Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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IOC code: | CAN | |||
NOC: | Canadian Olympic Committee external link |
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1908 Summer Olympics in London | ||||
Medals | Gold 3 |
Silver 3 |
Bronze 10 |
Total 16 |
Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
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Canada competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.
Contents |
[edit] Medals
[edit] Gold
- Bobby Kerr — Athletics, Men's 200 m
- Frank Dixon, George "Doc" Campbell, Angus Dillon, Richard Louis Duckett, George Rennie, Clarence McKerrow, Alexander Turnbull, Henry Hoobin, Ernest Hamilton, John Broderick, Thomas Gorman, Patrick Brennan — Lacrosse, Men's competition
- Walter Ewing — Shooting, Men's Trap
[edit] Silver
- J. Garfield MacDonald — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
- Walter Ewing, George Beattie, Arthur Westover, Mylie Fletcher, George Vivian, Donald McMackon — Shooting, Men's Team Clay Pigeons
- George Beattie — Shooting, Men's Trap
[edit] Bronze
- Bobby Kerr — Athletics, Men's 100 m
- Cornelius Walsh — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
- Calvin Bricker — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Edward Archibald — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- William Morton, Walter Andrews, Frederick McCarthy, William Anderson — Cycling, Men's 1980 yd Team Pursuit
- Fred Toms & Norman Jackes — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
- Gordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Charles Riddy, Geoffrey Taylor — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
- Geoffrey Taylor, Irvine Robertson, Joseph Wright, Julius Thomson, Walter Lewis, Gordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Charles Riddy, Douglas Kertland — Rowing, Men's Eights with Coxswain
- William Smith, Charles Crowe, Bruce Williams, Dugald McInnis, William Eastcott, Harry Kerr — Shooting, Men's Team Rifle
- Aubert Cote — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
[edit] Results by event
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[edit] Athletics
[edit] Running
Event | Place | Athlete | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
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Men's 100 metres | 3rd | Bobby Kerr | 11.0 seconds 1st, heat 10 |
11.0 seconds 1st, semifinal 2 |
11.0 seconds |
Heats | Frank Lukeman | 11.7 seconds 2nd, heat 13 |
Did not advance | ||
Louis Sebert | 11.7 seconds 2nd, heat 14 |
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David Beland | Unknown 3rd, heat 5 |
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Men's 200 metres | 1st | Bobby Kerr | 22.2 seconds 1st, heat 11 |
22.6 seconds 1st, semifinal 1 |
22.6 seconds |
Heats | Louis Sebert | Unknown 2nd, heat 10 |
Did not advance | ||
Frank Lukeman | Unknown 3rd, heat 3 |
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Men's 400 metres | Semi- finalist |
Louis Sebert | 50.2 seconds 1st, heat 10 |
Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4 |
Did not advance |
Heats | Donald Buddo | Unknown 2nd, heat 6 |
Did not advance | ||
Men's 800 metres | Semi- finalist |
Irving Parkes | None held | Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2 |
Did not advance |
Donald Buddo | Unknown 3rd, semifinal 5 |
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Men's 1500 metres | 4th | John Tait | None held | 4:12.2 1st, semifinal 5 |
4:06.8 |
Semi- finalist |
Frederick Meadows | Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance | ||
William Galbraith | Unknown 3rd, semifinal 7 |
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John Fitzgerald | Unknown 7th, semifinal 8 |
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Men's 110 metre hurdles | Heats | Frank Savage | Unknown 3rd, heat 5 |
Did not advance | |
Men's 3200 metre steeplechase | 6th | William Galbraith | None held | 11:12.4 1st, semifinal 3 |
Unknown |
— | John Fitzgerald | Did not finish —, semifinal 6 |
Did not advance | ||
Men's medley relay | Semi- finalist |
Frank Lukeman Donald Buddo Louis Sebert Irving Parkes |
None held | Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3 |
Did not advance |
Men's 5 miles | 6th | Frederick Meadows | None held | Unknown 2nd, heat 4 |
Unknown |
7th | John Fitzgerald | Unknown 2nd, heat 5 |
Unknown | ||
11-12 | William Galbraith | Unknown 2nd, heat 6 |
Did not start | ||
— | John Tait | Did not finish —, heat 4 |
Did not advance | ||
