United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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United States at the Olympic Games
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1908 Summer Olympics in London
Medals	Gold 23	Silver 12	Bronze 12	Total 47
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The United States competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.

1 Results by event
2 Notes
3 Sources

[edit] Results by event

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[edit] Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics

The United States had one archer present in 1908. The 19-year-old Richardson had already won an Olympic bronze medal, in the team event at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He competed in both events open to men, taking the bronze medal in the York rounds and 15th place in the Continental style.

Event	Place	Archer	Score

Men's double York round	3rd	Henry B. Richardson	760

Men's Continental style	15th	Henry B. Richardson	171

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

American track & field athletes continued to dominate the sport, taking more than twice as many championships as the next most successful nation, host Great Britain.

[edit] Running

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men's 100 metres	2nd	James Rector	10.8 seconds (=OR) 1st, heat 15	10.8 seconds (=OR) 1st, semifinal 3	10.8 seconds (=OR)
	4th	Nathaniel Cartmell	11.0 seconds 1st, heat 3	11.2 seconds 1st, semifinal 4	11.0 seconds
	Semi- finalist	William W. May	11.2 seconds 1st, heat 6	11.0 seconds 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Harold Huff	11.4 seconds 1st, heat 12	11.1 seconds 2nd, semifinal 3
		Lawson Robertson	11.4 seconds 1st, heat 13	11.2 seconsd 2nd, semifinal 4
		Nathaniel Sherman	11.2 seonds 1st, heat 14	11.3 seconds 2nd, semifinal 2
		Lester Stevens	11.2 seconds 1st, heat 8	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
		Robert Cloughen	11.0 seconds 1st, heat 5	Did not start —, semifinal 1
		William F. Hamilton	11.2 seconds 1st, heat 11	Did not start —, semifinal 2
	Heats	Edgar Kiralfy	Unknown 4th/5th, heat 4	Did not advance

Men's 200 metres	2nd	Robert Cloughen	23.4 seonds 1st, heat 8	22.6 seconds 1st, semifinal 3	22.6 seconds
	3rd	Nathaniel Cartmell	23.0 seconds 1st, heat 4	22.6 seconds 1st, semifinal 2	22.7 seconds
	Semi- finalist	William F. Hamilton	22.4 seconds 1st, heat 10	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Nathaniel Sherman	22.8 seconds 1st, heat 12	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2
		Harold Huff	22.8 seconds 1st, heat 2	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2
	Heats	Lawson Robertson	Unknown 2nd, heat 3	Did not advance
	Heats	William W. May	Unknown 2nd, heat 11	Did not advance

Men's 400 metres	Finalist^[1]	John Taylor	50.8 seconds 1st, heat 4	49.8 seconds 1st, semifinal 3	Did not start
		William Robbins	50.4 seconds 1st, heat 7	49.0 seconds 1st, semifinal 4	Did not start
		John C. Carpenter	49.8 seconds 1st, heat 14	49.4 seconds 1st, semifinal 1	Disqualified
	Semi- finalist	Horace Ramey	51.0 seconds 1st, heat 9	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not advance
		Ned Merriam	52.2 seconds 1st, heat 13	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1
		John Atlee	50.4 seconds 1st, heat 11	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 4
		William C. Prout	50.4 seconds 1st, heat 8	Unknown 4th, semifinal 2
	Heats	Paul Pilgrim	Unknown 2nd, heat 1	Did not advance
	Heats	Frederick de Selding	Unknown 2nd, heat 15	Did not advance

Men's 800 metres	1st	Mel Sheppard	None held	1:58.0 1st, semifinal 2	1:52.8 (OR)
	6th	John Halstead		2:01.4 1st, semifinal 3	Unknown
	7-8	Clarke Beard		1:59.2 1st, semifinal 5	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	Harry Coe		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4	Did not advance
		Joseph Bromilow		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 7
		Lloyd Jones		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 4
		Francis Sheehan		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 8
		Jim Lightbody		Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
	—	Charles French		Did not finish —, semifinal 5
	—	Horace Ramey		Did not finish —, semifinal 7

Men's 1500 metres	1st	Mel Sheppard	None held	4:05.0 (OR) 1st, semifinal 2	4:03.4 (=OR)
	7-8	James P. Sullivan		4:07.6 1st, semifinal 1	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	Jim Lightbody		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		John Halstead		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2
		Harry Coe		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4
	—	Frank Riley		Did not finish —, semifinal 3

