Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London
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The United Kingdom was the host nation of the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The British Olympic Association was the National Olympic Committee responsible for organizing the United Kingdom's representation. At the time British athletes competed under the team name "United Kingdom".^[1]

A number of Irish athletes boycotted the games in protest at British refusals to grant Irish independence. During the opening ceremony, American athletes did not dip their to the British royalty in support of the Irish boycott, a tradition the U.S. continues to this day.^[2]

It was the fourth appearance of the European nation, which has not missed any edition of the Summer Olympic Games.

Contents 1 Results by event 1.1 Archery 1.2 Athletics 1.2.1 Running 1.2.2 Jumping 1.2.3 Throwing 1.3 Boxing 1.4 Cycling 1.5 Diving 1.6 Fencing 1.7 Figure skating 1.8 Football 1.9 Gymnastics 1.10 Hockey 1.11 Jeu de paume 1.12 Lacrosse 1.13 Polo 1.14 Rackets 1.15 Rowing 1.16 Rugby 1.17 Sailing 1.18 Shooting 1.19 Swimming 1.20 Tennis 1.21 Tug of war 1.22 Water motorsports 1.23 Water polo 1.24 Wrestling 2 Notes 3 Sources

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics

In the archery competition, the British team dominated the two events (one for men, one for women) popular in their country, winning both championships and second places as well as one third place, losing only a single bronze medal to the United States. British women were the only ones to compete in the women's event. Great Britain had 41 archers present, 25 women and 16 men; they totalled 42 entries over all three events held.

Brother and sister William and Lottie Dod took gold and silver medals, Queenie Newall taking the women's gold to become the oldest female gold medallist in Olympic history (a record she holds through the 2004 Summer Olympics), and the only Irish woman present at the 1908 Games won the women's bronze medal.

The British did not do as well in the Continental style, dominated by the French team, with the only Briton taking 12th place. Robert Backhouse, however, shot a score in a friendly demonstration that would have placed him second had he been in actual competition.

Event	Place	Archer	Score
Men's double York round	1st	William Dod	815
	2nd	Reginald Brooks-King	768
	4th	John Penrose	709
	5th	John Bridges	687
	6th	Harold James	652
	7th	Theodore Robinson	647
	8th	Hugh Nesham	643
	9th	John Keyworth	622
	10th	Charles Perry-Keene	543
	11th	Capel Pownall	532
	12th	John Stopford	530
	13th	Robert Backhouse	516
	14th	Robert Heathcote	476
	15th	Geoffrey Cornewall	430
	18th	Charles Coates	413
	21st	R. H. Bagnall-Oakeley	374
Men's Continental style	12th	John Keyworth	190
Women's double National round	1st	Queenie Newall	688
	2nd	Lottie Dod	642
	3rd	Beatrice Hill-Lowe	618
	4th	Jessie Wadworth	605
	5th	G. W. H. Honnywill	587
	6th	S. H. Armitage	582
	7th	V. W. H. Priestley-Foster	553
	8th	Lillian Wilson	534
	9th	Mary Wadworth	522
	10th	M. Boddam-Whetham	510
	11th	Gertrude Appleyard	503
	12th	E. Nott-Bower	503
	13th	Norma Robertson	500
	14th	Margaret Weedon	498
	15th	Albertine Thackwell	484
	16th	Doris E. Day	483
	17th	K. G. Mudge	465
	18th	S. C. Babington	451
	19th	Christine Cadman	427
	20th	Martina Hyde	419
	21st	Everett Leonard	410
	22nd	Ina Wood	387
	23rd	J. Vance	385
	24th	H. Rushton	323
	25th	Hilda Williams	316

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

The British team was the second most successful team in athletics. With 7 first-place finishes, they gathered less than half the championships that the American team did at 16, but still nearly doubled all other teams combined (4 gold medals).