Men's marathon | 5th | William Wood | None held | 3:01:44.0 | |
6th | Frederick Simpson | 3:04:28.2 | |||
7th | Harry Lawson | 3:06:47.2 | |||
11th | John Peter Caffery | 3:12:46.0 | |||
16th | William Goldsboro | 3:20:07.0 | |||
22nd | George Goulding | 3:33:26.0 | |||
24th | Arthur Burn | 3:50:17.0 | |||
27th | George Lister | 4:22:45.0 | |||
— | Edward Cotter | Did not finish | |||
Tom Longboat | Did not finish | ||||
Frederick Noseworthy | Did not finish | ||||
John Tait | Did not finish | ||||
Men's 3500 metre walk | 4th | George Goulding | None held | 15:54.0 1st, semifinal 3 |
15:49.8 |
Men's 10 mile walk | — | George Goulding | None held | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 |
Did not advance |
[edit] Jumping
Event | Place | Athlete | Height/ Distance |
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Men's high jump | 10th | George Barber | 1.77 metres |
13th | J. Garfield MacDonald | 1.72 metres | |
Men's long jump | 3rd | Calvin Bricker | 7.08 metres |
13th | Frank Lukeman | 6.59 metres | |
19th | George Barber | 6.41 metres | |
21-32 | J. Garfield MacDonald | Unknown | |
Men's triple jump | 2nd | J. Garfield MacDonald | 14.76 metres |
4th | Calvin Bricker | 14.10 metres | |
Men's pole vault | 3rd | Edward Archibald | 3.58 metres |
Men's standing high jump | 19-23 | George Barber | Unknown |
Men's standing long jump | 8-25 | George Barber | Unknown |
[edit] Cycling
Canada's best cycling result was a bronze medal won in the team pursuit.
Event | Place | Cyclist | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
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Men's 660 yards | Semi- finalist |
Walter Andrews | 55.8 seconds 1st, heat 8 |
Unknown 4th, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance |
Heats | Frederick McCarthy | Unknown 2nd, heat 2 |
Did not advance | ||
William Morton | Unknown 3rd, heat 14 |
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Men's 5000 metres | Semi- finalist |
Frederick McCarthy | None held | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2 |
Did not advance |
William Anderson | Unknown 3rd, semifinal 7 |
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William Morton | Unknown 5th, semifinal 3 |
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Walter Andrews | Unknown 5-6, semifinal 6 |
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Men's 20 kilometres | Semi- finalist |
Harry Young | None held | 33:45.2 3rd, semifinal 3 |
Did not advance |
William Anderson | 34:55.6 3rd, semifinal 5 |
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Frederick McCarthy | Unknown 6th, semifinal 1 |
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Walter Andrews | Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2 |
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Men's 100 kilometres | 6th | Walter Andrews | None held | Unknown 5th, semifinal 2 |
Unknown |
9-17 | Harry Young | Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2 |
Did not finish | ||
Semi- finalist |
William Anderson | Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance | ||
— | Frederick McCarthy | Did not finish —, semifinal 1 |
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William Morton | Did not finish —, semifinal 2 |
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Men's sprint | Heats | William Morton | Unknown 2nd, heat 9 |
Did not advance | |
Frederick McCarthy | Unknown 4th, heat 4 |
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Men's tandem | Heats | Frederick McCarthy William Morton |
Unknown 3rd, heat 7 |
Did not advance | |
Men's team pursuit | 3rd | William Anderson Walter Andrews Frederick McCarthy William Morton |
Walkover 1st, heat 2 |
2:29.2 2nd, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance |
[edit] Diving
Event | Place | Diver | Prelimary groups |
Semi- finals |
Final |
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Men's 3 metre springboard | 13th | Robert Zimmerman | 74.00 points 3rd, group 1 |
Did not advance | |
[edit] Fencing
Canada's lone épéeist was eliminated in the first round
Event | Place | Fencer | First round |
Second round |
Semi- final |
Final |
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Men's épée | First round |
Percy Nobbs | 2-6 (6th in I) | Did not advance | ||
[edit] Gymnastics
Event | Place | Gymnast | Score |
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Men's all-around | 59th | Allan Keith | Unknown |
80th | Orville Elliott | Unknown | |
[edit] Lacrosse
Canada won the only lacrosse match played in 1908 against Great Britain, earning the gold medal.