Men's 110 metre hurdles	1st	Forrest Smithson	15.8 seconds 1st, heat 10	15.4 seconds (OR) 1st, semifinal 2	15.0 seconds (WR)
	2nd	John Garrels	16.2 seconds 1st, heat 2	15.8 seconds 1st, semifinal 4	15.7 seconds
	3rd	Arthur Shaw	Walkover 1st, heat 14	15.6 seconds 1st, semifinal 1	15.8 seconds
	4th	William Rand	15.8 seconds 1st, heat 5	15.8 seconds 1st, semifinal 3	16.0 seconds
	Semi- finalist	Leonard Howe	15.8 seconds 1st, heat 13	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Men's 400 metre hurdles	1st	Charles Bacon	57.0 seconds (OR) 1st, heat 3	58.8 seconds 1st, semifinal 2	55.0 seconds (OR)
	2nd	Harry Hillman	59.2 seconds 1st, heat 6	56.4 seconds (OR) 1st, semifinal 1	55.3 seconds
	Semi- finalist	Harry Coe	58.8 seconds 1st, heat 2	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance

Men's 3200 metre steeplechase	3rd	John Eisele	None held	11:13.6 1st, semifinal 2	11:00.8
	Semi- finalist	Gale Dull		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4	Did not advance
		Jim Lightbody		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 6
		Roger Spitzer		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 5
		Charles Hall		Unknown 4th, semifinal 5
	—	Edward Carr		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
	—	George Bonhag		Did not finish —, semifinal 4

Men's medley relay	1st	William F. Hamilton Nathaniel Cartmell John Taylor Mel Sheppard	None held	3:27.2 1st, semifinal 3	3:29.4

Men's 3 mile team race^[2]	2nd	John Eisele	None held	14:55.0 2 points, team=10	14:41.8 4 points, team=19
		George Bonhag		14:56.4 5 points, team=10	15:05.0 6 points, team=19
		Herbert Trube		14:55.0 3 points, team=10	15:11.0 9 points, team=19
	No place	Gale Dull		15:37.4 No score, team=10	15:27.0 No score, team=19
	No place	Harvey Cohn		Did not start No score, team=10	15:40.2 No score, team=19

Men's 5 miles	8th	Frederick Bellars	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	Unknown
	10-12	Edward Carr		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not start
	Semi- finalist	Charles Hall		Unknown 4th, semifinal 3	Did not advance

Men's marathon	1st	Johnny Hayes	None held		2:55:18.4
	3rd	Joseph Forshaw			2:57:10.4
	4th	Alton Welton			2:59:44.4
	9th	Lewis Tewanina			3:09:15.0
	14th	Sydney Hatch			3:17:52.4
	—	Tom Morrissey			Did not finish
		Michael Ryan			Did not finish
		J. J. Lee			Did not start
		F. Lorz			Did not start
		W. O'Mara			Did not start
		A. Thibeau			Did not start
		W. Wood			Did not start

[edit] Jumping

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance

Men's high jump	1st	Harry Porter	1.90 metres
	5th	Herbert Gidney	1.85 metres
	5th	Thomas Moffitt	1.85 metres
	7th	Norman Patterson	1.83 metres

Men's long jump	1st	Frank Irons	7.48 metres
	2nd	Daniel Kelly	7.09 metres
	4th	Edward Cook	6.97 metres
	5th	John Brennan	6.86 metres
	7th	Frank Mount Pleasant	6.82 metres
	12th	Sam Bellah	6.64 metres
	21-32	John O'Connell	Unknown
Men's triple jump	5th	Platt Adams	14.07 metres
	6th	Frank Mount Pleasant	13.97 metres
	8th	John Brennan	13.59 metres
	9th	Martin Sheridan	13.42 metres
	16th	Frank Irons	12.67 metres
	17th	Sam Bellah	12.55 metres
	18-20	Nathaniel Sherman	Unknown

Men's pole vault	1st	Edward Cook	3.71 metres
	1st	Alfred Gilbert	3.71 metres
	3rd	Charles Jacobs	3.58 metres
	6th	Sam Bellah	3.50 metres
	12th	Thomas Jackson	3.05 metres

