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Summer Olympics · United Kingdom · 27 April – 31 October 1908

London 1908

111 medal events in 24 sports, 324 medals to 19 delegations, 707 named medallists. On top of the table: Great Britain with 56 gold.

Open 1908 in the atlas →← 19041912 →
Athletes2,0081,971 men · 37 women
Delegations22
Programme110events scheduled
Medal events11124 sports
Medals324110 gold

The medal table

PlaceDelegationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Great Britain565139146
2United States23121247
3Sweden861125
4France55919
5Germany35513
6Hungary3429
7Canada331016
8Norway2338
9Italy2204
10Belgium1528
11Australasia1225
12Russian Empire1203
13Finland1135
14South Africa1102
15Greece0314
16Denmark0235
17Bohemia0022
18Netherlands0022
19Austria0011

Every event gold, silver, bronze

SportEventGoldSilverBronze
ArcheryMen's Continental styleEugène Grisot FranceLouis Vernet FranceGustave Cabaret France
ArcheryMen's double York RoundWilliam Dod Great BritainReginald Brooks-King Great BritainHenry Richardson United States
ArcheryWomen's double National RoundSybil Newall Great BritainLottie Dod Great BritainBeatrice Hill-Lowe Great Britain
AthleticsMen’s 10 miles walkGeorge Larner Great BritainErnest Webb Great BritainEdward Spencer Great Britain
AthleticsMen’s 100 metresReggie Walker South AfricaJames Rector United StatesRobert Kerr Canada
AthleticsMen’s 110 metres hurdlesForrest Smithson United StatesJohn Garrels United StatesArthur Shaw United States
AthleticsMen’s 1500 metresMel Sheppard United StatesHarold Wilson Great BritainNorman Hallows Great Britain
AthleticsMen’s 200 metresRobert Kerr CanadaRobert Cloughen United StatesNate Cartmell United States
AthleticsMen’s 3 miles team raceWilliam Coales, Joe Deakin, Archie Robertson Great BritainGeorge Bonhag, John Eisele, Herbert Trube United StatesJoseph Dreher, Louis de Fleurac, Paul Lizandier France
AthleticsMen’s 3200 metres steeplechaseArthur Russell Great BritainArchie Robertson Great BritainJohn Eisele United States
AthleticsMen’s 3500 metres walkGeorge Larner Great BritainErnest Webb Great BritainHarry Kerr Australasia
AthleticsMen’s 400 metresWyndham Halswelle Great Britain——
AthleticsMen’s 400 metres hurdlesCharles Bacon United StatesHarry Hillman United StatesJimmy Tremeer Great Britain
AthleticsMen’s 5 milesEmil Voigt Great BritainEdward Owen Great BritainJohn Svanberg Sweden
AthleticsMen’s 800 metresMel Sheppard United StatesEmilio Lunghi ItalyHanns Braun Germany
AthleticsMen’s Discus throwMartin Sheridan United StatesMerritt Giffin United StatesBill Horr United States
AthleticsMen’s Freestyle javelinEric Lemming SwedenMichalis Dorizas GreeceArne Halse Norway
AthleticsMen’s Greek discusMartin Sheridan United StatesBill Horr United StatesVerner Järvinen Finland
AthleticsMen’s Hammer throwJohn Flanagan United StatesMatt McGrath United StatesCon Walsh Canada
AthleticsMen’s High jumpHarry Porter United StatesGéo André France / Con Leahy Great Britain / István Somodi Hungary—
AthleticsMen’s Javelin throwEric Lemming SwedenArne Halse NorwayOtto Nilsson Sweden
AthleticsMen’s Long jumpFrank Irons United StatesDaniel Kelly United StatesCalvin Bricker Canada
AthleticsMen’s MarathonJohnny Hayes United StatesCharles Hefferon South AfricaJoseph Forshaw United States
