1st, heat 1
2:19.6
1st, semifinal 1
2:18.6

Diving

[edit]
Event Place Diver Preliminary
groups
Semi-
finals
Final
Men's 10 metre platform 8th Harold Goodworth 76.00 points
2nd, group 1
59.48 points
4th, semifinal 2
Did not advance
12th George Cane 73.10 points
3rd, group 4
Did not advance
14th James Aldous 68.00 points
5th, group 1
16th William Hoare 65.20 points
3rd, group 2
19th William Webb 57.70 points
4th, group 3
21st Frank Collings 56.50 points
5th, group 3
23rd Thomas Harrington 53.15 points
6th, group 5
Men's 3 metre springboard 6th Harold Clarke 78.60 points
2nd, group 2
81.10 points
4th, semifinal 2
Did not advance
7th Herbert Pott 82.50 points
1st, group 4
79.60 points
3rd, semifinal 1
10th Frank Errington 70.83 points
2nd, group 3
72.60 points
5th, semifinal 1
12th Harold Smyrk 78.30 points
3rd, group 5
Did not advance
14th Harry Crank 70.30 points
4th, group 1
16th William Hoare 67.80 points
5th, group 3
17th Anthony Beckett 67.50 points
5th, group 1
18th William Bull 66.00 points
3rd, group 4
20th Thomas Cross 64.50 points
4th, group 5
23rd Anthony Taylor 58.80 points
3rd, group 2

Fencing

[edit]

Great Britain took second in the men's team épée competition, with Montgomerie also making it into a three-way playoff for 2nd, 3rd and 4th places in the individual event despite having been nearly eliminated in both the second round and the semifinals. His bottom placing in that playoff gave France a sweep of the medals. The British were less successful in sabre, with no fencers making it to the final in the individual competition and the team being eliminated in the first round.

Event Place Fencer First
round
Second
round
Semi-
final
Final
Men's épée 4th Robert Montgomerie 6-1 (1st in I) 2-2 (2nd in 4) 3-4 (4th in 1) 6-3
5th Cecil Haig 2-2 (3rd in K) 2-1 (1st in 8) 4-3 (2nd in 1) 2-5
8th Martin Holt 3-4 (2nd in D) 3-1 (1st in 4) 4-3 (2nd in 2) 2-6
Second
round
Leaf Daniell 5-1 (1st in G) 3-2 (3rd in 5) Did not advance
Sydney Martineau 3-2 (2nd in F) 2-2 (3rd in 7)
Edgar Amphlett 4-1 (1st in J) 1-3 (5th in 2)
Henri Davids 2-2 (2nd in M) 1-4 (5th in 3)
First
round
John Blake 2-4 (4th in C) Did not advance
Percival Davson 3-4 (4th in E)
Ralph Chalmers 3-3 (4th in H)
Edgar Seligman 2-4 (4th in L)
Luke Fildes 2-6 (7th in A)
Men's sabre Semi-
finalist
C. Barry Notley 3-2 (2nd in L) 2-2 (2nd in 1) 2-5 (7th in 1) Did not advance
Second
round
William Marsh 3-1 (1st in D) 2-2 (3rd in 3) Did not advance
Robert Badman 2-3 (3rd in G) 1-3 (4th in 2)
First
round
Archibald Murray 2-2 (4th in B) Did not advance
Charles Wilson 2-3 (4th in H)
Alfred Keene 2-3 (4th in I)
Edward Brookfield 3-4 (4th in J)
Douglas Godfree 0-5 (6th in C)
Lockhart Leith 0-5 (6th in K)
Alfred Chalke 1-5 (7th in M)
Event Place Fencers Play-in
match
First
round
Semi-
finals
Final Repechage Silver
medal match
Men's team épée 2nd Leaf Daniell (all)
Cecil Haig (1st, sf, r, sm)
Martin Holt (p, 1st, sf, r)
Robert Montgomerie (all)
Edgar Seligman (1st)[n 2]
Edgar Amphlett (sm)[n 2]
Defeated Netherlands
9-7
Advanced to
first round
Defeated Germany
13-5
Advanced to
semifinals
Lost to France
12-5
Relegated to
repechage
Did not advance Defeated Denmark
9-8
Advanced to
silver medal match
Defeated Belgium
9-5
Won
silver medal
Men's team sabre 6th H. Evan James
William Marsh
Archibald Murray
Charles Wilson
Not held Lost to Italy
11-5
Out
6th place
Did not advance Not relegated

Figure skating

[edit]
Event Place Skater Score
Men's singles 4th Keiller Greig 310.9
5th Albert March 232.0
Herbert Yglesias Did not finish
Men's special figures 2nd Arthur Cumming 32.8
3rd Geoffrey Hall-Say 20.8
Ladies' singles 1st Madge Syers 252.5
3rd Dorothy Greenhough-Smith 192.1
5th Gwendoline Lycett 164.0
Pair skating 2nd Phyllis Johnson
James H. Johnson
10.3
3rd Madge Syers
Edgar Syers
9.6

Football

[edit]

England national amateur football team represented Great Britain in the football competition.