[edit] Running

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 100 metres	Semi- finalist	Patrick Roche	11.4 seconds 1st, heat 17	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		John W. Morton	11.2 seconds 1st, heat 9	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2
		James P. Stark	11.8 seconds 1st, heat 16	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 4
		Robert C. Duncan	11.4 seconds 1st, heat 7	Unknown 4th, semifinal 3
		John George	11.6 seconds 1st, heat 2	Unknown 4th, semifinal 4
	Heats	M. Chapman	11.3 seconds 2nd, heat 10	Did not advance
		Henry Pankhurst	11.5 seconds 2nd, heat 12
		Denis Murray	Unknown 3rd, heat 4
		Harold Watson	Unknown 3rd, heat 14
		William Murray	Unknown 4th, heat 8
	—	Henry Harmer	Did not finish —, heat 5
Men's 200 metres	4th	George A. Hawkins	22.8 seconds 1st, heat 15	22.6 seconds 1st, semifinal 4	22.9 seconds
	Semi- finalist	Lionel Reed	23.2 seconds 1st, heat 13	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not advance
		Patrick Roche	22.8 seconds 1st, heat 3	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4
		John George	23.4 seconds 1st, heat 1	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3
		Samuel Hurdsfield	23.6 seconds 1st, heat 9	Unknown 4th, semifinal 3
	Heats	Robert C. Duncan	Unknown 2nd, heat 5	Did not advance
		John W. Morton	Unknown 2nd, heat 12
		Henry Pankhurst	Unknown 3rd, heat 10
		James P. Stark	Unknown 3rd, heat 11
Men's 400 metres	1st	Wyndham Halswelle	49.4 seconds 1st, heat 15	48.4 seconds (OR) 1st, semifinal 2	50.0 seconds (walkover)
	Semi- finalist	Charles Davies	50.4 seconds 1st, heat 12	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Edwin Montague	50.2 seconds 1st, heat 1	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2
		George Nicol	50.8 seconds 1st, heat 5	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2
		Edward Ryle	Walkover 1st, heat 3	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3
		G. W. Young	52.4 seconds 1st, heat 16	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
	Heats	Christopher Maude Chavasse	Unknown 2nd, heat 8	Did not advance
		Arthur Astley	Unknown 2nd, heat 9
		Alan Patterson	Unknown 2nd, heat 11
		R. C. Robb	Unknown 2nd, heat 13
		Noel Godfrey Chavasse	Unknown 3rd, heat 7
Men's 800 metres	5th	Theodore Just	None held	1:57.8 1st, semifinal 6	1:56.4
	7-8	Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford		1:57.8 1st, semifinal 8	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	George Butterfield		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		James Lintott		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2
		John Lee		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3
		Arthur Astley		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 5
		George Morphy		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3
		Harold Holding		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 7
	—	Frederick Ashford		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		Joseph English		Did not finish —, semifinal 4
Men's 1500 metres	2nd	Harold A. Wilson	None held	Unknown 1st, semifinal 7	4:03.6
	3rd	Norman Hallows		4:03.4 (OR) 1st, semifinal 3	4:04.0
	5th	Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford		Unknown 1st, semifinal 8	4:07.6
	6th	Joseph Deakin		4:13.6 1st, semifinal 6	4:07.9
	7-8	Vincent Loney		4:08.4 1st, semifinal 4	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	George Butterfield		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		John McGough		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 4
		Francis Knott		Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
		John Lee		Unknown 4th, semifinal 2
		Joseph Smith		Unknown 5th, semifinal 1
Men's 110 metre hurdles	Semi- finalist	Eric Hussey	16.8 seconds 1st, heat 11	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		William Knyvett	Walkover 1st, heat 7	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2
		Alfred Healey	15.8 seconds 1st, heat 1	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3
		Cecil Kinahan	16.8 seconds 1st, heat 12	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4
		Laurence Kiely	Walkover 1st, heat 4	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3
		Wallis Walters	17.8 seconds 1st, heat 6	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1
		Oswald Groenings	16.4 seconds 1st, heat 3	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
		Timothy Ahearne	Walkover 1st, heat 9	Unknown 4th, semifinal 3
	Heats	Arthur Halligan	Unknown 2nd, heat 2	Did not advance
		Kenneth Powell	Unknown 2nd, heat 5
		Edward Leader	Unknown 2nd, heat 13
Men's 400 metre hurdles	3rd	Leonard Tremeer	Walkover 1st, heat 10	1:00.6 1st, semifinal 4	57.0 seconds
	4th	Leslie Burton	1:00.4 1st, heat 12	Unknown 1st, semifinal 3	58.0 seconds
	Semi- finalist	Frederick Harmer	Walkover 1st, heat 4	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not advance
		Wyatt Gould	Walkover 1st, heat 8	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3
		Oswald Groenings	Walkover 1st, heat 7	Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		G. Burton	Walkover 1st, heat 5	Did not finish —, semifinal 4
	Heats	John Densham	Unknown 2nd, heat 2	Did not advance
Men's 3200 metre steeplechase	1st	Arthur Russell (athlete)	None held	10:56.2 1st, semifinal 1	10:47.8
	2nd	Archie Robertson		11:10.0 1st, semifinal 4	10:48.4
	4th	Guy Holdaway		Unknown 1st, semifinal 5	11:26.0
	5th	Harold Sewell		Unknown 1st, semifinal 6	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Joseph Kinchin		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 5	Did not advance
	—	Frank Buckley		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		Joseph English		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		Henry Barker		Did not finish —, semifinal 3
		W. Grantham		Did not finish —, semifinal 6
		Thomas Downing		Disqualified —, semifinal 1
		Richard Yorke		Disqualified —, semifinal 4
Men's medley relay	Semi- finalist	George A. Hawkins Henry Pankhurst Edwin Montague Theodore Just	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not advance
Men's 3 mile team race[3]	1st	Joseph Deakin	None held	15:05.6 2 points, team=6	14:39.6 1 point, team=6
		Archie Robertson		15:05.6 3 points, team=6	14:41.0 2 points, team=6
		William Coales		15:05.6 1 point, team=6	14:41.6 3 points, team=6
	No place	Harold A. Wilson		15:05.6 No score, team=6	14:57.0 No score, team=6
		Norman Hallows		Did not finish No score, team=6	15:08.0 No score, team=6
Men's 5 miles	1st	Emil Voigt	None held	26:13.4 1st, semifinal 2	25:11.2
	2nd	Edward Owen		26:12.2 1st, semifinal 6	25:24.0
	5th	Archie Robertson		25:50.2 1st, semifinal 5	26:13.0
	10-12	James Murphy		25:59.2 1st, semifinal 4	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	Samuel Stevenson		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 5	Did not advance
	—	William Coales		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		Joseph Deakin		Did not finish —, semifinal 4
Men's marathon	12th	William Clarke	None held		3:16:08.6
	13th	Ernest Barnes			3:17:30.8
	15th	Fred Lord			3:19:08.8
	17th	James Beale			3:20:14.0
	—	Fred Appleby			Did not finish
		Henry Barrett			Did not finish
		Alexander Duncan			Did not finish
		Thomas Jack			Did not finish
		Jack Price			Did not finish
		Frederick Thompson			Did not finish
		Albert Wyatt			Did not finish
		Samuel Stevenson			Did not start
Men's 3500 metre walk	1st	George Larner	None held	15:32.0 1st, semifinal 1	14:55.0
	2nd	Ernest Webb		15:17.2 1st, semifinal 2	15:07.4
	8th	Richard Harrison		16:04.4 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not finish
	9th	William J. Palmer		16:33.0 3rd, semifinal 1	Disqualified
	10th	Ernest Larner		16:10.0 4th, semifinal 3	Did not advance
	11th	John Butler		16:17.0 5th, semifinal 3
	13th	Sydney Sarel		17:06.0 5th, semifinal 1
	—	William Brown		Disqualified —, semifinal 1
		Richard Quinn		Disqualified —, semifinal 2
		John J. Reid		Disqualified —, semifinal 2
Men's 10 mile walk	1st	George Larner	None held	1:18:19.0 1st, semifinal 2	1:15:57.4
	2nd	Ernest Webb		1:20:18.8 1st, semifinal 1	1:17:31.0
	3rd	Edward Spencer		1:21:25.4 2nd, semifinal 1	1:21:20.2
	4th	Frank Carter		1:21:25.4 2nd, semifinal 1	1:21:20.2
	5th	Ernest Larner		1:21:25.4 2nd, semifinal 1	1:24:26.2
	6th	William J. Palmer		1:19:04.0 4th, semifinal 2	Unknown
	7th	Richard Harrison		1:18:21.2 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not finish
	9th	Gadwin Withers		1:19:22.4 5th, semifinal 2	Did not advance
	10th	Sydney Schofield		1:21:07.4 6th, semifinal 2
	12th	Thomas Hammond		1:23:44.0 6th, semifinal 1
	—	John Butler		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		Alfred Yeoumans		Disqualified —, semifinal 1

[edit] Jumping

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance
Men's high jump	2nd	Cornelius Leahy	1.88 metres
	7th	Patrick Leahy	1.78 metres
	10th	Edward Leader	1.77 metres
		George Wilson	1.77 metres
	20th	Alfred Bellerby	1.59 metres
Men's long jump	8th	Timothy Ahearne	6.72 metres
	9th	Denis Murray	6.71 metres
	11th	Charles Williams	6.65 metres
	16th	Alfred Bellerby	6.44 metres
	17th	Wilfred Bleaden	6.43 metres
	18th	William Watt	6.42 metres
	21-32	Lionel Cornish	Unknown
Men's triple jump	1st	Timothy Ahearne	14.92 metres
	11th	Cyril Dugmore	13.31 metres
	12th	Michael Dineen	13.23 metres
	18-20	George Mayberry	Unknown
Men's standing high jump	8th	Walter Henderson	1.42 metres
	17th	Lancelot Stafford	1.32 metres
	19-23	Alfred Flaxman	Unknown
Men's standing long jump	8-25	Timothy Ahearne	Unknown
		Wilfred Bleaden	Unknown
		Lionel Cornish	Unknown
		Walter Henderson	Unknown
		Frederick Kitching	Unknown
		Lancelot Stafford	Unknown

[edit] Throwing

Event	Place	Athlete	Distance
Men's shot put	2nd	Denis Horgan	13.62 metres
	5th	Edward Barrett	12.89 metres
	9-25	John Barrett	Unknown
		Henry Leeke	Unknown
		Thomas Nicolson	Unknown
Men's discus throw	12-42	Edward Barrett	Unknown
		Michael Collins	Unknown
		Alfred Flaxman	Unknown
		Walter Henderson	Unknown
		Henry Leeke	Unknown
		Ernest May	Unknown
		John Murray	Unknown
Men's hammer throw	4th	Thomas Nicolson	48.09 metres
	9th	Alan Fyffe	37.35 metres
	10-19	Henry Leeke	Unknown
		Robert Lindsay-Watson	Unknown
		Ernest May	Unknown
		John Murray	Unknown
Men's javelin throw	8-16	Henry Leeke	Unknown
		Ernest May	Unknown
		Jimmy Tremeer	Unknown
Men's Greek discus	11-23	John Barrett	Unknown
		Alfred Flaxman	Unknown
		Walter Henderson	Unknown
		Henry Leeke	Unknown
		Ernest May	Unknown
Men's freestyle javelin	10-33	Edward Barrett	Unknown
		Alfred Flaxman	Unknown
		Walter Henderson	Unknown
		Henry Leeke	Unknown
		Ernest May	Unknown

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Great Britain dominated the boxing competitions, taking 14 of the 15 medals including all 5 gold medals.

