Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless fours

Men's coxless fours
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue River Thames
Dates July 28 (semifinals)
July 31 (final)
Competitors 16 from 3 nations
Medalists
  Great Britain
Collier Cudmore, James Angus Gillan, Duncan Mackinnon, John Somers-Smith
  Great Britain
Harold Barker, John Fenning, Philip Filleul, Gordon Thomson
  Canada
Gordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Charles Riddy, Geoffrey Taylor
«1904 1920»
Rowing at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Single sculls men
Coxless pairs men
Coxless fours men
Eights men

The men's coxless fours was one of four rowing events on the Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. 4 boats from 3 nations competed.

Contents

Standings

Place Bow Rowers Stroke Nation
1 Collier Cudmore James Angus Gillan
Duncan Mackinnon		 John Somers-Smith Great Britain
2 Philip Filleul Harold Barker
John Fenning		 Gordon Thomson Great Britain
3 Gordon Balfour Becher Gale
Charles Riddy		 Geoffrey Taylor Canada
Hermannus Höfte Albertus Wielsma
Johan Burk		 Bernardus Croon Netherlands

Results

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

The British four won by 2¼ lengths.

Place Bow Rowers Stroke Nation Time
1 Collier Cudmore James Angus Gillan
Duncan Mackinnon		 John Somers-Smith Great Britain 8:34.0
2 Gordon Balfour Becher Gale
Charles Riddy		 Geoffrey Taylor Canada (8:40.5)

Semifinal 2

Place Bow Rowers Stroke Nation Time
1 Philip Filleul Harold Barker
John Fenning		 Gordon Thomson Great Britain 9:04.0
2 Hermannus Höfte Albertus Wielsma
Johan Burk		 Bernardus Croon Netherlands Unknown

Final

Place Bow Rowers Stroke Nation Time
1 Collier Cudmore James Angus Gillan
Duncan Mackinnon		 John Somers-Smith Great Britain 8:34.0
2 Philip Filleul Harold Barker
John Fenning		 Gordon Thomson Great Britain Unknown

References