Event Place Players First round Semifinals Final Bronze match
Men's football 1st Horace Bailey, Arthur Berry, Frederick Chapman (captain),
Walter Corbett, Harold Hardman, Robert Hawkes, Kenneth Hunt,
Herbert Smith, Harold Stapley, Clyde Purnell, Vivian Woodward
Won vs.
Sweden
12-1
Won vs.
Netherlands
4-0
Won vs.
Denmark
2-0
Not relegated

Gymnastics

[edit]
Gymnast Event Score Rank
S. Walter Tysall Men's all-around 312 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Samuel Hodgetts 266 6
Edward Potts 252.5 9
George Bailey 246 12
Franklin Dick 233.5 16
Arthur Hodges 252.5 16
William Watters 225.5 23
James Graham 225 24
Joseph Cook 213 31
G. Meade 205 37
Edgar Dyson 195.5 42
Sidney Domville 193.75 45
Robert Hanley 193.5 46
John Watters 187.5 48
William Fergus 183.5 51
Edmund Aspinall 177 56
C. H. Smith 171.5 58
Oliver Bauscher 149.5 73
A. V. Ford 141.5 79
Leonard Hanson 121 85
Event Place Gymnast Score
Men's team 8th Percy Baker, William Barrell, Robert Bonney, Henry Cattley, Mellor Clay, Edward Clough, James Cotterell, William Cowhig, G. C. Cullen, Frank Denby, Herbert Drury, W. Fitt, Harry Gill, Arthur Harley, Albert Hawkins, William Hoare, J. A. Horridge, Henry Huskinson, J. W. Jones, E. Justice, N. J. Keighley, Robert Laycock, Robert McGaw, J. McPhail, W. Manning, W. G. Merrifield, Charles Oldaker, G. Parrott, E. Parsons, Edward Richardson, Irven Robertshaw, George Ross, David Scott, J. F. Simpson, Walter Skeeles, Joshua Speight, Herbert Stell, C. V. Sederman, William Titt, Charles Vigurs, Enos Walton, H. Waterman, Edgar Watkins, John Whitaker, F. Whitehead 196

Hockey

[edit]

Great Britain sent four teams, one from each of the Home Nations. Scotland and England defeated Germany and France, respectively, in the first round before facing each other in the semifinals. Their victories assured them medals, while Ireland and Wales had been guaranteed medals by receiving byes in the first round. England won in the semifinal against Scotland, while Ireland defeated Wales in the other semifinal. The two losing teams received bronze medals, while England took the gold by winning the final against Ireland, who received silver.

Event Place Players First round Semifinals Final 5th/6th
Men's hockey 1st  England
Louis Baillon, Harry Freeman, Eric Green, Gerald Logan, Alan Noble, Edgar Page, Reggie Pridmore, Percy Rees, John Yate Robinson, Stanley Shoveller, Harvey Wood
Won vs.
France
10-1
Won vs.
Scotland
6-1
Won vs.
Ireland
8-1
Not relegated
2nd  Ireland
Edward Allman-Smith, Henry Brown, Walter Campbell, William Graham, Richard Gregg, Edward Holmes, Robert Kennedy, Henry Murphy, Jack Peterson, Walter Peterson, Charles Power, Frank Robinson
Bye Won vs.
Wales
3-1
Lost vs.
England
8-1
Not relegated
3rd  Scotland
Alexander Burt, John Burt, Alastair Denniston, Charles Foulkes, Hew Fraser, James Harper-Orr, Ivan Laing, Hugh Neilson, Gordon Orchardson, Norman Stevenson, Hugh Walker
Won vs.
Germany
4-0
Lost vs.
England
6-1
Did not advance Not relegated
 Wales
Frank Connah, Llewellyn Evans, Arthur Law, Richard Lyne, Wilfred Pallott, Frederick Phillips, Edward Richards, Charles Shephard, Bertrand Turnbull, Philip Turnbull, James Williams
Bye Lost vs.
Ireland
3-1
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
France 1 0 1.000
Germany 1 0 1.000
Total international 2 0 1.000
Great Britain 3 3 .500
Total 5 3 .625

Jeu de paume

[edit]

In the jeu de paume competition, British players took the silver and bronze medals.