Weight class	Place	Boxer	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Bantamweight Up to 116 pounds	1st	A. Henry Thomas	Not held	Defeated McGurk 2-0 decision	Bye	Defeated Condon 2-0 decision
	2nd	John Condon		Defeated Mazior KO, 3rd round	Defeated Webb 2-0 decision	Lost to Thomas 2-0 decision
	3rd	William Webb		Defeated Perry 2-1 decision	Lost to Condon 2-0 decision	Did not advance
	4th	Frank McGurk		Lost to Thomas 2-0 decision	Did not advance
		Henry Perry		Lost to Webb 2-1 decision
Featherweight Up to 126 pounds	1st	Richard Gunn	Not held	Defeated Poillot KO, 2nd round	Defeated Ringer 2-0 decision	Defeated Morris 2-0 decision
	2nd	Charles Morris		Defeated Adams 2-0 decision	Defeated Roddin 2-0 decision	Lost to Gunn 2-0 decision
	3rd	Hugh Roddin		Defeated Lloyd 2-0 decision	Lost to Morris 2-0 decision	Did not advance
	4th	Thomas Ringer		Defeated Constant 2-0 decision	Lost to Gunn 2-0 decision
	5th	Edward Adams		Lost to Morris 2-0 decision	Did not advance
		John Lloyd		Lost to Roddin 2-0 decision
Lightweight Up to 140 pounds	1st	Frederick Grace	Defeated Fearman 2-0 decision	Defeated Wells 2-0 decision	Bye	Defeated Spiller 2-0 decision
	2nd	Frederick Spiller	Defeated Fee 2-0 decision	Defeated Jessup KO, 2nd round	Defeated Johnson 2-0 decision	Lost to Grace 2-0 decision
	3rd	Harry Johnson	Defeated Hansen 2-0 decision	Defeated Holmes 2-1 decision	Lost to Spiller 2-0 decision	Did not advance
	4th	Harold Holmes	Defeated André Bouvier KO, 2nd round	Lost to Johnson 2-1 decision	Did not advance
		George Jessup	Defeated Osborne KO, 1st round	Lost to Spiller KO, 2nd round
		Matt Wells	Defeated Holberg 4th-round decision	Lost to Grace 2-0 decision
	7th	Edward Fearman	Lost to Grace 2-0 decision	Did not advance
		Patrick Fee	Lost to Spiller 2-0 decision
		Frank Osborne	Lost to Jessup KO, 1st round
Middleweight Up to 158 pounds	1st	Johnny Douglas	Defeated Doudelle KO, 1st round	Bye	Defeated Warnes KO, 2nd round	Defeated Baker 2-0 decision
	3rd	William Philo	Defeated Murdoch 2-1 decision	Bye	Lost to Baker KO, 1st round	Did not advance
	4th	Ruben Warnes	Defeated Morard KO, 2nd round	Bye	Lost to Douglas KO, 2nd round
	5th	William Childs	Defeated Aspa KO, 2nd round	Lost to Baker 2-0	Did not advance
	6th	William Dees	Lost to Baker KO, 2nd round	Did not advance
		Arthur Murdoch	Lost to Philo 2-1 decision
Heavyweight No limit	1st	Albert Oldman	Not held	Defeated Myrams KO, 1st round	Bye	Defeated Evans KO, 1st round
	2nd	Sydney Evans		Defeated Ireton KO, 1st round	Defeated Parks 2-1 decision	Lost to Oldman KO, 1st round
	3rd	Frederick Parks		Defeated Brewer 2-0 decision	Lost to Evans 2-1 decision	Did not advance
	4th	Harold Brewer		Lost to Parks 2-0 decision	Did not advance
		Albert Ireton		Lost to Evans KO, 1st round
		Ian Myrams		Lost to Oldman KO, 1st round

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Australasia	1	3	.250
France	7	0	1.000
Denmark	2	0	1.000
Total international	10	3	.769
Great Britain	24	24	.500
Total	34	27	.557

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Great Britain won 5 of a possible 7 gold medals in the cycling competitions, losing only the men's tandem to France and the men's sprint by exceeding the time limit (though a French cyclist finished first in that event as well).

Event	Place	Cyclist	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 660 yards	1st	Victor Johnson	56.2 seconds 1st, heat 4	59.2 seconds 1st, semifinal 1	51.2 seconds
	4th	Daniel Flynn	55.0 seconds 1st, heat 13	54.8 seconds 1st, semifinal 3	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Clarence Kingsbury	57.4 seconds 1st, heat 3	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		William Bailey	50.8 seconds 1st, heat 2	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2
		Benjamin Jones	59.0 seconds 1st, heat 1	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 4
		Ernest Payne	57.2 seconds 1st, heat 12	Unknown 4th, semifinal 3
	Heats	George Summers	Unknown 2nd, heat 6	Did not advance
		W. F. Magee	Unknown 2nd, heat 11
		Arthur J. Denny	Unknown 2nd, heat 16
		J. L. Lavery	Unknown 3rd, heat 7
		G. C. Anderson	Unknown 4th, heat 14
Men's 5000 metres	1st	Benjamin Jones	None held	9:08.8 1st, semifinal 5	8:36.2
	5th	Clarence Kingsbury		8:53.0 1st, semifinal 6	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Daniel Flynn		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		W. F. Magee		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4
		C. V. Clark		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 7
		J. L. Lavery		Unknown 4-9, semifinal 5
		A. E. Calvert		Unknown 5-6, semifinal 6
	—	William Bailey		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		Ernest Payne		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
Men's 20 kilometres	1st	Clarence Kingsbury	None held	32:33.8 1st, semifinal 2	34:13.6
	2nd	Benjamin Jones		32:39.0 1st, semifinal 4	Unknown
	5-9	Arthur J. Denny		33:40.6 1st, semifinal 6	Unknown
		Leon Meredith		33:21.0 1st, semifinal 1	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Colin Brooks		32:34.0 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		D. C. Robertson		34:53.8 2nd, semifinal 5
		Herbert Bouffler		Unknown 4th, semifinal 3
	—	Daniel Flynn		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		Frederick Hamlin		Did not finish —, semifinal 3
		W. Lower		Did not finish —, semifinal 4
Men's 100 kilometres	1st	Charles Bartlett	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	2:41:48.6
	2nd	Charles Denny		Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2	Unknown
	4th	William Pett		Unknown 6th, semifinal 2	Unknown
	7th	D. C. Robertson		Unknown 6th, semifinal 1	Unknown
	8th	Sydney Bailey		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Unknown
	9-17	J. H. Bishop		Unknown 5th, semifinal 1	Did not finish
		Leon Meredith		2:43:15.4 1st, semifinal 2	Did not finish
		Harry Mussen		Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	J. Norman		Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	—	R. Jolly		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		David Noon		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
Men's sprint	Finalist	Victor Johnson	1:33.8 1st, heat 1	1:27.4 1st, semifinal 1	Time limit exceeded
		Benjamin Jones	1:35.0 1st, heat 12	1:40.8 1st, semifinal 3	Time limit exceeded
		Clarence Kingsbury	1:27.4 1st, heat 15	1:35.6 1st, semifinal 4	Time limit exceeded
	Semi- finalist	Daniel Flynn	1:30.2 1st, heat 4	Unknown 2-4, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		Ernest Payne	1:32.0 1st, heat 5	Unknown 2-4, semifinal 2
		J. L. Lavery	1:41.0 1st, heat 14	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3
	Heats	George Summers	Unknown 2nd, heat 13	Did not advance
		John Matthews	Unknown 3rd, heat 2
		William Bailey	Unknown 3rd, heat 7
		Herbert Crowther	Unknown 3rd, heat 8
	—	W. F. Magee	Time limit exceeded —, heat 6
Men's tandem	2nd	Frederick Hamlin Thomas H. Johnson	3:14.8 1st, heat 2	2:42.2 1st, semifinal 1	Unknown
	3rd	Colin Brooks Walter Isaacs	2:42.2 1st, heat 1	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	John Matthews Leon Meredith	2:43.2 1st, heat 7	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		John L. Barnard Arthur Rushen	Unknown 2nd, heat 4	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2
	Heats	R. Jolly J. Norman	Unknown 2nd, heat 6	Did not advance
		C. McKaig E. C. Piercy	Unknown 3rd, heat 3
Men's team pursuit	1st	Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leon Meredith Ernest Payne	Walkover 1st, heat 1	2:19.6 1st, semifinal 1	2:18.6