AthleticsMen’s Medley relayWilliam Hamilton, Nate Cartmell, John Taylor, Mel Sheppard United StatesArthur Hoffmann, Hans Eicke, Otto Trieloff, Hanns Braun GermanyPál Simon, Frigyes Wiesner, József Nagy, Ödön Bodor Hungary
AthleticsMen’s Pole vaultEdward Cook United States / Alfred Gilbert United States—Edward Archibald Canada / Bruno Söderström Sweden / Clare Jacobs United States
AthleticsMen’s Shot putRalph Rose United StatesDenis Horgan Great BritainJohn Garrels United States
AthleticsMen’s Standing high jumpRay Ewry United StatesKonstantinos Tsiklitiras Greece / John Biller United States—
AthleticsMen’s Standing long jumpRay Ewry United StatesKonstantinos Tsiklitiras GreeceMartin Sheridan United States
AthleticsMen’s Triple jumpTim Ahearne Great BritainGarfield MacDonald CanadaEdvard Larsen Norway
BoxingMen’s Bantamweight · (-52.6 kg / 116 lb)A. Henry Thomas Great BritainJohn Condon Great BritainWilliam Webb Great Britain
BoxingMen’s Featherweight · (-57.2 kg / 126 lb)Richard Gunn Great BritainCharles Morris Great BritainHugh Roddin Great Britain
BoxingMen’s Heavyweight · (over 71.7 kg/158 lb)Albert Oldman Great BritainSydney Evans Great BritainFrederick Parks Great Britain
BoxingMen’s Lightweight · (-63.5 kg / 140 lb)Frederick Grace Great BritainFrederick Spiller Great BritainHarry Johnson Great Britain
BoxingMen’s Middleweight · (-71.7 kg / 158 lb)Johnny Douglas Great BritainReginald Baker AustralasiaWilliam Philo Great Britain
CyclingMen’s 100 kilometresCharles Bartlett Great BritainCharles Denny Great BritainOctave Lapize France
CyclingMen’s 20 kilometresClarence Kingsbury Great BritainBenjamin Jones Great BritainJoseph Werbrouck Belgium
CyclingMen’s 5000 metresBenjamin Jones Great BritainMaurice Schilles FranceAndré Auffray France
CyclingMen’s 660 yardsVictor Johnson Great BritainÉmile Demangel FranceKarl Neumer Germany
CyclingMen’s Sprint———
CyclingMen’s TandemAndré Auffray, Maurice Schilles FranceFrederick Hamlin, Horace Johnson Great BritainCharlie Brooks, Walter Isaacs Great Britain
CyclingMen’s Team pursuitBenjamin Jones, Clarence Kingsbury, Leonard Meredith, Ernest Payne Great BritainMax Götze, Rudolf Katzer, Hermann Martens, Karl Neumer GermanyWilliam Anderson, Walter Andrews, Frederick McCarthy, William Morton Canada
DivingMen’s 10 metre platformHjalmar Johansson SwedenKarl Malmström SwedenArvid Spångberg Sweden
DivingMen’s 3 metre springboardAlbert Zürner GermanyKurt Behrens GermanyGottlob Walz Germany / George Gaidzik United States
FencingMen’s SabreJenő Fuchs HungaryBéla Zulawszky HungaryVilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Bohemia
FencingMen’s Team sabreJenő Fuchs, Oszkár Gerde, Péter Tóth, Lajos Werkner, Dezső Földes HungaryMarcello Bertinetti, Riccardo Nowak, Abelardo Olivier, Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli, Sante Ceccherini ItalyVlastimil Lada-Sázavský, Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf, Bedřich Schejbal, Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček, Otakar Lada Bohemia
FencingMen’s Team épéeGaston Alibert, Henri-Georges Berger, Charles Collignon, Eugène Olivier FranceCharles Leaf Daniell, Cecil Haig, Martin Holt, Robert Montgomerie Great BritainPaul Anspach, Desire Beaurain, Ferdinand Feyerick, François Rom Belgium