Event Place Player Round
of 16
Quarter-
finals
Semi-
finals
Final/
Bronze match
Jeu de paume 2nd Eustace Miles Defeated Sands
6-3, 6-3, 6-3
Defeated Noel
6-5, 6-1, 6-5
Defeated Lytton
6-4, 6-1, 6-3
Lost to Gould
6-5, 6-4, 6-4
3rd Neville Bulwer-Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton Bye Defeated Biedermann
6-5, 6-1, 6-2
Lost to Miles
6-4, 6-1, 6-3
Defeated Page
6-2, 6-4, 6-4
4th Arthur Page Bye Defeated Palmer
5-6, 6-4, 6-5, 6-1
Lost to Gould
6-1, 6-0, 6-0
Lost to Lytton
6-2, 6-4, 6-4
5th Edwin Biedermann Bye Lost to Lytton
6-5, 6-1, 6-2
Did not advance
Evan Noel Defeated Tatham
6-2, 6-3, 6-3
Lost to Miles
6-5, 6-1, 6-5
Arthur Palmer Bye Lost to Page
5-6, 6-4, 6-5, 6-1
Vane Pennell Defeated Cazalet
6-1, 6-4, 6-1
Lost to Gould
6-3, 6-3, 6-2
9th William Cazalet Lost to Pennell
6-1, 6-4, 6-1
Did not advance
Charles Tatham Lost to Noel
6-2, 6-3, 6-3
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
United States 1 3 .250
Total international 1 3 .250
Great Britain 6 6 .500
Total 7 9 .438

Lacrosse

[edit]

Great Britain lost the only lacrosse match played in 1908 to Canada, earning the silver medal.

Event Place Players Final
Men's lacrosse 2nd Gustav Alexander, J. Alexander,[n 3] L. Blockey,[n 3] George Buckland, Eric Dutton, V. G. Gilbey,[n 3]
S. N. Hayes, Frank S. Johnson,[n 3] Wilfrid Johnson, Edward Jones, Reginald Martin, Gerald Mason,
G. J. Mason,[n 3] Johnson Parker-Smith, Hubert Ramsay, Charles Scott, H. Shorrocks,[n 3] Norman Whitley
Lost vs.
Canada
14-10

Polo

[edit]

Great Britain was the only nation to compete in polo in 1908, with two English teams and an Irish team competing.

Event Place Players Match 1 Match 2
Men's polo 1st Roehampton
Charles Darley Miller, George Arthur Miller, Patteson Womersley Nickalls, Herbert Haydon Wilson
Defeated Hurlingham
3-1
Defeated Ireland
8-1
2nd Hurlingham Club
Walter Buckmaster, Frederick Freake, Walter Jones, John Wodehouse
Lost to Roehampton
3-1
Bye
Ireland
John Hardress Lloyd, John Paul McCann, Percy O'Reilly, Auston Rotherham
Bye Lost to Roehampton
8-1

Rackets

[edit]

The host nation was the only one to compete in rackets in 1908.

Event Place Player Round
of 16
Quarter-
finals
Semi-
finals
Final
Men's singles 1st Evan Noel Defeated Browning
3-1
Defeated Pennell
3-0
Defeated Astor
3-0
Defeated Leaf
Walkover
2nd Henry Leaf Bye Bye Defeated Brougham
3-0
Lost to Noel
Walkover
3rd John Jacob Astor Bye Bye Lost to Noel
3-0
did not advance
Henry Brougham Bye Bye Lost to Leaf
3-0
5th Vane Pennell Bye Lost to Noel
3-0
Did not advance
6th Browning Lost to Noel
3-1
Did not advance
Men's doubles 1st John Jacob Astor
Vane Pennell
None held Defeated Leaf & Noel
4-2
Defeated Browning & Bury
4-1
2nd Cecil Browning
Edmund Bury
Bye Lost to Astor & Pennell
4-1
3rd Henry Leaf
Evan Noel
Lost to Astor & Pennell
4-2
Did not advance