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Diver	Preliminary groups	Semi- finals	Final
Men's 10 metre platform	8th	Harold Goodworth	76.00 points 2nd, group 1	59.48 points 4th, semifinal 2	Did not advance
	12th	George Cane	73.10 points 3rd, group 4	Did not advance
	14th	James Aldous	68.00 points 5th, group 1
	16th	William Hoare	65.20 points 3rd, group 2
	19th	William Webb	57.70 points 4th, group 3
	21st	F. J. Collins	56.50 points 5th, group 3
	23rd	Thomas Harrington	53.15 points 6th, group 5
Men's 3 metre springboard	6th	Harold Clarke	78.60 points 2nd, group 2	81.10 points 4th, semifinal 2	Did not advance
	7th	Herbert Pott	82.50 points 1st, group 4	79.60 points 3rd, semifinal 1
	10th	Frank Errington	70.83 points 2nd, group 3	72.60 points 5th, semifinal 1
	12th	Harold Smyrk	78.30 points 3rd, group 5	Did not advance
	14th	Harry Crank	70.30 points 4th, group 1
	16th	William Hoare	67.80 points 5th, group 3
	17th	Anthony Beckett	67.50 points 5th, group 1
	18th	William Bull	66.00 points 3rd, group 4
	20th	Thomas Cross	64.50 points 4th, group 5
	23rd	Anthony Taylor	58.80 points 3rd, group 2

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Great Britain took second in the men's team épée competition, with Montgomerie also making it into a three-way playoff for 2nd, 3rd and 4th places in the individual event despite having been nearly eliminated in both the second round and the semifinals. His bottom placing in that playoff gave France a sweep of the medals. The British were less successful in sabre, with no fencers making it to the final in the individual competition and the team being eliminated in the first round.

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round	Semi- final	Final
Men's épée	4th	Robert Montgomerie	6-1 (1st in I)	2-2 (2nd in 4)	3-4 (4th in 1)	6-3
	5th	Cecil Haig	2-2 (3rd in K)	2-1 (1st in 8)	4-3 (2nd in 1)	2-5
	8th	Martin Holt	3-4 (2nd in D)	3-1 (1st in 4)	4-3 (2nd in 2)	2-6
	Second round	Charles Leaf Daniell	5-1 (1st in G)	3-2 (3rd in 5)	Did not advance
		Sydney Martineau	3-2 (2nd in F)	2-2 (3rd in 7)
		Edgar Amphlett	4-1 (1st in J)	1-3 (5th in 2)
		Henry Davids	2-2 (2nd in M)	1-4 (5th in 3)
	First round	John Blake	2-4 (4th in C)	Did not advance
		Percival Davson	3-4 (4th in E)
		Ralph Chalmers	3-3 (4th in H)
		Edgar Seligman	2-4 (4th in L)
		Luke Fildes	2-6 (7th in A)
Men's sabre	Semi- finalist	C. Barry Notley	3-2 (2nd in L)	2-2 (2nd in 1)	2-5 (7th in 1)	Did not advance
	Second round	William Marsh	3-1 (1st in D)	2-2 (3rd in 3)	Did not advance
		Richard Badman	2-3 (3rd in G)	1-3 (4th in 2)
	First round	Arthur Murray	2-2 (4th in B)	Did not advance
		Charles Wilson	2-3 (4th in H)
		Alfred Keene	2-3 (4th in I)
		Edward Brookfield	3-4 (4th in J)
		Douglas Godfree	0-5 (6th in C)
		Lockhart Leith	0-5 (6th in K)
		Anthony Chalke	1-5 (7th in M)

Event	Place	Fencers	Play-in match	First round	Semi- finals	Final	Repechage	Silver medal match
Men's team épée	2nd	Charles Leaf Daniell (all) Cecil Haig (1st, sf, r, sm) Martin Holt (p, 1st, sf, r) Robert Montgomerie (all) Edgar Seligman (1st)[4] Edgar Amphlett (sm)[4]	Defeated Netherlands 9-7 Advanced to first round	Defeated Germany 13-5 Advanced to semifinals	Lost to France 12-5 Relegated to repechage	Did not advance	Defeated Denmark 9-8 Advanced to silver medal match	Defeated Belgium 9-5 Won silver medal
Men's team sabre	6th	H. Evan James William Marsh Arthur Murray Charles Wilson	Not held	Lost to Italy 11-5 Out 6th place	Did not advance		Not relegated

[edit] Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Skater	Score
Men's singles	4th	John Greig	310.9
	5th	Albert March	232.0
	—	Herbert Yglesias	Did not finish
Men's special figures	2nd	Arthur Cumming	32.8
	3rd	Geoffrey Hall-Say	20.8
Ladies' singles	1st	Madge Syers	252.5
	3rd	Dorothy Greenhough-Smith	192.1
	5th	Gwendolyn Lycett	164.0
Pair skating	2nd	Phyllis Johnson James H. Johnson	10.3
	3rd	Madge Syers Edgar Syers	9.6

[edit] Football

Main article: Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics

England national amateur football team represented Great Britain in the football competition.

