Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's doubles

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The men's doubles competition was one of two rackets events held as part of the Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.

Contents

[edit] Results

[edit] Standings

Place Players Nation
1 John Jacob Astor
Vane Pennell
Great Britain Great Britain
2 Cecil Browning
Edmund Bury
Great Britain Great Britain
3 Henry Leaf
Evan Noel
Great Britain Great Britain

[edit] Matches

There were only two matches. Astor and Pennell defeated Leaf and Noel in the semifinal, 4-2. They went on to defeat Browning and Bury in the final, 4-1.

[edit] Sources

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). Racquets 1908. Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on May 6, 2007.


The 1908 Summer Olympics in London
Games of the IV Olympiad
Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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