Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Official 1908 Highlight Film Rowing @ 1:00

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four rowing events were contested, all for men only. Races were held at Henley-on-Thames. The competitions were held from July 28, 1908 to July 31, 1908. There was one fewer event in 1908 than 1904, after the double sculls was dropped from the programme. Hungary and Norway competed in rowing for the first time, along with 6 other nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
Single sculls	Harry Blackstaffe (GBR)	Alexander McCulloch (GBR)	Bernhard von Gaza (GER)	Károly Levitzky (HUN)
Coxless pairs	John Fenning and Gordon Thomson (GBR)	George Fairbairn and Philip Verdon (GBR)	Frederick Toms and Norwey Jackes (CAN)	Martin Stahnke and Willy Düskow (GER)
Coxless fours	Great Britain (GBR) Collier Cudmore James Angus Gillan Duncan Mackinnon John Somers-Smith	Great Britain (GBR) Philip Filleul Harold Barker John Fenning Gordon Thomson	Canada (CAN) Gordon Balfour Becher Gale Charles Riddy Geoffrey Taylor	Netherlands (NED) Hermannus Höfte Albertus Wielsma Johan Burk Bernardus Croon
Eights	Great Britain (GBR) Albert Gladstone Frederick Kelly Banner Johnstone Guy Nickalls Charles Burnell Ronald Sanderson Raymond Etherington-Smith Henry Bucknall Gilchrist Maclagan	Belgium (BEL) Oscar Taelman Marcel Morimont Rémy Orban Georges Mijs François Vergucht Polydore Veirman Oscar De Somville Rodolphe Poma Alfred van Landeghem	Canada (CAN) Irvine Robertson Joseph Wright Julius Thomson Walter Lewis Gordon Balfour Becher Gale Charles Riddy Geoffrey Taylor Douglas Kertland	Great Britain (GBR) Frank Jerwood Eric Powell Oswald Carver Edward Williams Henry Goldsmith Harold Kitching John Burn Douglas Stuart Richard Boyle

Participating nations

81 rowers from 8 nations competed.

Belgium (10)
Canada (13)
Germany (3)
Great Britain (30)
Hungary (11)
Italy (1)
Netherlands (4)
Norway (9)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	4	3	1	8
2	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
3	Canada (CAN)	0	0	3	3
4	Germany (GER)	0	0	2	2
5	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
5	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1

References

International Olympic Committee medal database
Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
De Wael, Herman (2001). "Rowing 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 6 May 2006.

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