Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Women's double National round

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Women's double National round
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Queenie Newall.jpg
Gold medalist Queenie Newall in competition during the women's double National round.
Venue White City Stadium
Dates17–18 July
Competitors25 from 1 nation
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Queenie Newall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Lottie Dod Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Beatrice Hill-Lowe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  1904
1908 Highlight Film Women's Archery @ 1:43 TV-icon-2.svg
1908 Highlight Film Women's Archery @ 1:43

The women's double National round was one of three archery events on the archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, 17 July and Saturday, 18 July, with one round each day. The archers had to contend with significant rain and wind on the first day and gusts of wind on the second. [1] [2]

Great Britain was the only nation to enter female archers, ensuring that they swept this event. Queenie Newall, at 53 years of age, set a record for oldest female Olympic gold medalist. [3] Lottie Dod took second place, not quite matching her brother William Dod's gold medal finish in the men's York round. Beatrice Hill-Lowe took bronze. [4]

NOCs were limited to 30 competitors each. [5] Twenty-five archers only from Great Britain competed.

Background

This was the second and final appearance of the event; it was previously held in 1904. [3]

Alice Legh won 23 national championships from 1886 to 1922 and "almost certainly would have won" this event had she competed; she chose not to. Among the archers who did compete, Lottie Dod was the most accomplished sportswoman, though she was best known for playing tennis. Dod had retired from tennis in 1893 and had successful careers in field hockey and golf before turning to archery in the Olympics. [3]

Competition format

The archers shot a total of 144 arrows each over the two rounds of 72. Each round consisted of 48 arrows at 60 yards (54.8 m) and 24 arrows at 50 yards (45.7 m). Three arrows were shot per end. Each hit was worth 9, 7, 5, 3, or 1 points depending on which ring was hit; an arrow touching two rings would count as hitting the higher value. Ties were broken first by number of hits, then by score at the longest range (60 yards), then by hits at the longest range. [6]

Schedule

The double National round event was held on the first two days of the archery schedule, along with the men's double Yorkround. [7]

Legend
FFinal
Event17 July18 July19 July20 July
Men's double York round F
Men's Continental style F
Women's double National roundF

Results

After the first day, the top two archers had separated from the rest. Dod and Newall had each hit 66 targets out of 72; Dod had a slight lead of 348 to 338. Newall was the best archer on day two, having the best round of the tournament with 350. Dod's second day was much worse, however, as she scored only 294 (the sixth-best score of the day). This gave Newall the gold medal, while Dod was able to hang on to second place. Hill-Lowe scored 343 on the second day, a vast improvement over her 275 first-day score and second-best behind Newall, to earn the bronze medal. [3]

RankArcherNationScoreHits
Gold medal icon.svg Queenie Newall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 688132
Silver medal icon.svg Lottie Dod Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 642126
Bronze medal icon.svg Beatrice Hill-Lowe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 618118
4 Jessie Wadworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 605122
5 Dora Honnywill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 587123
6 Ethel Armitage Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 582112
7 Lizzie Foster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 553117
8 Lillian Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 534112
9 Brenda Wadworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 522123
10 Adelaide Boddam-Whetham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 510114
11 Louisa Nott-Bower Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 503109
12 Gertrude Appleyard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 503107
13 Lillias Robertson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 500112
14 Margaret Weedon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 498104
15 Albertine Thackwell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 484104
16 Doris E. Day Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 483109
17 Katherine Mudge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 465111
18 Ellen Babington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 451103
19 Dorothy Cadman-Cadman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 427107
20 Martina Hyde Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 419103
21 Sarah Leonard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 41092
22 Ina Wood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 38793
23 Janetta Vance Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 38595
24 Emily Rushton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 32389
25 Hilda Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 31682

Aftermath

Newall would be defeated by Legh by 151 points the next week at the British national championships, though Newall would go on to win in 1911 and 1912. [3]

Women's archery would not be held again until 1972. (Archery was not held in 1912, only men's events were held in 1920, and the sport was absent from the programme from 1924 to 1968.)

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