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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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's Continental style [2] | Eugène Grisot ![]() | Louis Vernet ![]() | Gustave Cabaret ![]() |
Men's double York Round [3] | William Dod ![]() | Reginald Brooks-King ![]() | Henry Richardson ![]() |
Women's double National Round [4] | Sybil Newall ![]() | Lottie Dod ![]() | Beatrice Hill-Lowe ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight [34] (-52.6 kg / 116 lb) | A. Henry Thomas ![]() | John Condon ![]() | William Webb ![]() |
Featherweight [35] (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) | Richard Gunn ![]() | Charles Morris ![]() | Hugh Roddin ![]() |
Lightweight [36] (-63.5 kg / 140 lb) | Frederick Grace ![]() | Frederick Spiller ![]() | Harry Johnson ![]() |
Middleweight [37] (-71.7 kg / 158 lb) | Johnny Douglas ![]() | Reginald Baker ![]() | William Philo ![]() |
Heavyweight [38] (over 71.7 kg/158 lb) | Albert Oldman ![]() | Sydney Evans ![]() | Frederick Parks ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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660 yards | Victor Johnson ![]() | Émile Demangel ![]() | Karl Neumer ![]() |
5000 metres | Benjamin Jones ![]() | Maurice Schilles ![]() | André Auffray ![]() |
20 kilometres | Clarence Kingsbury ![]() | Benjamin Jones ![]() | Joseph Werbrouck ![]() |
100 kilometres | Charles Bartlett ![]() | Charles Denny ![]() | Octave Lapize ![]() |
Sprint | No medalists - race declared void as time limit was exceeded in final | ||
Tandem | ![]() André Auffray Maurice Schilles | ![]() Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson | ![]() Charlie Brooks Walter Isaacs |
Team pursuit | ![]() Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leonard Meredith Ernest Payne | ![]() Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer | ![]() William Anderson Walter Andrews Frederick McCarthy William Morton |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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3 metre springboard | Albert Zürner ![]() | Kurt Behrens ![]() | George Gaidzik ![]() |
Gottlob Walz ![]() | |||
10 metre platform | Hjalmar Johansson ![]() | Karl Malmström ![]() | Arvid Spångberg ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Ulrich Salchow ![]() | Richard Johansson ![]() | Per Thorén ![]() |
Men's special figures | Nikolai Panin ![]() | Arthur Cumming ![]() | Geoffrey Hall-Say ![]() |
Ladies' singles | Madge Syers ![]() | Elsa Rendschmidt ![]() | Dorothy Greenhough-Smith ![]() |
Pairs | Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger ![]() | Phyllis Johnson and James H. Johnson ![]() | Madge Syers and Edgar Syers ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tournament | Jay Gould II ![]() | Eustace Miles ![]() | Neville Bulwer-Lytton ![]() |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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![]() 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 | ![]() 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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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Men's doubles | ![]() and John Jacob Astor (GBR) | ![]() and Cecil Browning (GBR) | ![]() and Henry Leaf (GBR) |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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![]() Phil Carmichael Charles Russell Daniel Carroll Jack Hickey Frank Smith Chris McKivat Arthur McCabe Thomas Griffen John Barnett Patrick McCue Sydney Middleton Tom Richards Malcolm McArthur Charles McMurtrie Robert Craig | ![]() Edward Jackett Barney Solomon Bert 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 | not awarded |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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6 Metre: | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
7 Metre: | ![]() | not awarded | |
8 Metre: | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
12 Metre: | ![]() | ![]() | not awarded |
15 Metre: | no entries |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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100 m freestyle [42] | Charles Daniels ![]() | Zoltán Halmay ![]() | Harald Julin ![]() |
400 m freestyle [43] | Henry Taylor ![]() | Frank Beaurepaire ![]() | Otto Scheff ![]() |
1500 m freestyle [44] | Henry Taylor ![]() | Thomas Battersby ![]() | Frank Beaurepaire ![]() |
100 m backstroke [45] | Arno Bieberstein ![]() | Ludvig Dam ![]() | Herbert Haresnape ![]() |
200 m breaststroke [46] | Frederick Holman ![]() | William Robinson ![]() | Pontus Hanson ![]() |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | ![]() John Derbyshire Paul Radmilovic William Foster Henry Taylor | ![]() József Munk Imre Zachár Béla Las-Torres Zoltán Halmay | ![]() Harry Hebner Leo Goodwin Charles Daniels Leslie Rich |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's Singles | Josiah Ritchie ![]() | Otto Froitzheim ![]() | Wilberforce Eaves ![]() |
Men's Doubles | ![]() and Reginald Doherty (GBR) | ![]() and James Parke (GBR) | ![]() and Charles Dixon (GBR) |
Men's Indoor Singles | Arthur Gore ![]() | George Caridia ![]() | Josiah Ritchie ![]() |
Men's Indoor Doubles | ![]() and Arthur Gore (GBR) | ![]() and George Simond (GBR) | ![]() and Gunnar Setterwall (SWE) |
Women's Singles | Dorothea Chambers ![]() | Penelope Boothby ![]() | Ruth Winch ![]() |
Women's Indoor Singles | Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith ![]() | Alice Greene ![]() | Märtha Adlerstråhle ![]() |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Class A — Open | ![]() Camille | not awarded | not awarded |
Class B — Under 60 feet | ![]() Gyrinus | not awarded | not awarded |
Class C — 6.5–8 metres | ![]() Gyrinus | not awarded | not awarded |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight [50] | George Mehnert ![]() | William J. Press ![]() | Aubert Côté ![]() |
Featherweight [51] | George Dole ![]() | James Slim ![]() | William McKie ![]() |
Lightweight [52] | George de Relwyskow ![]() | William Wood ![]() | Albert Gingell ![]() |
Middleweight [53] | Stanley Bacon ![]() | George de Relwyskow ![]() | Frederick Beck ![]() |
Heavyweight [54] | Con O'Kelly ![]() | Jacob Gundersen ![]() | Edward Barrett ![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Lightweight [55] | Enrico Porro ![]() | Nikolay Orlov ![]() | Arvo Lindén ![]() |
Middleweight [56] | Frithiof Mårtensson ![]() | Mauritz Andersson ![]() | Anders Andersen ![]() |
Light heavyweight [57] | Verner Weckman ![]() | Yrjö Saarela ![]() | Carl Jensen ![]() |
Super heavyweight [58] | Richárd Weisz ![]() | Aleksandr Petrov ![]() | Søren Marinus Jensen ![]() |
Athletes who won more than two medals are listed below.
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Mel Sheppard | ![]() | Athletics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Henry Taylor | ![]() | Swimming | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Benjamin Jones | ![]() | Cycling | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Martin Sheridan | ![]() | Athletics | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Oscar Swahn | ![]() | Shooting | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Josiah Ritchie | ![]() | Tennis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Ted Ranken | ![]() | Shooting | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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