The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games. However, the Athens Games of 1906 have since been downgraded by the International Olympic Committee and the 1908 Games are seen as the start of the Fourth Olympiad, in keeping with the now-accepted four-year cycle. Overall, 106 events in 24 disciplines were contested.[1]
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's Continental style[2] details |
Eugène Grisot![]() |
Louis Vernet![]() |
Gustave Cabaret![]() |
Men's double York Round[3] details |
William Dod![]() |
Reginald Brooks-King![]() |
Henry Richardson![]() |
Women's double National Round[4] details |
Sybil Newall![]() |
Lottie Dod![]() |
Beatrice Hill-Lowe![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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100 metres[5] details |
Reggie Walker![]() |
James Rector![]() |
Robert Kerr![]() |
200 metres[6] details |
Robert Kerr![]() |
Robert Cloughen![]() |
Nate Cartmell![]() |
400 metres[7] details |
Wyndham Halswelle![]() |
not awarded | not awarded |
800 metres[8] details |
Mel Sheppard![]() |
Emilio Lunghi![]() |
Hanns Braun![]() |
1500 metres[9] details |
Mel Sheppard![]() |
Harold Wilson![]() |
Norman Hallows![]() |
5 miles[10] details |
Emil Voigt![]() |
Edward Owen![]() |
John Svanberg![]() |
Marathon[11] details |
Johnny Hayes![]() |
Charles Hefferon![]() |
Joseph Forshaw![]() |
110 metres hurdles[12] details |
Forrest Smithson![]() |
John Garrels![]() |
Arthur Shaw![]() |
400 metres hurdles[13] details |
Charles Bacon![]() |
Harry Hillman![]() |
Jimmy Tremeer![]() |
3200 metres steeplechase[14] details |
Arthur Russell![]() |
Archie Robertson![]() |
John Eisele![]() |
Medley relay details |
![]() William Hamilton Nate Cartmell John Taylor Mel Sheppard |
![]() Arthur Hoffmann Hans Eicke Otto Trieloff Hanns Braun |
![]() Pál Simon Frigyes Wiesner József Nagy Ödön Bodor |
3 miles team race details |
![]() William Coales Joe Deakin Archie Robertson |
![]() George Bonhag John Eisele Herbert Trube |
![]() Joseph Dreher Louis de Fleurac Paul Lizandier |
3500 metres walk[20] details |
George Larner![]() |
Ernest Webb![]() |
Harry Kerr![]() |
10 miles walk[21] details |
George Larner![]() |
Ernest Webb![]() |
Edward Spencer![]() |
Long jump[22] details |
Frank Irons![]() |
Daniel Kelly![]() |
Calvin Bricker![]() |
Triple jump[23] details |
Tim Ahearne![]() |
Garfield MacDonald![]() |
Edvard Larsen![]() |
High jump[24] details |
Harry Porter![]() |
Géo André![]() |
not awarded |
Con Leahy![]() | |||
István Somodi![]() | |||
Pole vault[25] details |
Edward Cook![]() |
not awarded | Edward Archibald![]() |
Clare Jacobs![]() | |||
Alfred Gilbert![]() | |||
Bruno Söderström![]() | |||
Standing long jump[26] details |
Ray Ewry![]() |
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras![]() |
Martin Sheridan![]() |
Standing high jump[27] details |
Ray Ewry![]() |
John Biller![]() |
not awarded |
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras![]() | |||
Shot put[28] details |
Ralph Rose![]() |
Denis Horgan![]() |
John Garrels![]() |
Discus throw[29] details |
Martin Sheridan![]() |
Merritt Giffin![]() |
Bill Horr![]() |
Hammer throw[30] details |
John Flanagan![]() |
Matt McGrath![]() |
Con Walsh![]() |
Javelin throw[31] details |
Eric Lemming![]() |
Arne Halse![]() |
Otto Nilsson![]() |
Greek discus[32] details |
Martin Sheridan![]() |
Bill Horr![]() |
Verner Järvinen![]() |
Freestyle javelin[33] details |
Eric Lemming![]() |
Michalis Dorizas![]() |
Arne Halse![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight[34] (-52.6 kg / 116 lb) details |
A. Henry Thomas![]() |
John Condon![]() |
William Webb![]() |
Featherweight[35] (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) details |
