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 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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tournament | Jay Gould II United States | Eustace Miles Great Britain | Neville Bulwer-Lytton Great Britain |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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) |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Australasia (ANZ) 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 | Great Britain (GBR) [41] 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: | 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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight [50] | George Mehnert United States | William J. Press Great Britain | Aubert Côté Canada |
Featherweight [51] | George Dole United States | James Slim Great Britain | William McKie Great Britain |
Lightweight [52] | George de Relwyskow Great Britain | William Wood Great Britain | Albert Gingell Great Britain |
Middleweight [53] | Stanley Bacon Great Britain | George de Relwyskow Great Britain | Frederick Beck Great Britain |
Heavyweight [54] | Con O'Kelly Great Britain | Jacob Gundersen Norway | Edward Barrett Great Britain |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
Athletes who won more than two medals are listed below.
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 410 competitors, 285 men and 125 women, took part in 189 events in 22 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Moscow, a live video feed from the city was shown at the closing ceremony.
Poland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 306 competitors, 232 men and 74 women, took part in 162 events in 21 sports.
Ukraine competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 230 competitors, 139 men and 91 women, took part in 185 events in 23 sports.
Australia competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 189 competitors, 160 men and 29 women, took part in 122 events in 17 sports. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 317 competitors, 254 men and 63 women, took part in 154 events in 19 sports.
The United States competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 297 competitors, 251 men and 46 women, took part in 139 events in 18 sports.
The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 286 competitors – 245 men and 41 women – took part in 133 events in 18 sports. They won 76 medals, including 6 podium sweeps; the highest number of medal sweeps in a single Olympiad by one country since World War II and still a record.
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the last time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 337 competitors, 275 men and 62 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports.
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 293 competitors, 238 men and 55 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 295 competitors, 255 men and 40 women, took part in 141 events in 18 sports.
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 272 competitors, 233 men and 39 women, took part in 135 events in 17 sports. the Netherlands, Spain, the Netherlands Antilles, Egypt, Lebanon, Cambodia, Iraq and Switzerland protested against this by boycotting the games. As a partial support to the Dutch-led boycott, Soviet athletes under the Olympic flag instead of the national flag.
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 312 competitors, 246 men and 66 women, took part in 164 events in 18 sports.
Finland competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 64 competitors, 63 men and 1 woman, took part in 62 events in 14 sports.
Poland competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 185 competitors, 156 men and 29 women, took part in 108 events in 17 sports.
Germany was the host nation and top medal recipient at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. 433 competitors, 389 men and 44 women, took part in 143 events in 22 sports.
Tunisia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1960, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.
El Salvador first competed in the Olympic Games at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It has participated in every Games of the Olympiad since that time, excluding those held in 1976 and 1980, when the nation joined the American-led boycott in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The nation has never participated in the Olympic Winter Games and has not earned a medal at any Games of the Olympiad.