Event	Place	Players	First round	Semifinals	Final	Bronze match
Men's football	1st	Horace Bailey, Arthur Berry, Frederick Chapman (captain), Walter Corbett, Harold Hardman, Robert Hawkes, Kenneth Hunt, Herbert Smith, Harold Stapley, Clyde Purnell, Vivian Woodward	Won vs. Sweden 12-1	Won vs. Netherlands 4-0	Won vs. Denmark 2-0	Not relegated

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score
Men's all-around	2nd	S. Walter Tysal	312
	6th	Samuel Hodgetts	266
	9th	Edward Potts	252.5
	12th	George Bailey	246
	16th	Franklin Dick	233.5
		Arthur Hodges	252.5
	Unknown	E. Aspinall	Unknown
		Oliver Bauscher	Unknown
		Joseph Cook	Unknown
		S. Domville	Unknown
		E. Dyson	Unknown
		W. Fergus	Unknown
		A. Ford	Unknown
		J. Graham	Unknown
		R. Hanley	Unknown
		Leonard Hanson	Unknown
		G. Meade	Unknown
		C. H. Smith	Unknown
		J. A. Walters	Unknown
		W. Watters	Unknown

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score
Men's team	8th	P. A. Baker, W. F. Barrett, R. Bonney, J. H. Catley, M. Clay, E. Clough, J. Cotterell, W. Cowy, G. C. Cullen, F. Denby, Herbert Drury, W. Fitt, H. Gill, A. S. Harley, Arthur Hawkins, William Hoare, J. A. Horridge, H. J. Huskinson, J. W. Jones, E. Justice, N. J. Keighley, R. Laycock, R. McGaw, J. McPhail, W. Manning, W. G. Merrifield, C. J. Oldaker, G. Parrott, E. Parsons, E. F. Richardson, J. Robertson, George Ross, D. Scott, J. F. Simpson, W. R. Skeeles, J. Speight, H. Stell, C. V. Suderman, William Tilt, Charles Vigurs, E. Walton, H. Waterman, E. A. Watkins, John Whitaker, F. Whitehead	196

[edit] Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Great Britain sent four teams, one from each of the Home Nations. Scotland and England defeated Germany and France, respectively, in the first round before facing each other in the semifinals. Their victories assured them medals, while Ireland and Wales had been guaranteed medals by receiving byes in the first round. England won in the semifinal against Scotland, while Ireland defeated Wales in the other semifinal. The two losing teams received bronze medals, while England took the gold by winning the final against Ireland, who received silver.

Event	Place	Players	First round	Semifinals	Final	5th/6th
Men's hockey	1st	England Louis Baillon, Harry Freeman, Eric Green, Gerald Logan, Alan Noble, Edgar Page, Reggie Pridmore, Percy Rees, John Yate Robinson, Stanley Shoveller, Harvey Wood	Won vs. France 10-1	Won vs. Scotland 6-1	Won vs. Ireland 8-1	Not relegated
	2nd	Ireland Edward Allman-Smith, Henry Brown, Walter Campbell, William Graham, Richard Gregg, Edward Holmes, Robert Kennedy, Henry Murphy, Walter Peterson, Charles Power, Frank Robinson	Bye	Won vs. Wales 3-1	Lost vs. England 8-1	Not relegated
	3rd	Scotland Alexander Burt, John Burt, Andrew Dennistoun, Charles Foulkes, Hew Fraser, James Harper-Orr, Ivan Laing, Hugh Neilson, William Orchardson, Norman Stevenson, Hugh Walker	Won vs. Germany 4-0	Lost vs. England 6-1	Did not advance	Not relegated
		Wales Frederick Connah, Llewellyn Evans, Arthur Law, Richard Lyne, Wilfred Pallott, Frederick Phillips, Edward Richards, Charles Shephard, Bertrand Turnbull, Philip Turnbull, James Williams	Bye	Lost vs. Ireland 3-1

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
France	1	0	1.000
Germany	1	0	1.000
Total international	2	0	1.000
Great Britain	3	3	.500
Total	5	3	.625

[edit] Jeu de paume

Main article: Jeu de paume at the 1908 Summer Olympics

In the jeu de paume competition, British players took the silver and bronze medals.

Event	Place	Player	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final/ Bronze match
Jeu de paume	2nd	Eustace Miles	Defeated Sands 6-3, 6-3, 6-3	Defeated Noel 6-5, 6-1, 6-5	Defeated Lytton 6-4, 6-1, 6-3	Lost to Gould 6-5, 6-4, 6-4
	3rd	Neville Bulwer-Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton	Bye	Defeated Biedermann 6-5, 6-1, 6-2	Lost to Miles 6-4, 6-1, 6-3	Defeated Page 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
	4th	Arthur Page	Bye	Defeated Palmer 5-6, 6-4, 6-5, 6-1	Lost to Gould 6-1, 6-0, 6-0	Lost to Lytton 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
	5th	Edwin Biedermann	Bye	Lost to Lytton 6-5, 6-1, 6-2	Did not advance
		Evan Noel	Defeated Tatham 6-2, 6-3, 6-3	Lost to Miles 6-5, 6-1, 6-5
		Arthur Palmer	Bye	Lost to Page 5-6, 6-4, 6-5, 6-1
		Vane Pennell	Defeated Cazalet 6-1, 6-4, 6-1	Lost to Gould 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
	9th	William Cazalet	Lost to Pennell 6-1, 6-4, 6-1	Did not advance
		Charles Tatham	Lost to Noel 6-2, 6-3, 6-3

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
United States	1	3	.250
Total international	1	3	.250
Great Britain	6	6	.500
Total	7	9	.438

[edit] Lacrosse

Main article: Lacrosse at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Great Britain lost the only lacrosse match played in 1908 to Canada, earning the silver medal.

Event	Place	Players	Final
Men's lacrosse	2nd	Gustav Alexander, J. Alexander[5], L. Blockey[5], George Buckland, E. O Dutton, V. G. Gilbey[5], S. N. Hayes, F. S. Johnson[5], Wilfrid Johnson, Edward Jones, R. G. W. Martin, G. Mason, G. J. Mason[5], J. Parker-Smith, H. W. Ramsay, Charles Scott, H. Shorrocks[5], Norman Whitley	Lost vs. Canada 14-10

[edit] Polo

Main article: Polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Great Britain was the only nation to compete in polo in 1908, with two English teams and an Irish team competing.

Event	Place	Players	Match 1	Match 2
Men's polo	1st	Roehampton Charles Darley Miller, George Arthur Miller, Patteson Nickalls, Herbert Haydon Wilson	Defeated Hurlingham 3-1	Defeated Ireland 8-1
	2nd	Hurlingham Club Walter Buckmaster, Frederick Freake, Walter Jones, John Wodehouse	Lost to Roehampton 3-1	Bye
		Ireland John Hardress Lloyd, John McKann, Percy O'Reilly, Auston Rotherham	Bye	Lost to Roehampton 8-1

[edit] Rackets

Main article: Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics

The host nation was the only one to compete in rackets in 1908.

Event	Place	Player	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Men's singles	1st	Evan Noel	Defeated Browning 3-1	Defeated Pennell 3-0	Defeated Astor 3-0	Defeated Leaf Walkover
	2nd	Henry Leaf	Bye	Bye	Defeated Brougham 3-0	Lost to Noel Walkover
	3rd	John Jacob Astor	Bye	Bye	Lost to Noel 3-0	Did not advance
		Henry Brougham	Bye	Bye	Lost to Leaf 3-0
	5th	Vane Pennell	Bye	Lost to Noel 3-0	Did not advance
	6th	Browning	Lost to Noel 3-1	Did not advance
Men's doubles	1st	John Jacob Astor Vane Pennell	None held		Defeated Leaf & Noel 4-2	Defeated Browning & Bury 4-1
	2nd	Cecil Browning Edmund Bury			Bye	Lost to Astor & Pennell 4-1
	3rd	Henry Leaf Evan Noel			Lost to Astor & Pennell 4-2	Did not advance