Richard Gunn![]() |
Charles Morris![]() |
Hugh Roddin![]() |
Lightweight[36] (-63.5 kg / 140 lb) details |
Frederick Grace![]() |
Frederick Spiller![]() |
Harry Johnson![]() |
Middleweight[37] (-71.7 kg / 158 lb) details |
Johnny Douglas![]() |
Reginald Baker![]() |
William Philo![]() |
Heavyweight[38] (over 71.7 kg/158 lb) details |
Albert Oldman![]() |
Sydney Evans![]() |
Frederick Parks![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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660 yards details |
Victor Johnson![]() |
Émile Demangel![]() |
Karl Neumer![]() |
5000 metres details |
Benjamin Jones![]() |
Maurice Schilles![]() |
André Auffray![]() |
20 kilometres details |
Clarence Kingsbury![]() |
Benjamin Jones![]() |
Joseph Werbrouck![]() |
100 kilometres details |
Charles Bartlett![]() |
Charles Denny![]() |
Octave Lapize![]() |
Sprint details |
No medalists - race declared void as time limit was exceeded in final | ||
Tandem details |
![]() André Auffray Maurice Schilles |
![]() Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson |
![]() Charlie Brooks Walter Isaacs |
Team pursuit details |
![]() Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leonard Meredith Ernest Payne |
![]() Max Götze Rudolf Katzer Hermann Martens Karl Neumer |
![]() William Anderson Walter Andrews Frederick McCarthy William Morton |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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3 metre springboard details |
Albert Zürner![]() |
Kurt Behrens![]() |
George Gaidzik![]() |
Gottlob Walz![]() | |||
10 metre platform details |
Hjalmar Johansson![]() |
Karl Malmström![]() |
Arvid Spångberg![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Épée details |
Gaston Alibert![]() |
Alexandre Lippmann![]() |
Eugène Olivier![]() |
Team épée details |
![]() Gaston Alibert Henri-Georges Berger Charles Collignon Eugène Olivier |
![]() Charles Leaf Daniell Cecil Haig Martin Holt Robert Montgomerie |
![]() Paul Anspach Desire Beaurain Ferdinand Feyerick François Rom |
Sabre details |
Jenő Fuchs![]() |
Béla Zulawszky![]() |
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf![]() |
Team sabre details |
![]() Jenő Fuchs Oszkár Gerde Péter Tóth Lajos Werkner Dezső Földes |
![]() Marcello Bertinetti Riccardo Nowak Abelardo Olivier Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli Sante Ceccherini |
![]() Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Bedřich Schejbal Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček Otakar Lada |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles details |
Ulrich Salchow![]() |
Richard Johansson![]() |
Per Thorén![]() |
Men's special figures details |
Nikolai Panin![]() |
Arthur Cumming![]() |
Geoffrey Hall-Say![]() |
Ladies' singles details |
Madge Syers![]() |
Elsa Rendschmidt![]() |
Dorothy Greenhough-Smith![]() |
Pairs details |
Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger ![]() |
Phyllis Johnson and James H. Johnson ![]() |
Madge Syers and Edgar Syers ![]() |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
![]() Horace Bailey Arthur Berry Frederick Chapman Walter Corbett Harold Hardman Robert Hawkes Kenneth Hunt Herbert Smith Harold Stapley Clyde Purnell Vivian Woodward George Barlow[39] Albert Bell Ronald Brebner W. Crabtree Walter Daffern Thomas Porter Albert Scothern |
![]() Peter Marius Andersen Harald Bohr Charles Buchwald Ludvig Drescher Johannes Gandil Harald Hansen August Lindgren Kristian Middelboe Nils Middelboe Sophus Nielsen Oskar Nørland Bjørn Rasmussen Vilhelm Wolfhagen Magnus Beck[39] Ødbert E. Bjarnholt Knud Hansen Einar Middelboe |