Rowing

[edit]
Event Place Rowers First
round
Quarter-
finals
Semi-
finals
Final
Men's single sculls 1st Harry Blackstaffe Bye 10.3
1st, quarterfinal 3
10.14 seconds
1st, semifinal 2
9.26
2nd Alexander McCulloch Bye 10.8
1st, quarterfinal 4
10.22 seconds
1st, semifinal 1
Unknown
Men's coxless pair 1st John Fenning
Gordon Thomson
None held 9.46
1st, semifinal 1
9.41
2nd George Fairbairn
Philip Verdon
11.5
1st, semifinal 2
Unknown
Men's coxless four 1st Collier Cudmore, James Angus Gillan,
Duncan Mackinnon, John Somers-Smith
None held 8.34
1st, semifinal 1
8.34
2nd Philip Filleul, Harold Barker,
John Fenning, Gordon Thomson
9.4
1st, semifinal 2
Unknown
Men's eight 1st Albert Gladstone, Frederick Kelly, Banner Johnstone,
Guy Nickalls, Charles Burnell, Ronald Sanderson,
Raymond Etherington-Smith, Henry Bucknall, Gilchrist Maclagan
None held 8.10
1st, quarterfinal 2
8.12
1st, semifinal 1
8.34
3rd Frank Jerwood, Eric Powell, Oswald Carver,
Edward Williams, Henry Goldsmith, Harold Kitching,
John Burn, Douglas Stuart, Richard Boyle
Bye Unknown
2nd, semifinal 2
Did not advance

Rugby

[edit]

Great Britain lost the only rugby union match played in 1908 to Australasia, earning the silver medal. The British representative was the Cornwall county team, which had won the 1907 county championships.

Event Place Players Final
Men's rugby union 2nd Edward Jackett, J. C. Solomon, Bertram Solomon, Frederick Dean, J. T. Jose,
Thomas Wedge, James Davey, Richard Jackett, E. J. Jones, Arthur Wilson,
Nicholas Tregurtha, A. Lawrey, C. R. Marshall, A. Wilcocks, John Trevaskis
Lost vs.
Australasia
32-3

Sailing

[edit]

Great Britain took all four of the sailing gold medals, without contest in the cases of the 7 metre class (where only one boat entered) and the 12 metre class (where both boats were British).

Class Place Boat Sailors
6 metre 1st Dormy Gilbert Laws, Thomas McMeekin, Charles Crichton
4th Sibindi Johan Leuchars, Wilfrid Leuchars, Frank Smith
7 metre 1st Heroine Charles Rivett-Carnac, Richard Dixon,
Norman Bingley, Frances Rivett-Carnac
8 metre 1st Cobweb Blair Cochrane, Arthur Wood, Henry Sutton,
John Rhodes, Charles Campbell
3rd Sorais Philip Hunloke, Alfred Hughes, Frederick Hughes,
George Ratsey, William Ward
12 metre 1st Hera T. C. Glen Coats (helmsman), J. H. Downes (mate),
J. S. Aspin, John Buchanan, J. C. Bunten,
A. D. Downes, David Dunlop, John Mackenzie,
Albert Martin, Gerald Tait[3]
2nd Mouchette C. MacIver (helmsman), J. G. Kenion (mate),
J. M. Adam, James Baxter, W. P. Davidson,
J. F. Jellico, T. A. R. Littledale, C. R. MacIver,
C. Macleod Robertson, J. F. D. Spence[3]