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Rowers	First round	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Men's single sculls	1st	Harry Blackstaffe	Bye	10.3 1st, quarterfinal 3	10.14 seconds 1st, semifinal 2	9.26
	2nd	Alexander McCulloch	Bye	10.8 1st, quarterfinal 4	10.22 seconds 1st, semifinal 1	Unknown
Men's coxless pairs	1st	John Fenning Gordon Thomson	None held		9.46 1st, semifinal 1	9.41
	2nd	George Fairbairn Philip Verdon			11.5 1st, semifinal 2	Unknown
Men's coxless fours	1st	Collier Cudmore, James Angus Gillan, Duncan Mackinnon, John Somers-Smith	None held		8.34 1st, semifinal 1	8.34
	2nd	Philip Filleul, Harold Barker, John Fenning, Gordon Thomson			9.4 1st, semifinal 2	Unknown
Men's coxed eights	1st	Albert Gladstone, Frederick Kelly, Banner Johnstone, Guy Nickalls, Charles Burnell, Ronald Sanderson, Raymond Etherington-Smith, Henry Bucknall, Gilchrist Maclagan	None held	8.10 1st, quarterfinal 2	8.12 1st, semifinal 1	8.34
	3rd	Frank Jerwood, Eric Powell, Oswald Carver, Edward Williams, Henry Goldsmith, Harold Kitching, John Burn, Douglas Stuart, Richard Boyle		Bye	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not advance

[edit] Rugby

Main article: Rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Great Britain lost the only rugby union match played in 1908 to Australasia, earning the silver medal. The British representative was the Cornwall county team, which had won the 1907 county championships.

Event	Place	Players	Final
Men's rugby union	2nd	Edward Jackett, J. C. Solomon, Bertram Solomon, L. F. 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	Lost vs. Australasia 32-3

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Great Britain took all four of the sailing medals, without contest in the cases of the 7 metre class (where only one boat entered) and the 12 metre class (where both boats were British).

Class	Place	Boat	Sailors
6 metre	1st	Dormy	Gilbert Laws, Thomas McMeekin, Charles Crichton
	4th	Sibindi	Johan Leuchars, William Leuchars, Frank Smith
7 metre	1st	Heroine	Charles Rivett-Carnac, Richard Dixon, Norman Bingley, Frances Rivett-Carnac
8 metre	1st	Cobweb	Blair Cochrane, Arthur Wood, Henry Sutton, John Rhodes, Charles Campbell
	3rd	Sorais	Philip Hunloke, Alfred Hughes, Frederick Hughes, George Ratsey, William Ward
12 metre	1st	Hera	Thomas Glen-Coats, Arthur Downes, John Downes, John Buchanan, David Dunlop, John Mackenzie, Gerald Tait, James Bunten, Albert Martin, John Aspin
	2nd	Mouchette	Charles MacIver, Cecil R. MacIver, James Baxter, William Davidson, John Spence, Thomas Littledale, John Jellico, McLeod Robertson, James Kenion, J. A. Gardiner

[edit] Shooting

Event	Place	Shooter	Score
Men's 1000 yard free rifle	1st	Joshua Milner	98
	3rd	Maurice Blood	92
	4th	Richard Bartnett	92
		Ted Ranken	92
	6th	Thomas Caldwell	91
		John Sellars	91
	16th	Thomas Fremantle	87
	19th	Peter Whitehead	86
	24th	John Hopton	84
	28th	Alexander Rogers	82
Men's 300 metre free rifle	10th	Jesse Wallingford	828
	11th	Maurice Blood	825
	20th	Alexander Jackson	771
	26th	R. Hawkins	752
	40th	Henry Chaney	671
Men's team free rifle	6th	Jesse Wallingford Harold Hawkings Charles Churcher Thomas Raddall John Bostock Robert Brown	4355
Men's team military rifle	2nd	Harcourt Ommundsen Fleetwood Varley Arthur Fulton Philip Richardson William Padgett John Martin	2497
Men's stationary target small-bore rifle	1st	Arthur Carnell	387
	2nd	Harold Humby	386
	3rd	George Barnes	385
	4th	Maurice Matthews	384
	5th	Edward Amoore	383
	6th	William Pimm	379
	7th	Albert Taylor	376
	8th	Harold Hawkins	374
	9th	Jack Warner	373
	10th	Arthur Wilde	370
	12th	James Milne	368
	14th	William Milne	363
Men's moving target small-bore rifle	1st	John Fleming	24
	2nd	Maurice Matthews	24
	3rd	William Marsden	24
	4th	Edward Newitt	24
	5th	Philip Plater	22
	6th	William Pimm	21
	7th	William Milne	21
	9th	William Styles	17
	10th	Arthur Wilde	13
	13th	James Milne	12
	19th	Edward Amoore	3
		Harold Hawkings	3
Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle	1st	William Styles	45
	2nd	Harold Hawkins	45
	3rd	Edward Amoore	45
	4th	William Milne	45
	5th	James Milne	45
	6th	Arthur Wilde	45
	8th	Harold Humby	45
	9th	John Fleming	42
		Maurice Matthews	42
		Edward Newitt	42
	15th	William Pimm	39
		Philip Plater	39
Men's team small-bore rifle	1st	Maurice Matthews Harold Humby William Pimm Edward Amoore	771
Men's single-shot running deer	2nd	Ted Ranken	24
	3rd	Alexander Rogers	24
	4th	Maurice Blood	23
	5th	Albert Kempster	22
	6th	James Cowan	21
		William Lane-Joynt	21
	9th	Joshua Millner	20
	10th	Charles Nix	19
	12th	Walter Ellicott	16
Men's double-shot running deer	2nd	Ted Ranken	46
	4th	Maurice Blood	34
	5th	Albert Kempster	34
	6th	Walter Ellicott	33
		Alexander Rogers	33
	9th	John Bashford	25
	10th	James Cowan	24
	11th	Charles Nix	22
	13th	William Lane-Joynt	20
	15th	Joshua Millner	15
Men's team single-shot running deer	2nd	Charles Nix William Lane-Joynt Walter Ellicott Ted Ranken	85
Men's individual pistol	5th	Jesse Wallingford	467
	7th	Walter Ellicott	458
	11th	Geoffrey Coles	449
	13th	Henry Lynch-Staunton	443
	14th	William Lane-Joynt	442
	16th	William Newton	440
	23rd	Charles Wirgmann	425
	28th	Peter Jones	407
	31st	James Le Fevre	399
	39th	Henry Munday	358
	42nd	John Bashford	329
Men's team pistol	3rd	Jesse Wallingford Geoffrey Coles Henry Lynch-Staunton Walter Ellicott	1817
Men's individual trap shooting	3rd	Alexander Maunder	57
	5th	Charles Palmer	55
	7th	Richard Hutton	53
	10th	Frank Moore	52
	11th	George Whitaker	51
	12th	James Pike	50
	17th	Harold Creasey	46
		Peter Easte	46
	19th	Gerald Merlin	45
	20th	William Morris	44
	24th	John Butt	26
Men's team trap shooting	1st	Peter Easte Alexander Maunder Frank Moore Charles Palmer James Pike John Postans	407
	3rd	John Butt Harold Creasey Richard Hutton William Morris Gerald Skinner George Whitaker	372