Event | Place | Players | Final |
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Men's lacrosse | 1st | Patrick Brennan, John Broderick, George "Doc" Campbell, Angus Dillon, Frank Dixon, Richard Louis Duckett, J. Fyon[1], Thomas Gorman, Ernest Hamilton, Henry Hoobin, A. Mara[1], Clarence McKerrow, D. McLeod[1], George Rennie, Alexander Turnbull |
Won vs. Great Britain 14-10 |
[edit] Rowing
Event | Place | Rowers | First round |
Quarter- finals |
Semi- finals |
Final |
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Men's single sculls | 5th | Walter Bowler | Bye | Unknown 2nd, quarterfinal 3 |
Did not advance | |
Louis Scholes | Bye | Unknown 2nd, quarterfinal 1 |
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Men's coxless pairs | 3rd | Frederick Toms Norwey Jackes |
None held | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance | |
Men's coxless fours | 3rd | Gordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Charles Riddy, Geoffrey Taylor |
None held | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance | |
Men's coxed eights | 3rd | Irvine Robertson, Joseph Wright, Julius Thomson, Walter Lewis, Gordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Charles Riddy, Geoffrey Taylor, Douglas Kertland |
None held | 8.6 1st, quarterfinal 1 |
Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1 |
Did not advance |
[edit] Shooting
Event | Place | Shooter | Score |
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Men's 1000 yard free rifle | 6th | S. Harry Kerr | 91 |
9th | Charles Crowe | 90 | |
Frank Utton | 90 | ||
11th | Stanley Brown | 89 | |
16th | Dugald McInnis | 87 | |
19th | Frank Morris | 86 | |
27th | James Freeborn | 83 | |
28th | Fred Elmitt | 82 | |
James Jones | 82 | ||
33rd | Arthur Martin | 79 | |
35th | George Rowe | 75 | |
37th | J. Arthur Steele | 74 | |
Men's team military rifle | 3rd | William Smith Charles Crowe Bruce Williams Dugald McInnis William Eastcott S. Harry Kerr |
2439 |
Men's individual trap shooting | 1st | Walter Ewing | 72 |
2nd | George Beattie | 60 | |
5th | Arthur Westover | 55 | |
7th | Mylie Fletcher | 53 | |
12th | Donald McMackon | 50 | |
20th | George Vivian | 44 | |
27th | Frank Parker | 19 | |
Men's team trap shooting | 2nd | George Beattie Walter Ewing Mylie Fletcher Donald McMackon George Vivian Arthur Westover |
405 |
[edit] Swimming
Event | Place | Swimmer | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
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Men's 100 metre freestyle | Heats | Robert Zimmerman | 1:35.0 2nd, heat 7 |
Did not advance | |
Men's 100 metre backstroke | Heats | Robert Zimmerman | Unknown 3rd, heat 3 |
Did not advance | |
[edit] Tennis
Event | Place | Name | Round of 64 |
Round of 32 |
Round of 16 |
Quarter- finals |
Semi- finals |
Final |
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Men's singles | 5th | Charles Brown | Bye | Bye | Defeated Robetín | Lost to Richardson | Did not advance | |
9th | James Foulkes | Bye | Defeated R. van Lennep | Lost to Richardson | Did not advance | |||
Richard Powell | Defeated C. van Lennep | Defeated Žemla | Lost to Caridia | |||||
Men's doubles | 7th | James Foulkes Richard Powell |
None held | Bye | Lost to Crawley/K. Powell |
Did not advance | ||
Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
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Bohemia | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
Great Britain | 0 | 2 | .000 |
Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
South Africa | 0 | 2 | .000 |
Total | 4 | 4 | .500 |
[edit] Wrestling
Event | Place | Wrestler | Round of 16 |
Quarter- finals |
Semi- finals |
Final |
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Freestyle bantamweight | 3rd | Aubert Coté | Bye | Defeated Davis |
Lost to Mehnert |
Defeated Tomkins |
Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
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Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
United States | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Total | 2 | 1 | .667 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c 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.
[edit] Sources
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). Top London 1908 Olympians. Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on 5 June 2006.
Nations at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England |
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Argentina • Australasia • Austria • Belgium • Bohemia • Canada • Denmark • Finland • France • Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hungary • Italy • Netherlands • Norway • Russia • South Africa • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • United States |