Shooting

[edit]
Event Place Shooter Score
Men's 1000 yard free rifle 1st Joshua Milner 98
3rd Maurice Blood 92
4th Richard Barnett 92
Ted Ranken 92
6th Thomas Caldwell 91
John Sellars 91
16th Thomas Fremantle 87
19th Percy Whitehead 86
24th John Hopton 84
28th Alexander Rogers 82
Men's 300 metre free rifle 10th Jesse Wallingford 828
11th Maurice Blood 825
20th Arthur Jackson 771
26th Robert Hawkins 752
40th Henry Chaney 671
Men's team free rifle 6th Jesse Wallingford
Harold Hawkins
Charles Churcher
Thomas Raddall
James Bostock
Robert Brown
4355
Men's team military rifle 2nd Harcourt Ommundsen
Fleetwood Varley
Arthur Fulton
Philip Richardson
William Padgett
John Martin
2497
Men's stationary target small-bore rifle 1st Arthur Carnell 387
2nd Harold Humby 386
3rd George Barnes 385
4th Maurice Matthews 384
5th Edward Amoore 383
6th William Pimm 379
7th Archie Taylor 376
8th Harold Hawkins 374
9th Jack Warner 373
10th Arthur Wilde 370
12th James Milne 368
14th William Milne 363
Men's moving target small-bore rifle 1st John Fleming 24
2nd Maurice Matthews 24
3rd William Marsden 24
4th Edward Newitt 24
5th Philip Plater 22
6th William Pimm 21
7th William Milne 21
9th William Styles 17
10th Arthur Wilde 13
13th James Milne 12
19th Edward Amoore 3
Harold Hawkins 3
Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle 1st William Styles 45
2nd Harold Hawkins 45
3rd Edward Amoore 45
4th William Milne 45
5th James Milne 45
6th Arthur Wilde 45
8th Harold Humby 45
9th John Fleming 42
Maurice Matthews 42
Edward Newitt 42
15th William Pimm 39
Philip Plater 39
Men's team small-bore rifle 1st Maurice Matthews
Harold Humby
William Pimm
Edward Amoore
771
Men's single-shot running deer 2nd Ted Ranken 24
3rd Alexander Rogers 24
4th Maurice Blood 23
5th Albert Kempster 22
6th James Cowan 21
William Russell Lane-Joynt 21
9th Joshua Millner 20
10th Charles Nix 19
12th William Ellicott 16
Men's double-shot running deer 2nd Ted Ranken 46
4th Maurice Blood 34
5th Albert Kempster 34
6th William Ellicott 33
Alexander Rogers 33
9th John Bashford 25
10th James Cowan 24
11th Charles Nix 22
13th William Russell Lane-Joynt 20
15th Joshua Millner 15
Men's team single-shot running deer 2nd Charles Nix
William Russell Lane-Joynt
William Ellicott
Ted Ranken
85
Men's individual pistol 5th Jesse Wallingford 467
7th William Ellicott 458
11th Geoffrey Coles 449
13th Henry Lynch-Staunton 443
14th William Russell Lane-Joynt 442
16th William Newton 440
23rd Charles Wirgman 425
28th Peter Jones 407
31st J. Nelson Le Fevre 399
39th Henry Munday 358
42nd John Bashford 329
Men's team pistol 3rd Jesse Wallingford
Geoffrey Coles
Henry Lynch-Staunton
William Ellicott
1817
Men's individual trap shooting 3rd Alexander Maunder 57
5th Charles Palmer 55
7th Bob Hutton 53
10th Frederic Moore 52
11th George Whitaker 51
12th John Pike 50
17th Henry Creasey 46
Percy Easte 46
19th Gerald Merlin 45
20th William Morris 44
24th John Butt 26
Men's team trap shooting 1st Percy Easte
Alexander Maunder
Frederic Moore
Charles Palmer
John Pike
John Postans
407
3rd John Butt
Henry Creasey
Bob Hutton
William Morris
George Herbert Skinner
George Whitaker
372

Swimming

[edit]
Event Place Swimmer Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 100 metre freestyle Semi-
finalist
George Dockrell 1:13.2
1st, heat 8
1:11.4
3rd, semifinal 2
Did not advance
Addin Tyldesley 1:12.0
2nd, heat 2
Unknown
5th, semifinal 2
Wilfred Edwards 1:05.8
1st, heat 7
Unknown
5-6, semifinal 1
Paul Radmilovic 1:12.0
2nd, heat 6
Unknown
5-6, semifinal 1
Heats John Derbyshire 1:12.6
2nd, heat 4
Did not advance
George Innocent Unknown
3rd, heat 5
Men's 400 metre freestyle 1st Henry Taylor 5:42.2
1st, heat 6
5:41.0
2nd, semifinal 1
5:36.8
4th William Foster 5:54.8
1st, heat 2
5:52.2
2nd, semifinal 2
Unknown
Semi-
finalist
Sydney Battersby 5:48.8
1st, heat 1
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 1
Did not advance
Paul Radmilovic 6:10.0
1st, heat 5
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 2
Heats Sam Blatherwick 6:16.8
2nd, heat 4
Did not advance
William Haynes 6:21.2
2nd, heat 7
Archibald Sharp 7:00.4
2nd, heat 9
Men's 1500 metre freestyle 1st Henry Taylor 23:24.4
1st, heat 6
22:54.0
1st, semifinal 1
22:48.4
2nd Sydney Battersby 23:42.8
1st, heat 4
23:23.0
1st, semifinal 2
22:51.2
Semi-
finalist
William Foster 24:33.0
1st, heat 7
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 1
Did not advance
Lewis Moist 26:52.0
1st, heat 3
Unknown
4th, semifinal 1
John Jarvis 25:51.6
1st, heat 5
Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Paul Radmilovic 25:02.4
1st, heat 1
Did not start
—, semifinal 2
Heats Sam Blatherwick 25:15.4
2nd, heat 2
Did not advance
Robert Hassell 28:14.8
3rd, heat 5
Men's 100 metre backstroke 3rd Herbert Haresnape 1:26.2
1st, heat 4
1:28.8
2nd, semifinal 2
1:27.0
Semi-
finalist
Jack Taylor 1:25.8
1st, heat 6
Unknown
3rd, semifinal 2
Did not advance
Sidney Parvin 1:35.2
1st, heat 5
Unknown
4th, semifinal 1
Colin Lewis 1:30.2
1st, heat 3
Unknown
4th, semifinal 2
Heats Frederick Unwin 1:30.0
2nd, heat 1
Did not advance
Sidney Willis 1:34.4
2nd, heat 2
Eric Seward Unknown
3rd, heat 7
Men's 200 metre breaststroke 1st Fred Holman 3:10.6
1st, heat 1
3:10.0
1st, semifinal 1
3:09.2
2nd William Robinson 3:13.0
1st, heat 5
1:11.8
1st, semifinal 2
3:12.8
Heats Percy Courtman 3:18.4
2nd, heat 7
Did not advance
Alf Davies Unknown
3rd, heat 3
Sydney Gooday Unknown
3rd, heat 4
Frederick Naylor Unknown
4-5, heat 2
Men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay 1st William Foster
Paul Radmilovic
John Derbyshire
Henry Taylor
None held 10:53.4
1st, semifinal 2
10:55.6