![]() Reinier Beeuwkes Frans de Bruyn Kops Karel Heijting Jan Kok Bok de Korver Emil Mundt Louis Otten Jops Reeman Edu Snethlage Ed Sol Jan Thomée Caius Welcker Jan van den Berg[39] Lo la Chapelle Vic Gonsalves John Heijting Tonie van Renterghem |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
![]() ![]() Louis Baillon Harry Freeman Eric Green Gerald Logan Alan Noble Edgar Page Reggie Pridmore Percy Rees John Yate Robinson Stanley Shoveller Harvey Wood |
![]() ![]() Edward Allman-Smith Henry Brown Walter Campbell William Graham Richard Gregg Edward Holmes Robert Kennedy Henry Murphy Jack Peterson Walter Peterson Charles Power Frank Robinson |
![]() ![]() Alexander Burt John Burt Alastair Denniston Charles Foulkes Hew Fraser James Harper-Orr Ivan Laing Hugh Neilson Gordon Orchardson Norman Stevenson Hugh Walker |
![]() ![]() Frank Connah Llewellyn Evans Arthur Law Richard Lyne Wilfred Pallott Frederick Phillips Edward Richards Charles Shephard Bertrand Turnbull Philip Turnbull James Williams |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tournament | Jay Gould II![]() |
Eustace Miles![]() |
Neville Bulwer-Lytton![]() |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
![]() Frank Dixon George Campbell Gus Dillon Richard Louis Duckett George Rennie Clarence McKerrow Alexander Turnbull Henry Hoobin Ernest Hamilton John Broderick Tommy Gorman Patrick Brennan (Capt.) D. McLeod A. Mara J. Fyon |
![]() Gustav Alexander George Buckland Eric Dutton S. N. Hayes Wilfrid Johnson Edward Jones Reginald Martin Gerald Mason Johnson Parker-Smith Hubert Ramsey (Capt.) Charles Scott Norman Whitley C. J. Mason F. S. Johnson V. G. Gilbey H. Shorrocks J. Alexander L. Blockey |
not awarded |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
![]() Charles Darley Miller George Arthur Miller Patteson Womersley Nickalls Herbert Haydon Wilson |
![]() Walter Buckmaster Frederick Freake Walter Jones John Wodehouse ![]() Ireland John Hardress Lloyd John Paul McCann Percy O'Reilly Auston Rotherham |
not awarded |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles details |
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Men's doubles details |
![]() and John Jacob Astor (GBR) |
![]() and Cecil Browning (GBR) |
![]() and Henry Leaf (GBR) |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
![]() Phil Carmichael Charles Russell Daniel Carroll Jack Hickey Frank Smith Chris McKivat Arthur McCabe Thomas Griffen John Barnett Patrick McCue Sydney Middleton Tom Richards Malcolm McArthur Charles McMurtrie Robert Craig |
![]() Edward Jackett Barney Solomon Bert Solomon Frederick 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 |
not awarded |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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6 Metre: details |
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7 Metre: details |
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not awarded | |
8 Metre: details |
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12 Metre: details |
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not awarded |
15 Metre: | no entries |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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100 m freestyle[42] details |
Charles Daniels![]() |
Zoltán Halmay![]() |
Harald Julin![]() |
400 m freestyle[43] details |
Henry Taylor![]() |
Frank Beaurepaire![]() |
Otto Scheff![]() |
1500 m freestyle[44] details |
Henry Taylor![]() |
Thomas Battersby![]() |
Frank Beaurepaire![]() |
100 m backstroke[45] details |
Arno Bieberstein![]() |
Ludvig Dam![]() |
Herbert Haresnape![]() |
200 m breaststroke[46] details |
Frederick Holman![]() |
William Robinson![]() |
Pontus Hanson![]() |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details |
![]() John Derbyshire Paul Radmilovic William Foster Henry Taylor |
