The Sports Almanac



1908 Summer Olympics
London, England

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

GREAT BRITAIN -  147 Medals
UNITED STATES -  47 Medals
SWEDEN -  25 Medals

Athletics Swimming Diving Water Polo
Archery Boxing Cycling Fencing
Figure Skating Soccer Gymnastics Field Hockey
Jeu de paume Lacrosse Polo Rackets
Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting
Tennis Water Motorsports Wrestling

London 1908 Overall Medal Standings
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 Great Britain
 56
 52
 39
 147
2
 United States
 23
 12
 12
 47
3
 Sweden
 8
 6
 11
 25
4
 France
 5
 5
 9
 19
5
 Canada
 3
 3
 10
 16
6
 Germany
 3
 5
 5
 13
7
 Hungary
 3
 4
 2
 9
8
 Norway
 2
 3
 3
 8
9
 Belgium
 1
 5
 2
 8
10
 Australaisia
 1
 2
 2
 5
11
 Finland
 1
 1
 3
 5
12
 Denmark
 0
 2
 3
 5
13
 Italy
 2
 2
 0
 4
14
 Greece
 0
 3
 1
 4
15
 Russia
 1
 2
 0
 3
16
 Bohemia
 0
 0
 2
 2
17
 Netherlands
 0
 0
 2
 2
18
 South Africa
 1
 0
 0
 1
19
 Austria
 0
 0
 1
 1

London 1908 Athletics
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
100 Meters
 Reggie Walker - South Africa
 James Rector - United States
 Robert Kerr - Canada
200 Meters
 Robert Kerr - Canada Robert Cloughen - United States
 Nate Cartmell - United States
400 Meters
 Wyndham Halswelle - Great Britain
 None Awarded
 None Awarded
800 Meters
 Mel Sheppard - United States
 Emilio Lunghi - Italy
 Hanns Braun - Germany
1500 Meters
 Mel Sheppard - United States Harold Wilson - Great Britain
 Norman Hallows - Great Britain
5 Miles
 Emil Voigt - Great Britain
 Edward Owen - Great Britain
 John Svanberg - Sweden
Marathon Johnny Hayes - United States
 Charles Hefferon - Great Britain
 Joseph Forshaw - United States
110 Meter Hurdles
 Forrest Smithson - United States
 John Garrels - United States
 Arthur Shaw - United States
400 Meter Hurdles
 Charles Bacon - United States
 Harry Hillman - United States
 Jimmy Tremeer - Great Britain
3200 Meter Steeplechase
 Arthur Russell - Great Britain
 Arthur Robertson - Great Britain
 John Eisele - United States
Medley Relay
 United States
 Germany
 Hungary
3 Mile Team Race
 Great Britain
 United States
 France
3500 Meter Walk
 George Larner - Great Britain
 Ernest Webb - Great Britain Harry Kerr - Australasia
10 Mile Walk
 George Larner - Great Britain Ernest Webb - Great Britain Edward Spencer - Great Britain
Long Jump
 Frank Irons - United States
 Daniel Kelly - United States
 Calvin Bricker - Canada
Triple Jump
 Tim Ahearne - Great Britain
 Garfield MacDonald - Canada
 Edvard Larsen - Norway
High Jump
 Harry Porter - United States
 Géo André - France
Con Leahy - Great Britain
István Somodi - Hungary
 None Awarded
Pole Vault
 Edward Cook - United States
Alfred Gilbert - United States
 None Awarded Edward Archibald - Canada
Clare Jacobs - United States
Bruno Söderström - Sweden
Standing Long Jump
 Ray Ewry - United States
 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras - Greece
 Martin Sheridan - United States
Standing High Jump
 Ray Ewry - United States John Biller - United States
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras - Greece
 None Awarded
Shot Put
 Ralph Rose - United States
 Denis Horgan - Great Britain
 John Garrels - United States
Discus
 Martin Sheridan - United States Merritt Griffin - United States
 Bill Horr - United States
Javelin
 Eric Lemming - Sweden
 Arne Halse - Norway
 Otto Nilsson - Sweden
Hammer Throw
 John Flanagan - United States
 Matt McGrath - United States
 Con Walsh - Canada
Greek Discus
 Martin Sheridan - United States Bill Horr - United States Verner Järvinen - Finland
Freestyle Javelin
 Eric Lemming - Sweden Michalis Dorizas - Greece
 Arne Halse - Norway

London 1908 Swimming
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
100 Meter Freestyle
 Charles Daniels - United States
 Zoltán Halmay - Hungary
 Harald Julin - Sweden
400 Meter Freestyle
 Henry Taylor - Great Britain
 Frank Beaurepaire - Australasia
 Otto Scheff - Austria
1500 Meter Freestyle
 Henry Taylor - Great Britain Thomas Battersby - Great Britain
 Frank Beaurepaire - Australasia
100 Meter Backstroke
 Arno Bieberstein - Germany
 Ludvig Dam - Denmark
 Herbert Haresnape - Great Britain
200 Meter Breaststroke
 Frederick Holman - Great Britain
 William Robinson - Great Britain
 Pontus Hanson - Sweden
4X200 Meter Freestyle Relay
 Great Britain
 Hungary
 United States