Men's standing high jump	1st	Ray Ewry	1.57 metres
	2nd	John Biller	1.55 metres
	4th	Leroy Holmes	1.52 metres
	5th	Platt Adams	1.47 metres
	8th	Frank Irons	1.42 metres
	16th	Martin Sheridan	1.37 metres
	19-23	Lawson Robertson	Unknown

Men's standing long jump	1st	Ray Ewry	3.33 metres
	3rd	Martin Sheridan	3.23 metres
	4th	John Biller	3.21 metres
	6th	Platt Adams	3.11 metres
	6th	Leroy Holmes	3.11 metres
	8-25	Frank Irons	Unknown
	8-25	Sigmund Muenz	Unknown

[edit] Throwing

Event	Place	Athlete	Distance

Men's shot put	1st	Ralph Rose	14.21 metres
	3rd	John Garrels	13.18 metres
	4th	Wesley Coe	13.07 metres
	6th	Marquis Horr	12.83 metres
	8th	Leander Talbott	11.63 metres
	9-25	Wilbur Burroughs	Unknown
	9-25	Martin Sheridan	Unknown

Men's discus throw	1st	Martin Sheridan	40.89 metres
	2nd	Merritt Giffin	40.70 metres
	3rd	Marquis Horr	39.45 metres
	5th	Arthur Dearborn	38.52 metres
	6th	Leander Talbott	38.40 metres
	9th	John Jesus Flanagan	37.80 metres
	10th	Wilbur Burroughs	37.43 metres
	12-42	Platt Adams	Unknown
		John Garrells	Unknown
		Simon Gillis	Unknown

Men's hammer throw	1st	John Jesus Flanagan	51.92 metres
	2nd	Matthew McGrath	51.18 metres
	3rd	Cornelius Walsh	48.51 metres
	5th	Leander Talbott	47.86 metres
	6th	Marquis Horr	46.97 metres
	7th	Simon Gillis	45.59 metres
	10-19	Benjamin Sherman	Unknown

Men's Greek discus	1st	Martin Sheridan	37.99 metres
	2nd	Marquis Horr	37.32 metres
	4th	Arthur Dearborn	35.65 metres
	8th	Wilbur Burroughs	32.81 metres
	11-23	Platt Adams	Unknown
	11-23	John Garrels	Unknown

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Cyclist	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men's 660 yards	Semi- finalist	George Cameron	1:05.2 1st, heat 15	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3	Did not advance

Men's 20 kilometres	4th	Louis Weintz	None held	33:39.8 1st, semifinal 3	Unknown
Men's 20 kilometres	Semi- finalist	George Cameron	None held	33:39.2 2nd, semifinal 4	Did not advance

Men's 100 kilometres	—	Louis Weintz	None held	Did not finish —, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Men's sprint	Semi- finalist	George Cameron	1:29.4 1st, heat 8	Unknown 2-4, semifinal 2	Did not advance
Men's sprint	Heats	Louis Weintz	Unknown 3rd, heat 13	Did not advance

Men's team pursuit	—	Unknown	Did not start —, heat 2	Did not advance

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics

The Americans sent two divers in 1908. Gaidzik made it to the finals in both diving events, after a successful protest in the platform competition. He won a bronze medal in the springboard after tying with the third-place German diver.

Event	Place	Diver	Prelimary groups	Semi- finals	Final

Men's 10 metre platform	5th	George Gaidzik	81.80 points 1st, group 1	61.0 points 3rd, semifinal 2	56.30 points
Men's 10 metre platform	18th	Harold Grote	62.80 points 3rd, group 5	Did not advance

Men's 3 metre springboard	3rd	George Gaidzik	82.80 points 1st, group 1	85.60 points 1st, semifinal 2	80.80 points
Men's 3 metre springboard	9th	Harold Grote	79.50 points 2nd, group 5	74.50 points 5th, semifinal 2	Did not advance

[edit] Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Skater	Score

Men's individual	6th	Irving Brokaw	232.0

[edit] Jeu de paume

Main article: Jeu de paume at the 1908 Summer Olympics

In the jeu de paume competition, Gould won the gold medal while Sands was eliminated in the first round by the eventual silver medallist.