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Swimmer	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 100 metre freestyle	Semi- finalist	George Dockrell	1:13.2 1st, heat 8	1:11.4 3rd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		Addin Tyldesley	1:12.0 2nd, heat 2	Unknown 5th, semifinal 2
		Wilfred Edwards	1:05.8 1st, heat 7	Unknown 5-6, semifinal 1
		Paul Radmilovic	1:12.0 2nd, heat 6	Unknown 5-6, semifinal 1
	Heats	John Derbyshire	1:12.6 2nd, heat 4	Did not advance
		George Innocent	Unknown 3rd, heat 5
Men's 400 metre freestyle	1st	Henry Taylor	5:42.2 1st, heat 6	5:41.0 2nd, semifinal 1	5:36.8
	4th	William Foster	5:54.8 1st, heat 2	5:52.2 2nd, semifinal 2	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Sydney Battersby	5:48.8 1st, heat 1	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Paul Radmilovic	6:10.0 1st, heat 5	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2
	Heats	Sam Blatherwick	6:16.8 2nd, heat 4	Did not advance
		William Haynes	6:21.2 2nd, heat 7
		Arthur Sharp	7:00.4 2nd, heat 9
Men's 1500 metre freestyle	1st	Henry Taylor	23:24.4 1st, heat 6	22:54.0 1st, semifinal 1	22:48.4
	2nd	Sydney Battersby	23:42.8 1st, heat 4	23:23.0 1st, semifinal 2	22:51.2
	Semi- finalist	William Foster	24:33.0 1st, heat 7	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Lewis Moist	26:52.0 1st, heat 3	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
		John Jarvis	25:51.6 1st, heat 5	Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		Paul Radmilovic	25:02.4 1st, heat 1	Did not start —, semifinal 2
	Heats	Sam Blatherwick	25:15.4 2nd, heat 2	Did not advance
		Richard Hassell	28:14.8 3rd, heat 5
Men's 100 metre backstroke	3rd	Herbert Haresnape	1:26.2 1st, heat 4	1:28.8 2nd, semifinal 2	1:27.0
	Semi- finalist	John Taylor	1:25.8 1st, heat 6	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		Stanley Parvin	1:35.2 1st, heat 5	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
		Colin Lewis	1:30.2 1st, heat 3	Unknown 4th, semifinal 2
	Heats	Frederick Unwin	1:30.0 2nd, heat 1	Did not advance
		Sidney Willis	1:34.4 2nd, heat 2
		Eric Seaward	Unknown 3rd, heat 7
Men's 200 metre breaststroke	1st	Fred Holman	3:10.6 1st, heat 1	3:10.0 1st, semifinal 1	3:09.2
	2nd	William Robinson	3:13.0 1st, heat 5	1:11.8 1st, semifinal 2	3:12.8
	Heats	Percy Courtman	3:18.4 2nd, heat 7	Did not advance
		Arthur Davies	Unknown 3rd, heat 3
		Sydney Gooday	Unknown 3rd, heat 4
		Frank Naylor	Unknown 4-5, heat 2
Men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay	1st	William Foster Paul Radmilovic John Derbyshire Henry Taylor	None held	10:53.4 1st, semifinal 2	10:55.6

[edit] Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Great Britain took all 6 gold medals in the lawn tennis competitions in 1908.

Event	Place	Name	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Men's singles	1st	Josiah Ritchie	Bye	Defeated Gauntlett	Defeated Crawley	Defeated Germot	Defeated Eaves	Defeated Froitzheim
	3rd	Wilberforce Eaves	Defeated Kinzl	Bye	Defeated Bissing	Defeated Dixon	Lost to Ritchie	Did not advance
	5th	George Caridia	Bye	Defeated Kitson	Defeated R. Powell	Lost to Froitzheim	Did not advance
		Charles Dixon	Defeated Rahe	Defeated Lauber	Defeated Hykš	Lost to Eaves
	9th	Walter Crawley	Bye	Bye	Lost to Ritchie	Did not advance
		James Parke	Bye	Defeated Tóth	Lost to Froitzheim
	26th	Kenneth Powell	Lost to Froitzheim	Did not advance
Women's singles	1st	Dorothea Chambers	None held		Bye	Defeated Morton	Defeated Winch	Defeated Boothby
	2nd	Penelope Boothby			Bye	Bye	Bye	Lost to Chambers
	3rd	Joan Winch			Bye	Bye	Lost to Chambers	Did not advance
	4th	Agnes Morton			Defeated Greene	Lost to Chambers	Did not advance
	5th	Alice Greence			Lost to Morton	Did not advance
Men's doubles	1st	George Hillyard Reginald Doherty	None held	Bye	Bye	Defeated Crawley/K. Powell	Defeated Cazalet/Dixon	Defeated Ritchie/Parke
	2nd	Josiah Ritchie James Parke		Bye	Defeated Zsigmondy/Tóth	Defeated Piepes/Zborzil	Bye	Lost to Hillyard/Doherty
	3rd	Clement Cazalet Charles Dixon		Bye	Defeated C. van Lennep/R. van Lennep	Defeated Gauntlett/Kitson	Lost to Hillyard/Doherty	Did not advance
	4th	Walter Crawley Kenneth Powell		Bye	Defeated Foulkes/R. Powell	Lost to Hillyard/Doherty	Did not advance

Event	Place	Name	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Men's indoor singles	1st	Arthur Gore	Bye	Bye	Defeated Ritchie	Defeated Caridia
	2nd	George Caridia	Bye	Defeated Setterwall	Defeated Eaves	Lost to Gore
	3rd	Josiah Ritchie	Bye	Bye	Lost to Gore	Did not advance
	4th	Wilberforce Eaves	Bye	Defeated Boström	Lost to Caridia
	7th	Lionel Escombe	Lost to Setterwall	Did not advance
Women's indoor singles	1st	Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith	None held	Defeated Pinkney	Defeated Wallenberg	Defeated Greene
	2nd	Angela Greene		Defeated Boothby	Defeated Adlerstråhle	Lost to Eastlake-Smith
	5th	Penelope Boothby		Lost to Greene	Did not advance
		Mildred Coles		Lost to Wallenberg
		Violet Pinkney		Lost to Eastlake-Smith
Men's indoor doubles	1st	Herbert Barrett Arthur Gore	None held	Bye	Defeated Escombe/Ritchie	Defeated Caridia/Simond
	2nd	George Caridia George Simond		Defeated Eaves/Hillyard	Defeated Boström/Setterwall	Lost to Barrett/Gore
	4th	Lionel Escombe Josiah Ritchie		Bye	Lost to Barrett/Gore	Did not advance
	5th	Wilberforce Eaves George Hillyard		Lost to Caridia/Simond	Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Austria	2	0	1.000
Bohemia	1	0	1.000
Canada	2	0	1.000
France	1	0	1.000
Germany	3	3	.500
Hungary	2	0	1.000
Netherlands	1	0	1.000
South Africa	3	0	1.000
Sweden	5	3	.625
Total international	20	6	.769
Great Britain	19	19	.500
Total	39	25	.609

[edit] Tug of war

Main article: Tug of war at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Great Britain sent three police teams to compete in tug of war in 1908. They took the three medals, with the Liverpool police eliminating both foreign entrants (the United States in the only quarterfinal match and Sweden in the semifinals). The City of London team defeated the Metropolitan police in the other semifinal, going on to defeat the Liverpool squad in the final. The Metropolitan team won the bronze medal by default when the Swedes did not appear for the bronze match.