Tennis

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Great Britain took all 6 gold medals in the lawn tennis competitions in 1908.

Event Place Name Round
of 64
Round
of 32
Round
of 16
Quarter-
finals
Semi-
finals
Final
Men's singles 1st Josiah Ritchie Bye Defeated Gauntlett Defeated Crawley Defeated Germot Defeated Eaves Defeated Froitzheim
3rd Wilberforce Eaves Defeated Kinzl Bye Defeated Bissing Defeated Dixon Lost to Ritchie Did not advance
5th George Caridia Bye Defeated Kitson Defeated R. Powell Lost to Froitzheim Did not advance
Charles Dixon Defeated Rahe Defeated Lauber Defeated Hykš Lost to Eaves
9th Walter Crawley Bye Bye Lost to Ritchie Did not advance
James Parke Bye Defeated Tóth Lost to Froitzheim
26th Kenneth Powell Lost to Froitzheim Did not advance
Women's singles 1st Dorothea Chambers None held Bye Defeated Morton Defeated Winch Defeated Boothby
2nd Penelope Boothby Bye Bye Bye Lost to Chambers
3rd Ruth Winch Bye Bye Lost to Chambers Did not advance
4th Agnes Morton Defeated Greene Lost to Chambers Did not advance
5th Alice Greene Lost to Morton Did not advance
Men's doubles 1st George Hillyard
Reginald Doherty
None held Bye Bye Defeated
Crawley/K. Powell
Defeated
Cazalet/Dixon
Defeated
Ritchie/Parke
2nd Josiah Ritchie
James Parke
Bye Defeated
Zsigmondy/Tóth
Defeated
Piepes/Zborzil
Bye Lost to
Hillyard/Doherty
3rd Clement Cazalet
Charles Dixon
Bye Defeated
C. van Lennep/R. van Lennep
Defeated
Gauntlett/Kitson
Lost to
Hillyard/Doherty
Did not advance
4th Walter Crawley
Kenneth Powell
Bye Defeated
Foulkes/R. Powell
Lost to
Hillyard/Doherty
Did not advance
Event Place Name Round
of 16
Quarter-
finals
Semi-
finals
Final
Men's indoor singles 1st Arthur Gore Bye Bye Defeated Ritchie Defeated Caridia
2nd George Caridia Bye Defeated Setterwall Defeated Eaves Lost to Gore
3rd Josiah Ritchie Bye Bye Lost to Gore did not advance
4th Wilberforce Eaves Bye Defeated Boström Lost to Caridia
7th Lionel Escombe Lost to Setterwall Did not advance
Women's indoor singles 1st Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith None held Defeated Pinkney Defeated Wallenberg Defeated Greene
2nd Alice Greene Defeated Boothby Defeated Adlerstråhle Lost to Eastlake-Smith
5th Penelope Boothby Lost to Greene Did not advance
Mildred Coles Lost to Wallenberg
Violet Pinkney Lost to Eastlake-Smith
Men's indoor doubles 1st Herbert Barrett
Arthur Gore
None held Bye Defeated
Escombe/Ritchie
Defeated
Caridia/Simond
2nd George Caridia
George Simond
Defeated
Eaves/Hillyard
Defeated
Boström/Setterwall
Lost to
Barrett/Gore
4th Lionel Escombe
Josiah Ritchie
Bye Lost to
Barrett/Gore
Did not advance
5th Wilberforce Eaves
George Hillyard
Lost to
Caridia/Simond
Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Austria 2 0 1.000
Bohemia 1 0 1.000
Canada 2 0 1.000
France 1 0 1.000
Germany 3 3 .500
Hungary 2 0 1.000
Netherlands 1 0 1.000
South Africa 3 0 1.000
Sweden 5 3 .625
Total international 20 6 .769
Great Britain 19 19 .500
Total 39 25 .609

Tug of war

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Great Britain sent three police teams to compete in tug of war in 1908. They took the three medals, with the Liverpool police eliminating both foreign entrants (the United States in the only quarterfinal match and Sweden in the semifinals). The City of London team defeated the Metropolitan police in the other semifinal, going on to defeat the Liverpool squad in the final. The Metropolitan team won the bronze medal by default when the Swedes did not appear for the bronze match.