FencingMen’s ÉpéeGaston Alibert FranceAlexandre Lippmann FranceEugène Olivier France
Field hockeyMen’s HockeyLouis Baillon, Harry Freeman, Eric Green, Gerald Logan, Alan Noble, Edgar Page, Reggie Pridmore, Percy Rees, John Yate Robinson, Stanley Shoveller, Harvey Wood Great BritainEdward Allman-Smith, Henry Brown, Walter Campbell, William Graham, Richard Gregg, Edward Holmes, Robert Kennedy, Henry Murphy, Jack Peterson, Walter Peterson, Charles Power, Frank Robinson Great BritainAlexander Burt, John Burt, Alastair Denniston, Charles Foulkes, Hew Fraser, James Harper-Orr, Ivan Laing, Hugh Neilson, Gordon Orchardson, Norman Stevenson, Hugh Walker Great Britain / Frank Connah, Llewellyn Evans, Arthur Law, Richard Lyne, Wilfred Pallott, Frederick Phillips, Edward Richards, Charles Shephard, Bertrand Turnbull, Philip Turnbull, James Williams Great Britain
Figure skatingMen's singlesUlrich Salchow SwedenRichard Johansson SwedenPer Thorén Sweden
Figure skatingMen's special figuresNikolai Panin Russian EmpireArthur Cumming Great BritainGeoffrey Hall-Say Great Britain
Figure skatingMixed PairsAnna Hübler, Heinrich Burger GermanyPhyllis Johnson, James H. Johnson Great BritainMadge Syers, Edgar Syers Great Britain
Figure skatingWomen’s Ladies' singlesMadge Syers Great BritainElsa Rendschmidt GermanyDorothy Greenhough-Smith Great Britain
FootballMen’s FootballHorace Bailey, Arthur Berry, Frederick Chapman, Walter Corbett, Harold Hardman, Robert Hawkes, Kenneth Hunt, Herbert Smith, Harold Stapley, Clyde Purnell, Vivian Woodward, George Barlow, Albert Bell, Ronald Brebner, W. Crabtree, Walter Daffern, Thomas Porter, Albert Scothern Great BritainPeter 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, Ødbert E. Bjarnholt, Knud Hansen, Einar Middelboe DenmarkReinier 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, Lo la Chapelle, Vic Gonsalves, John Heijting, Tonie van Renterghem Netherlands
GymnasticsMen's all-around, IndividualAlberto Braglia ItalyWalter Tysall Great BritainLouis Ségura France
GymnasticsMen's all-around, TeamGösta Åsbrink, Carl Bertilsson, Hjalmar Cedercrona, Andreas Cervin, Rudolf Degermark, Carl Folcker, Sven Forssman, Erik Granfelt, Carl Hårleman, Nils Hellsten, Gunnar Höjer, Arvid Holmberg, Carl Holmberg, Oswald Holmberg, Hugo Jahnke, John Jarlén, Gustaf Johnsson, Rolf Johnsson, Nils von Kantzow, Sven Landberg, Olle Lanner, Axel Ljung, Osvald Moberg, Carl Martin Norberg, Erik Norberg, Tor Norberg, Axel Norling, Daniel Norling, Gösta Olson, Leonard Peterson, Sven Rosén, Gustaf Rosenquist, Axel Sjöblom, Birger Sörvik, Haakon Sörvik, Karl Johan Svensson, Karl Gustaf Vinqvist, Nils Widforss SwedenArthur Amundsen, Carl Albert Andersen, Otto Authén, Hermann Bohne, Trygve Bøyesen, Oskar Bye, Conrad Carlsrud, Sverre Grøner, Harald Halvorsen, Harald Hansen, Petter Hol, Eugen Ingebretsen, Ole Iversen, Per Mathias Jespersen, Sigge Johannessen, Nicolai Kiær, Carl Klæth, Thor Larsen, Rolf Lefdahl, Hans Lem, Anders Moen, Frithjof Olsen, Carl Alfred Pedersen, Paul Pedersen, Sigvard Sivertsen, John Skrataas, Harald Smedvik, Andreas Strand, Olaf Syvertsen, Thomas Thorstensen NorwayEino Forsström, Otto Granström, Johan Kemp, Iivari Kyykoski, Heikki Lehmusto, John Lindroth, Yrjö Linko, Edvard Linna, Matti Markkanen, Kalle Mikkolainen, Veli Nieminen, Kalle Kustaa Paasia, Arvi Pohjanpää, Aarne Pohjonen, Eino Railio, Ale Riipinen, Arno Saarinen, Einar Sahlstein, Aarne Salovaara, Torsten Sandelin, Elis Sipilä, Viktor Smeds, Kaarlo Soinio, Kurt Stenberg, Väinö Tiiri, Magnus Wegelius Finland