![]() József Munk Imre Zachár Béla Las-Torres Zoltán Halmay |
![]() Harry Hebner Leo Goodwin Charles Daniels Leslie Rich |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's Singles details |
Josiah Ritchie![]() |
Otto Froitzheim![]() |
Wilberforce Eaves![]() |
Men's Doubles details |
![]() and Reginald Doherty (GBR) |
![]() and James Parke (GBR) |
![]() and Charles Dixon (GBR) |
Men's Indoor Singles details |
Arthur Gore![]() |
George Caridia![]() |
Josiah Ritchie![]() |
Men's Indoor Doubles details |
![]() and Arthur Gore (GBR) |
![]() and George Simond (GBR) |
![]() and Gunnar Setterwall (SWE) |
Women's Singles details |
Dorothea Chambers![]() |
Penelope Boothby![]() |
Ruth Winch![]() |
Women's Indoor Singles details |
Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith![]() |
Alice Greene![]() |
Märtha Adlerstråhle![]() |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
![]() William Hirons Frederick Goodfellow Edward Barrett John James Shepherd Frederick Humphreys Edwin Mills Albert Ireton Frederick Merriman |
![]() Patrick Philbin James Clarke Thomas Butler Alexander Kidd George Smith Thomas Swindlehurst Daniel Lowey William Greggan |
![]() Walter Tammas William Slade Alexander Munro Ernest Ebbage Thomas Homewood Walter Chaffe James Woodget Joseph Dowler |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Class A — Open details |
![]() Camille |
not awarded | not awarded |
Class B — Under 60 feet details |
![]() Gyrinus |
not awarded | not awarded |
Class C — 6.5–8 metres details |
![]() Gyrinus |
not awarded | not awarded |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
![]() George Cornet Charles Forsyth George Nevinson Paul Radmilovic Charles Smith Thomas Thould George Wilkinson |
![]() Victor Boin Herman Donners Fernand Feyaerts Oscar Grégoire Herman Meyboom Albert Michant Joseph Pletinckx |
![]() Robert Andersson Erik Bergvall Pontus Hanson Harald Julin Torsten Kumfeldt Axel Runström Gunnar Wennerström |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight[50] details |
George Mehnert![]() |
William J. Press![]() |
Aubert Côté![]() |
Featherweight[51] details |
George Dole![]() |
James Slim![]() |
William McKie![]() |
Lightweight[52] details |
George de Relwyskow![]() |
William Wood![]() |
Albert Gingell![]() |
Middleweight[53] details |
Stanley Bacon![]() |
George de Relwyskow![]() |
Frederick Beck![]() |
Heavyweight[54] details |
Con O'Kelly![]() |
Jacob Gundersen![]() |
Edward Barrett![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Lightweight[55] details |
Enrico Porro![]() |
Nikolay Orlov![]() |
Arvo Lindén![]() |
Middleweight[56] details |
Frithiof Mårtensson![]() |
Mauritz Andersson![]() |
Anders Andersen![]() |
Light heavyweight[57] details |
Verner Weckman![]() |
Yrjö Saarela![]() |
Carl Jensen![]() |
Super heavyweight[58] details |
Richárd Weisz![]() |
Aleksandr Petrov![]() |
Søren Marinus Jensen![]() |
Athletes who won more than two medals are listed below.
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Mel Sheppard | ![]() |
Athletics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Henry Taylor | ![]() |
Swimming | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Benjamin Jones | ![]() |
Cycling | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Martin Sheridan | ![]() |
Athletics | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Oscar Swahn | ![]() |
Shooting | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Josiah Ritchie | ![]() |
Tennis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Ted Ranken | ![]() |
Shooting | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Olympic Games medal winners | |
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Winter Olympic Games |
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