Event Place Athletes Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Tug of war 1st City of London Police
Edward Barrett, Henry Duke, Frederick W. Goodfellow, Frederick H. Humphreys, William Hirons, Albert Ireton, Frederick Merriman, Edwin A. Mills, John James Shepherd
Bye Defeated
(GBR) Metropolitan Police "K" Division
Defeated
(GBR) Liverpool Police
2nd Liverpool Police
James M. Clarke, Thomas Butler, Charles Foden, William Greggan, Alexander Kidd, Daniel McDonald Lowey, Patrick Philbin, George Smith, Thomas Swindlehurst
Defeated
United States
Defeated
Sweden
Lost to
(GBR) City of London Police
3rd Metropolitan Police "K" Division
Walter Chaffe, Joseph Dowler, Ernest W. Ebbage, Thomas Homewood, Alexander Munro, William Slade, Walter B. Tammas, T. J. Williams, James Woodget
Bye Lost to
(GBR) City of London Police
Did not advance

Water motorsports

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Great Britain had a boat finish in each of two races in the water motorsports competitions, thereby winning two gold medals in the midst of a gale. No British boat finished in the third race, leaving the final gold medal to France, which competed only in the open class.

Event Place Boat Sailors Result
Class A — Open class Wolseley-Siddely Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster
George Clowes
Joseph Frederick Laycock (first race only)
G. H. Atkinson (second race only)
Race cancelled (first race)
Ran aground (second race)
Dylan Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden
A. G. Fentiman
Retired, race cancelled (first race)
Did not start (second race)
Class B — Under 60 feet 1st Gyrinus Isaac Thomas Thornycroft
Bernard Redwood
John Field-Richards[n 4]
Finished
Quicksilver John Marshall Gorham
Mrs. Gorham
Did not finish
Class C — 6.5–8 metres 1st Gyrinus Thomas Thornycroft
Bernard Redwood
Finished
Sea Dog Warwick Wright
Thomas Weston
Did not finish

Water polo

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Event Place Water poloists Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Men's water polo 1st George Cornet, Charles Forsyth, George Nevinson, Paul Radmilovic,
Charles Sydney Smith, Thomas Thould, George Wilkinson
Bye Bye Defeated Belgium
9-2