Event	Place	Athletes	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Tug of war	1st	City of London Police Edward Barrett, H. Duke, Frederick W. Goodfellow, Frederick H. Humphreys, William Hirons, Albert Ireton, Frederick Merriman, Edwin A. Mills, John James Shepherd	Bye	Defeated (GBR) Metropolitan Police "K" Division	Defeated (GBR) Liverpool Police
	2nd	Liverpool Police James M. Clarke, Thomas Butler, C. Foden, William Greggan, Alexander Kidd, Daniel McDonald Lowey, Patrick Philbin, George Smith, Thomas Swindlehurst	Defeated United States	Defeated Sweden	Lost to (GBR) City of London Police
	3rd	Metropolitan Police "K" Division Walter Chaffe, Joseph Dowler, Ernest W. Ebbage, Thomas Homewood, Alexander Munro, William Slade, Walter B. Tammas, T. J. Williams, James Woodget	Bye	Lost to (GBR) City of London Police	Did not advance

[edit] Water motorsports

Main article: Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Great Britain had a boat finish in each of two races in the water motorsports competitions, thereby winning two gold medals in the midst of a gale. No British boat finished in the third race, leaving the final gold medal to France, which competed only in the open class.

Event	Place	Boat	Sailors	Result
Class A — Open class	—	Wolseley-Siddely	Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster George Clowes Joseph Frederick Laycock (first race only) G. H. Atkinson (second race only)	Race cancelled (first race) Ran aground (second race)
		Dylan	Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden A. G. Fentiman	Retired, race cancelled (first race) Did not start (second race)
Class B — Under 60 feet	1st	Gyrinus	Isaac Thomas Thornycroft Bernard Redwood John Field-Richards[6]	Finished
	—	Quicksilver	John Marshall Gorham	Did not finish
Class C — 6.5–8 metres	1st	Gyrinus	Thomas Thornycroft Bernard Redwood	Finished
	—	Sea Dog	Warwick Wright Thomas Weston	Did not finish

[edit] Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Water poloists	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Men's water polo	1st	George Cornet, Charles Forsyth, George Nevinson, Paul Radmilovic, Charles Sydney Smith, Thomas Thould, George Wilkinson	Bye	Bye	Defeated Belgium 9-2

[edit] Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Greco-Roman lightweight	9th	Edward Blount	Bye	Lost to Persson	Did not advance
		George Faulkner	Bye	Lost to Møller
		Arthur Hawkins	Defeated Carlsen	Lost to Radvány
		William Wood	Defeated Halík	Lost to Maróthy
	17th	George Mackenzie	Lost to Malmström	Did not advance
		Arthur Rose	Lost to Maróthy
		William Ruff	Lost to Radvány
		Andrew Whittingstall	Lost to Møller
Greco-Roman middleweight	9th	Edgar Bacon	Bye	Lost to Eriksen	Did not advance
		Frederick Beck	Defeated Challstorp	Lost to Andersson
		George Bradshaw	Bye	Lost to Mårtensson
	17th	Stanley Bacon	Lost to Andersson	Did not advance
Greco-Roman light heavyweight	5th	Arthur Banbrook	Bye	Defeated Meesen	Lost to Jensen	Did not advance
	9th	Charles Brown	Bye	Lost to Dubois	Did not advance
		Edward Nixson	Bye	Lost to Saarela
		Walter West	Defeated Šustera	Lost to Weckman
	17th	Harold Foskett	Lost to Dubois	Did not advance
Greco-Roman super heavyweight	5th	Edward Barrett	None held		Lost to Payr	Did not advance
		Frederick Humphreys			Lost to Petrov

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Freestyle bantamweight	2nd	William Press	Defeated Whiterall	Defeated Sansom	Defeated Tomkins	Lost to Mehnert
	4th	Frederick Tomkins	Defeated W. Cox	Defeated Saunders	Lost to Press	Lost to Coté
	5th	Frank Davis	Defeated Knight	Lost to Coté	Did not advance
		Bruce Sansom	Defeated Schwan	Lost to Press
		George Saunders	Defeated J. Cox	Lost to Tomkins
		Harry Sprenger	Bye	Lost to Mehnert
	9th	James Cox	Lost to Saunders	Did not advance
		William Cox	Lost to Tomkins
		Frank Knight	Lost to Davis
		George Schwan	Lost to Sansom
		Harold Whiterall	Lost to Press
Freestyle featherweight	2nd	James Slim	Bye	Defeated Peake	Defeated Tagg	Lost to Dole
	3rd	William McKie	Bye	Defeated White	Lost to Dole	Defeated Tagg
	4th	William Tagg	Bye	Defeated Goddard	Lost to Slim	Lost to McKie
	5th	Arthur Goddard	Defeated Couch	Lost to Tagg	Did not advance
		Sidney Peake	Bye	Lost to Slim
		James Webster	Defeated Adams	Lost to Dole
		James White	Defeated Jones	Lost to McKie
	9th	William Adams	Lost to Webster	Did not advance
		Percy Cockings	Lost to Dole
		Richard Couch	Lost to Goddard
		William Jones	Lost to White
Freestyle lightweight	1st	George de Relwyskow	Defeated Henson	Defeated Shepherd	Defeated Gingell	Defeated Wood
	2nd	William Wood	Defeated Faulkner	Defeated Krug	Defeated G. McKenzie	Lost to Relwyskow
	3rd	Albert Gingell	Bye	Defeated Baillie	Lost to Relwyskow	Defeated G. McKenzie
	4th	George McKenzie	Bye	Defeated J. McKenzie	Lost to Wood	Lost to Gingell
	5th	Herbert Baillie	Bye	Lost to Gingell	Did not advance
		James McKenzie	Bye	Lost to G. McKenzie
		William Shepherd	Bye	Lost to Relwyskow
	9th	George Faulkner	Lost to Wood	Did not advance
		William Henson	Lost to Relwyskow
		Joseph Hoy	Lost to Krug
Freestyle middleweight	1st	Stanley Bacon	Defeated Chenery	Defeated Coleman	Defeated Beck	Defeated Relwyskow
	2nd	George de Relwyskow	Defeated Challstorp	Defeated E. Bacon	Defeated Andersson	Lost to S. Bacon
	3rd	Frederick Beck	Bye	Defeated Narganes	Lost to S. Bacon	Defeated Andersson
	5th	Edgar Bacon	Defeated Bradshaw	Lost to Relwyskow	Did not advance
		Aubrey Coleman	Defeated Wallis	Lost to S. Bacon
	9th	George Bradshaw	Lost to E. Bacon	Did not advance
		Henry Chenery	Lost to S. Bacon
		Arthur Wallis	Lost to Coleman
Freestyle heavyweight	1st	George Con O'Kelly	Defeated Talbott	Defeated Foskett	Defeated Barrett	Defeated Gundersen
	3rd	Edward Barrett	Bye	Defeated Brown	Lost to O'Kelly	Defeated Nixson
	4th	Edward Nixson	Bye	Defeated Bruce	Lost to Gundersen	Lost to Barrett
	5th	Lawrence Bruce	Defeated Banbrook	Lost to Nixson	Did not advance
		Frederick Humphreys	Bye	Lost to Gundersen
		Harold Foskett	Bye	Lost to O'Kelly
		Charles Brown	Bye	Lost to Barrett
	9th	Arthur Banbrook	Lost to Bruce	Did not advance
		Walter West	Lost to Gundersen

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Belgium	1	2	.333
Bohemia	2	0	1.000
Canada	0	2	.000
Denmark	1	4	.200
Finland	0	2	.000
Hungary	0	5	.000
Norway	1	3	.250
Russia	0	1	.000
Sweden	4	5	.444
United States	3	7	.300
Total international	12	31	.279
Great Britain	38	38	.500
Total	50	69	.420

[edit] Notes

[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.
• Reyes, Macario (2001). IV. Olympiad London 1908 Football Tournament. Rec. Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved on 2 May 2006.

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