Jeu de paumeMen's tournamentJay Gould II United StatesEustace Miles Great BritainNeville Bulwer-Lytton Great Britain
LacrosseMen’s LacrosseFrank Dixon, George Campbell, Gus Dillon, Richard Louis Duckett, George Rennie, Clarence McKerrow, Alexander Turnbull, Henry Hoobin, Ernest Hamilton, John Broderick, Tommy Gorman, Patrick Brennan CanadaGustav Alexander, George Buckland, Eric Dutton, S. N. Hayes, Wilfrid Johnson, Edward Jones, Reginald Martin, Gerald Mason, Johnson Parker-Smith, Hubert Ramsey, Charles Scott, Norman Whitley Great Britain—
PoloMen’s PoloCharles Darley Miller, George Arthur Miller, Patteson Womersley Nickalls, Herbert Haydon Wilson Great BritainWalter Buckmaster, Frederick Freake, Walter Jones, John, Lord Wodehouse Great Britain / Ireland, John Hardress Lloyd, John Paul McCann, Percy O'Reilly, Auston Rotherham Great Britain—
RacketsMen's doublesVane Pennell, John Jacob Astor Great BritainEdmund Bury, Cecil Browning Great BritainEvan Noel, Henry Leaf Great Britain
RacketsMen's singlesEvan Noel Great BritainHenry Leaf Great BritainJohn Jacob Astor Great Britain / Henry Brougham Great Britain
RowingMen’s Coxless fourCollier Cudmore, James Angus Gillan, Duncan Mackinnon, John Somers-Smith Great BritainPhilip Filleul, Harold Barker, John Fenning, Gordon Thomson Great BritainGordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Charles Riddy, Geoffrey Taylor Canada / Hermannus Höfte, Albertus Wielsma, Johan Burk, Bernardus Croon Netherlands
RowingMen’s Coxless pairJohn Fenning, Gordon Thomson Great BritainGeorge Fairbairn, Philip Verdon Great BritainFrederick Toms, Norway Jackes Canada / Martin Stahnke, Willy Düskow Germany
RowingMen’s EightsAlbert Gladstone, Frederick Kelly, Banner Johnstone, Guy Nickalls, Charles Burnell, Ronald Sanderson, Raymond Etherington-Smith, Henry Bucknall, Gilchrist Maclagan Great BritainOscar Taelman, Marcel Morimont, Rémy Orban, Georges Mys, François Vergucht, Polydore Veirman, Oscar de Somville, Rodolphe Poma, Alfred Van Landeghem BelgiumIrvine Robertson, Joseph Wright, Julius Thomson, Walter Lewis, Gordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Charles Riddy, Geoffrey Taylor, Douglas Kertland Canada / Frank Jerwood, Eric Powell, Oswald Carver, Edward Williams, Henry Goldsmith, Harold Kitching, John Burn, Douglas Stuart, Richard Boyle Great Britain
RowingMen’s Single scullsHarry Blackstaffe Great BritainAlexander McCulloch Great BritainBernhard von Gaza Germany / Károly Levitzky Hungary
Rugby unionMen’s RugbyPhil 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 AustralasiaJohn Jackett, Barney Solomon, Bert Solomon, Frederick Dean, J. T. Jose, Thomas Wedge, James Davey, Richard Jackett, Arthur Wilson, Nicholas Tregurtha, C. R. Marshall, John Trevaskis Great Britain—
SailingOpen 12 Metre:Great BritainGreat Britain—
SailingOpen 15 Metre:———
SailingOpen 6 Metre:Great BritainBelgiumFrance
SailingOpen 7 Metre:Great Britain——