Event	Place	Player	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final/ Bronze match

Jeu de paume	1st	Jay Gould	Bye	Defeated Pennell 6-3, 6-3, 6-2	Defeated Page 6-1, 6-0, 6-0	Defeated Miles 6-5, 6-4, 6-4
Jeu de paume	9th	Charles Sands	Lost to Miles 6-3, 6-3, 6-3	Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Great Britain	3	1	.750

Total	3	1	.750

[edit] Shooting

Event	Place	Shooter	Score

Men's 1000 yard free rifle	2nd	Kellogg Casey	93
	11th	William Leuschner	89
	13th	Charles Benedict	88
		Ivan Eastman	88
		Charles Jeffers	88
	16th	Charles Winder	87
	19th	Harry Simon	86
	24th	Edward Green	84
	24th	John Hessian	84

Men's 300 metre free rifle	2nd	Harry Simon	887
	16th	Edward Green	792
	29th	John Hessian	746

Men's team military rifle	1st	William Leuschner William Martin Charles Winder Kellogg Casey Ivan Eastman Charles Benedict	2537

Men's moving target small-bore rifle	10th	Walter Winans	13

Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle	19th	Walter Winans	30

Men's single-shot running deer	6th	Walter Winans	21

Men's double-shot running deer	1st	Walter Winans	46

Men's individual pistol	3rd	James Gorman (shooter)	485
	4th	Charles Axtell	480
	8th	Irving Calkins	457
	9th	John Dietz	455
	19th	Thomas LeBoutillier II	436
	21st	Reginald Sayre	430
	38th	Walter Winans	368

Men's team pistol	1st	James Gorman Irving Calkins John Dietz Charles Axtell	1914

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Swimmer	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men's 100 metre freestyle	1st	Charles Daniels	1:05.8 1st, heat 5	1:10.2 1st, semifinal 2	1:05.6
	4th	Leslie Rich	1:14.6 1st, heat 9	1:10.8 2nd, semifinal 2	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Harry Hebner	1:11.0 1st, heat 6	1:11.8 3rd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	Heats	Conrad Trubenbach	Unknown 3-5, heat 2	Did not advance
	Heats	Robert Foster	Unknown 3-4, heat 4	Did not advance

Men's 400 metre freestyle	Heats	Budd Goodwin	Unknown 3rd, heat 1	Did not advance
Men's 400 metre freestyle	Heats	Conrad Trubenbach	Unknown 3rd, heat 4	Did not advance

Men's 1500 metre freestyle	Heats	James Green	28:09.0 2nd, heat 5	Did not advance

Men's 100 metre backstroke	Heats	Augustus Goessling	1:29.0 2nd, heat 6	Did not advance

Men's 200 metre breaststroke	Heats	Augustus Goessling	Unknown 3rd, heat 2	Did not advance

Men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay	3rd	Harry Hebner Budd Goodwin Charles Daniels Leslie Rich	None held	11:01.4 2nd, semifinal 2	11:02.8

[edit] Tug of war

Main article: Tug of war at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Athletes	Quarterfinals	Semifinals

Tug of war	5th	Wilbur Burroughs, Wesley Coe, Arthur Dearborn, John Jesus Flanagan, Bill Horr, Matthew McGrath, Ralph Rose, Lee Talbott	Lost to Great Britain Liverpool Police	Did not advance

[edit] Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final

Freestyle bantamweight	1st	George Mehnert	Bye	Defeated Sprenger	Defeated Coté	Defeated Press

Freestyle featherweight	1st	George Dole	Defeated Cockings	Defeated Webster	Defeated McKie	Defeated Slim

Freestyle lightweight	5th	John Krug	Defeated Hoy	Lost to Wood	Did not advance

Freestyle middleweight	5th	John Craige	Bye	Lost to Andersson	Did not advance
Freestyle middleweight	5th	Frederico Narganes	Bye	Lost to Beck	Did not advance

Freestyle heavyweight	9th	Lee Talbott	Lost to O'Kelly	Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Canada	1	0	1.000
Great Britain	7	3	.700
Sweden	0	1	.000

Total	8	4	.667

[edit] Notes

^ Carpenter was disqualified for interference in the first running of the final, prompting a second running. Taylor and Robbins were eligible to run, but refused in protest against the exclusion of Carpenter.
^ The 3 mile team race used a point-for-place system with only the top three runners from each 5-man team counting. The International Olympic Committee only considers those three (Eisele, Bonhag, and Trube for the United States) to be medallists.

[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 29 May 2006.

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Contents

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Running

[edit] Jumping

[edit] Throwing

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Diving

[edit] Figure skating

[edit] Jeu de paume

[edit] Shooting

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Tug of war

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] Notes

[edit] Sources

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