Wrestling

[edit]
Event Place Wrestler Round
of 32
Round
of 16
Quarter-
finals
Semi-
finals
Final
Greco-Roman lightweight 9th Ernest Blount Bye Lost to
Persson
Did not advance
George Faulkner Bye Lost to
Møller
Albert Hawkins Defeated
Carlsen
Lost to
Radvány
William Wood Defeated
Halík
Lost to
Maróthy
17th George Mackenzie Lost to
Malmström
Did not advance
Albert Rose Lost to
Maróthy
William Ruff Lost to
Radvány
Albert Whittingstall Lost to
Møller
Greco-Roman middleweight 9th Edgar Bacon Bye Lost to
Eriksen
Did not advance
Frederick Beck Defeated
Challstorp
Lost to
Andersson
Gerald Bradshaw Bye Lost to
Mårtensson
17th Stanley Bacon Lost to
Andersson
Did not advance
Greco-Roman light heavyweight 5th Alfred Banbrook Bye Defeated
Meesen
Lost to
Jensen
Did not advance
9th Cyril Brown Bye Lost to
Dubois
Did not advance
Ernest Nixson Bye Lost to
Saarela
Walter West Defeated
Šustera
Lost to
Weckman
17th Henry Foskett Lost to
Dubois
Did not advance
Greco-Roman super heavyweight 5th Edward Barrett None held Lost to
Payr
Did not advance
Frederick Humphreys Lost to
Petrov
Event Place Wrestler Round
of 16
Quarter-
finals
Semi-
finals
Final
Freestyle bantamweight 2nd William Press Defeated
Whiterall
Defeated
Sansom
Defeated
Tomkins
Lost to
Mehnert
4th Frederick Tomkins Defeated
W. Cox
Defeated
Saunders
Lost to
Press
Lost to
Côté
5th Fred Davis Defeated
Knight
Lost to
Côté
Did not advance
Burt Sansom Defeated
Schwan
Lost to
Press
George Saunders Defeated
J. Cox
Lost to Tomkins
Harry Sprenger Bye Lost to
Mehnert
9th John Cox Lost to
Saunders
Did not advance
William Cox Lost to
Tomkins
Frank Knight Lost to
Davis
George Schwan Lost to
Sansom
Henry Witherall Lost to
Press
Freestyle featherweight 2nd James Slim Bye Defeated
Peake
Defeated
Tagg
Lost to
Dole
3rd William McKie Bye Defeated
White
Lost to
Dole
Defeated
Tagg
4th William Tagg Bye Defeated
Goddard
Lost to
Slim
Lost to
McKie
5th Alfred Goddard Defeated
Couch
Lost to
Tagg
Did not advance
Sidney Peake Bye Lost to
Slim
James Webster Defeated
Adams
Lost to
Dole
Joseph White Defeated
Jones
Lost to McKie
9th Walter Adams Lost to
Webster
Did not advance
Percy Cockings Lost to
Dole
Risdon Couch Lost to
Goddard
William Jones Lost to
White
Freestyle lightweight 1st George de Relwyskow Defeated
Henson
Defeated
Shepherd
Defeated
Gingell
Defeated
Wood
2nd William Wood Defeated
Faulkner
Defeated
Krug
Defeated
G. McKenzie
Lost to
Relwyskow
3rd Albert Gingell Bye Defeated
Baillie
Lost to
Relwyskow
Defeated
G. McKenzie
4th George McKenzie Bye Defeated
J. McKenzie
Lost to
Wood
Lost to
Gingell
5th Harry Baillie Bye Lost to
Gingell
Did not advance
John McKenzie Bye Lost to
G. McKenzie
William Shepherd Bye Lost to
Relwyskow
9th George Faulkner Lost to
Wood
Did not advance
William Henson Lost to
Relwyskow
John Hoy Lost to
Krug
Freestyle middleweight 1st Stanley Bacon Defeated
Chenery
Defeated
Coleman
Defeated
Beck
Defeated
Relwyskow
2nd George de Relwyskow Defeated
Challstorp
Defeated
E. Bacon
Defeated
Andersson
Lost to
S. Bacon
3rd Frederick Beck Bye Defeated
Narganes
Lost to
S. Bacon
Defeated
Andersson
5th Edgar Bacon Defeated
Bradshaw
Lost to
Relwyskow
Did not advance
Aubrey Coleman Defeated
Wallis
Lost to
S. Bacon
9th Gerald Bradshaw Lost to
E. Bacon
Did not advance
Horace Chenery Lost to
S. Bacon
Arthur Wallis Lost to
Coleman
Freestyle heavyweight 1st George Con O'Kelly Defeated
Talbott
Defeated
Foskett
Defeated
Barrett
Defeated
Gundersen
3rd Edward Barrett Bye Defeated
Brown
Lost to
O'Kelly
Defeated
Nixson
4th Ernest Nixson Bye Defeated
Bruce
Lost to
Gundersen
Lost to
Barrett
5th Louis Bruce Defeated
Banbrook
Lost to
Nixson
Did not advance
Frederick Humphreys Bye Lost to
Gundersen
Henry Foskett Bye Lost to
O'Kelly
Charles Brown Bye Lost to
Barrett
9th Alfred Banbrook Lost to
Bruce
Did not advance
Walter West Lost to
Gundersen
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Belgium 1 2 .333
Bohemia 2 0 1.000
Canada 0 2 .000
Denmark 1 4 .200
Finland 0 2 .000
Hungary 0 5 .000
Norway 1 3 .250
Russia 0 1 .000
Sweden 4 5 .444
United States 3 7 .300
Total international 12 31 .279
Great Britain 38 38 .500
Total 50 69 .420

Notes

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  1. ^ The 3 mile team race used a point-for-place system with only the top three runners from each 5-man team counting. The International Olympic Committee only considers those three (Coales, Deakin, and Robertson for Great Britain) to be medallists.
  2. ^ a b This fencer competed in the team event, but is not listed in the IOC medallist database.
  3. ^ a b c d e f This player is listed as a reserve in the Official Report, and might not have actually played. Regardless, the IOC database lists him as a medallist.
  4. ^ Field Richards is not listed in the IOC medallist database.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Cook 1908, p. 48
  2. ^ Telegraph.co.uk, Team GB first nation entered into London 2012 Olympics. De Wael counts 682. 1908 Olympians from Great Britain Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ a b c d Cook 1908, pp. 339–354: "Yachting"

Sources

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  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report: The Olympic Games of 1908 (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 29 May 2006.
  • Reyes, Macario (2001). "IV. Olympiad London 1908 Football Tournament". Rec. Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 May 2006.