1908 Summer Olympics medal table

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1908 Summer Olympics medals
Location London, Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
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Most gold medalsFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (56)
Most total medalsFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (146)
Medalling NOCs19
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Olympic prize medal for the first three of each competition (front and obverse) London 1908 Event Medals.jpg
Olympic prize medal for the first three of each competition (front and obverse)

The 1908 Summer Olympics (also known as the Games of the IV Olympiad) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 April to 31 October 1908, in London, United Kingdom, coinciding with the Franco-British Exhibition.

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A total of 2,008 athletes representing 22 nations participated in 110 events in 18 sports. Diving, field hockey, and figure skating were contested for the first time at these Games. [1] Argentina, Switzerland and Turkey were the only nations that did not earn any medals. [2]

The host nation, the United Kingdom, with by far the most competitors, dominated the medal table, collecting the most gold (56), silver (51), and bronze (39) medals. [2] The 146 medals won at these Games—a major increase from the two medals won at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis—are still the highest number won by a British delegation at any modern Olympics. [3] Particular success was achieved by the British team in the boxing events, where out of a possible fifteen medals across the five weight classes, they won all but the middleweight silver medal, which was taken by Reginald Baker competing for Australasia. The United States finished second in the medal standings, and Sweden third.

Australasia was the name given to the combined team of athletes from Australia (making its fourth Olympic appearance) and New Zealand (competing for the first time). The host team included a number of athletes from Ireland, at the time part of the United Kingdom. In contrast, Finland, which was integrated in the Russian Empire, competed in London as a separate country. [4]

Medal table

Dorando Pietri, who would have won a gold medal for Italy in the marathon but was disqualified after receiving assistance from umpires during the race, leaving the gold medal to American Johnny Hayes instead. Dorando Pietri 1908.jpg
Dorando Pietri, who would have won a gold medal for Italy in the marathon but was disqualified after receiving assistance from umpires during the race, leaving the gold medal to American Johnny Hayes instead.
British athlete Wyndham Halswelle, who won the gold medal in the only walkover in Olympic history in the men's 400 metres race after his American competitors withdrew following a controversial judging call. Wyndham Halswelle.jpg
British athlete Wyndham Halswelle, who won the gold medal in the only walkover in Olympic history in the men's 400 metres race after his American competitors withdrew following a controversial judging call.

This is the full table of the medal count of the 1908 Summer Olympics, based on the medal count of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This information is provided by the IOC; however the IOC does not recognize or endorse any ranking system. [2]

  Host nation (Great Britain)

1908 Summer Olympics medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain* [a] 565139146
2US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 23121247
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 861125
4Flag of France.svg  France 55919
5Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany [a] 35513
6Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Hungary 3429
7Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada 331016
8Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2338
9Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 2204
10Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1528
11Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg  Australasia 1225
12Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire 1203
13Flag of Russia.svg  Finland 1135
14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  South Africa 1102
15Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece [b] 0314
16Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0235
17Flag of Bohemia.svg  Bohemia 0022
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0022
19Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria 0011
Totals (19 entries)110107107324

Notes

a The IOC medal database incorrectly shows the bronze medal for Dorothy Greenhough-Smith in women's figure skating for Germany (GER) instead of Great Britain (GBR), and therefore, counts 38 bronze medals for GBR and 6 bronze medals for GER. [2] [7] The corrected totals are shown on this table.
b Anastasios Metaxas (GRE) is generally credited with a bronze medal in men's individual trap shooting; no tie-breaker was held. The 1908 official report lists Metaxas as having tied with Alexander Maunder (GBR) and assigns bronze medals to each. However, Metaxas does not appear in the IOC medal database, which lists only Maunder as sole bronze medalist. [2] [8] The corrected totals are shown on this table.

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