London 1908 Diving
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
3 Meter Springboard
 Albert Zürner - Germany
 Kurt Behrens - Germany
 George Gaidzik - United States
Gottlob Walz - Germany
10 Meter Platform
 Hjalmar Johansson - Sweden
 Karl Malmström - Sweden
 Arvid Spångberg - Sweden

London 1908 Water Polo
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Great Britain
 Belgium
 Sweden

London 1908 Archery
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Double York Round
 William Dod - Great Britain
 Reginald Brooks-King - Great Britain
 Henry B. Richardson - United States
Men's Continental Style
 Eugène Grisot - France
 Louis Vernet - France
 Gustave Cabaret - France
Women's Double National Round
 Queenie Newall - Great Britain
 Lottie Dod - Great Britain
 Beatrice Hill-Lowe - Great Britain

London 1908 Boxing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Bantanweight
 A. Henry Thomas - Great Britain
 John Condon - Great Britain
 William Webb - Great Britain
Featherweight
 Richard Gunn - Great Britain
 Charles Morris - Great Britain
 Hugh Roddin - Great Britain
Lightweight
 Frederick Grace - Great Britain
 Frederick Spiller - Great Britain
 Harry Johnson - Great Britain
Middleweight
 Johnny Douglas - Great Britain
 Reginald Baker - Australasia
 William Philo - Great Britain
Heavyweight
 Albert Oldman - Great Britain
 Sydney Evans - Great Britain
 Frederick Parks - Great Britain

London 1908 Cycling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
660 Yards
 Victor Johnson - Great Britain
 Émile Demangel - France
 Karl Neumer - Germany
5000 Meters
 Benjamin Jones - Great Britain
 Maurice Schilles - France
 André Auffray - France
20 KM
 Clarence Kingsbury - Great Britain
 Benjamin Jones - Great Britain Joseph Werbrouck - Belgium
100 KM
 Charles Bartlett - Great Britain
 Charles Denny - Great Britain
 Octave Lapize - France
Sprint
 No medalists - race declared void as time limit exceeded in final
Tandem
 André Auffray, Maurice Schilles - France Frederick Hamlin, Horace Johnson - Great Britain
 Charlie Brooks, Walter Isaacs - Great Britain
Team Pursuit
 Great Britain
 Germany
 Canada

London 1908 Fencing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual Épée
 Gaston Alibert - France
 Alexandre Lippmann - France
 Eugène Olivier - France
Team Épée France
 Great Britain
 Belgium
Individual Sabre
 Jenő Fuchs - Hungary
 Béla Zulawszky - Hungary
 Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf - Bohemia
Team Sabre
 Hungary
 Italy
 Bohemia

London 1908 Figure Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles
 Ulrich Salchow - Sweden
 Richard Johansson - Sweden
 Per Thorén - Sweden
Men's Special Figures
 Nikolai Panin - Russia
 Arthur Cumming - Great Britain
 Geoffrey Hall-Say - Great Britain
Women's Singles
 Madge Syers - Great Britain
 Elsa Rendschmidt - Germany
 Dorothy Greenhough-Smith - Great Britain
Pairs
 Anna Hübler, Heinrich Burger - Germany
 Phyllis Johnson, James H. Johnson - Great Britain
 Madge Syers, Edgar Syers - Great Britain

London 1908 Soccer
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Great Britain
 Denmark
 Netherlands

London 1908 Gymnastics
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual All-Around
 Alberto Braglia - Italy
 Walter Tysall - Great Britain
 Louis Ségura - France
Team All-Around
 Sweden
 Norway
 Finland

London 1908 Field Hockey
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Great Britain (England)
 Great Britain (Ireland)
 Great Britain (Wales)
Great Britain (Scotland)

London 1908 Jeu de paume
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Jay Gould II - United States
 Eustace MIles - Great Britain
 Neville Bulwer-Lytton - Great Britain

London 1908 Lacrosse
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Canada
 Great Britain
 None Awarded

London 1908 Polo
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Great Britain Great Britain
Great Britain
 None Awarded

London 1908 Rackets
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Singles
 Evan Noel - Great Britain
 Henry Leaf - Great Britain
 John Jacob Astor - Great Britain
Henry Brougham - Great Britain
Doubles
 Vane Pennell, John Jacob Astor - Great Britain Edmund Bury, Cecil Browning - Great Britain
 Evan Noel, Henry Leaf - Great Britain

London 1908 Rowing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Single Sculls
 Harry Blackstaffe - Great Britain
 Alexander McCulloch - Great Britain
 Bernhard von Gaza - Germany
Károly Levitzky - Hungary
Pairs
 John Fenning, Fordon Thomson - Great Britain
 George Fairbairn, Philip Verdon - Great Britain
 Frederick Toms, Norway Jackes - Canada
Martin Stahnke, Willy Düskow - Germany
Fours
 Great Britain Great Britain Canada
Netherlands
Eights
 Great Britain Belgium
 Canada
Great Britain

London 1908 Rugby
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Australasia
 Great Britain
 None Awarded

London 1908 Sailing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
6 Meter Keelboat
 Great Britain
 Belgium
 France
7 Meter Keelboat
 Great Britain
 None Awarded None Awarded
8 Meter Keelboat
 Great Britain Sweden
 Great Britain
12 Meter Keelboat
 Great Britain Great Britain None Awarded

London 1908 Shooting
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1000 Yard Free Rifle
 Joshua Millner - Great Britain
 Kellogg Casey - United States
 Maurice Blood - Great Britain
300 Meter Free Rifle, Three Positions
 Albert Helgerud - Norway
 Harry Simon - United States
 Ole Sæther - Norway
300 Meter Free Rifle Team
 Norway
 Sweden
 France
Team Military Rifle
 United States
 Great Britain
 Canada
Stationary Target Small-bore Rifle
 Arthur Carnell - Great Britain
 Harold Humby - Great Britain
 George Barnes - Great Britain
Moving Target Small-bore Rifle
 John Fleming - Great Britain
 Maurice Matthews - Great Britain
 William Marsden - Great Britain
Disappearing Target Small-bore Rifle
 William Styles - Great Britain
 Harold Hawkins - Great Britain
 Edward Amoore - Great Britain
Team Small-bore Rifle
 Great Britain
 Sweden
 France
Single Shot Running Deer
 Oscar Swahn - Sweden
 Ted Ranken - Great Britain
 Alexander Rogers - Great Britain
Double Shot Running Deer
 Walter Winans - United States
 Ted Ranken - Great Britain Oscar Swahn - Sweden
Team Single Shot Running Deer
 Sweden
 Great Britain
 None Awarded
Individual Pistol
 Paul Van Asbroeck - Belgium
 Réginald Storms - Belgium
 James Gorman - United States
Team Pistol
 United States
 Belgium
 Great Britain
Individual Trap
 Walter Ewing - Canada
 George Beattie - Canada
 Alexander Maunder - Great Britain
Anastasios Metaxas - Greece
Team Trap
 Great Britain
 Canada
 Great Britain

London 1908 Tennis
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Outdoor Men's Singles
 Major Ritchie - Great Britain
 Otto Froitzheim - Germany
 Wilberforce Eaves - Great Britain
Outdoor Women's Singles
 Dorothea Lambert Chambers - Great Britain
 Dora Boothby - Great Britain
 Ruth Winch - Great Britain
Outdoor Men's Doubles
 Reginald Doherty, George Hillyard - Great Britain
 James Cecil Park, Major Ritchie - Great Britain Clement Cazalet, Charles Dixon - Great Britain
Indoor Men's Singles
 Arthur Gore - Great Britain
 George Caridia - Great Britain
 Major Ritchie - Great Britain
Indoor Women's Singles
 Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith - Great Britain
 Alice Greene - Great Britain
 Märtha Adlerstråhle - Sweden
Indoor Men's Doubles
 Herbert Roper Barrett, Arthur Gore - Great Britain George Caridia, George Simond - Great Britain
 Wollmar Boström, Gunnar Setterwall - Sweden

London 1908 Tug of War
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain

London 1908 Water Motorsports
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Class A - Open
 Emile Thubron - France
 None Awarded None Awarded
Class B - Under 60 Feet
 Great Britain None Awarded None Awarded
Class C - 6.5-8 Meters
 Great Britain None Awarded None Awarded

London 1908 Wrestling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Freestyle Bantamweight
 George Mehnert - United States
 William J. Press - Great Britain
 Aubert Côté - Canada
Freestyle Featherweight George Dole - United States
 James Slim - Great Britain
 William McKie - Great Britain
Freestyle Lightweight George de Relwyskow - Great Britain
 William Wood - Great Britain
 Albert Gingell - Great Britain
Freestyle Middleweight Stanley Bacon - Great Britain
 George de Relwyskow - Great Britain Frederick Beck - Great Britain
Freestyle Heavyweight Con O'Kelly - Great Britain
 Jacob Gundersen - Norway
 Edward Barrett - Great Britain
Greco-Roman Lightweight Enrico Porro - Italy
 Nikolay Orlov - Russia
 Arvo Lindén - Finland
Greco-Roman Middleweight Frithiof Mårtensson - Sweden Mauritz Andersson - Sweden
 Anders Andersen - Denmark
Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight Verner Weckman - Finland
 Yrjö Saarela - Finland
 Carl Jensen - Denmark
Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight Richárd Weisz - Hungary
 Aleksandr Petrov - Russia
 Søren Marinus Jensen - Denmark