SailingOpen 8 Metre:Great BritainSwedenGreat Britain
ShootingMen’s 1000 yd free rifleJoshua Millner Great BritainKellogg Casey United StatesMaurice Blood Great Britain
ShootingMen’s 300 m free rifleAlbert Helgerud NorwayHarry Simon United StatesOle Sæther Norway
ShootingMen’s 300 m free rifle, teamJulius Braathe, Albert Helgerud, Einar Liberg, Olaf Sæther, Ole Sæther, Gudbrand Skatteboe NorwayPer-Olof Arvidsson, Janne Gustafsson, Axel Jansson, Gustaf Adolf Jonsson, Claës Rundberg, Gustav-Adolf Sjöberg SwedenEugène Balme, Raoul de Boigne, Albert Courquin, Léon Johnson, Maurice Lecoq, André Parmentier France
ShootingMen’s Disappearing target small-boreWilliam Styles Great BritainHarold Hawkins Great BritainEdward Amoore Great Britain
ShootingMen’s Double-shot running deerWalter Winans United StatesTed Ranken Great BritainOscar Swahn Sweden
ShootingMen’s Individual pistolPaul Van Asbroeck BelgiumRéginald Storms BelgiumJames Gorman United States
ShootingMen’s Individual trap shootingWalter Ewing CanadaGeorge Beattie CanadaAlexander Maunder Great Britain / Anastasios Metaxas Greece
ShootingMen’s Moving target small-boreJohn Fleming Great BritainMaurice Matthews Great BritainWilliam Marsden Great Britain
ShootingMen’s Single-shot running deerOscar Swahn SwedenTed Ranken Great BritainAlexander Rogers Great Britain
ShootingMen’s Stationary target small-boreArthur Carnell Great BritainHarold Humby Great BritainGeorge Barnes Great Britain
ShootingMen’s Team military rifleCharles Benedict, Kellogg Casey, Ivan Eastman, William Leuschner, William Martin, Charles Winder United StatesArthur Fulton, John Martin, Harcourt Ommundsen, William Padgett, Philip Richardson, Fleetwood Varley Great BritainCharles Crowe, William Eastcott, S. Harry Kerr, Dugald McInnis, William Smith, Bertram Williams Canada
ShootingMen’s Team pistolCharles Axtell, Irving Calkins, John Dietz, James Gorman United StatesRené Englebert, Charles Paumier du Verger, Réginald Storms, Paul Van Asbroeck BelgiumGeoffrey Coles, William Ellicott, Henry Lynch-Staunton, Jesse Wallingford Great Britain
ShootingMen’s Team single-shot running deerArvid Knöppel, Ernst Rosell, Alfred Swahn, Oscar Swahn SwedenWilliam Ellicott, William Russell Lane-Joynt, Charles Nix, Ted Ranken Great Britain—
ShootingMen’s Team small-boreEdward Amoore, Harold Humby, Maurice Matthews, William Pimm Great BritainEric Carlberg, Vilhelm Carlberg, Johan Hübner von Holst, Franz-Albert Schartau SwedenHenri Bonnefoy, Paul Colas, Léon Lécuyer, André Regaud France
ShootingMen’s Team trap shootingPercy Easte, Alexander Maunder, Frederic Moore, Charles Palmer, John Pike, John Postans Great BritainGeorge Beattie, Walter Ewing, Mylie Fletcher, Donald McMackon, George Vivian, Arthur Westover CanadaJohn Butt, Henry Creasey, Bob Hutton, William Morris, George Herbert Skinner, George Whitaker Great Britain
SwimmingMen’s 100 m backstrokeArno Bieberstein GermanyLudvig Dam DenmarkHerbert Haresnape Great Britain
SwimmingMen’s 100 m freestyleCharles Daniels United StatesZoltán Halmay HungaryHarald Julin Sweden
SwimmingMen’s 1500 m freestyleHenry Taylor Great BritainThomas Battersby Great BritainFrank Beaurepaire Australasia
SwimmingMen’s 200 m breaststrokeFrederick Holman Great BritainWilliam Robinson Great BritainPontus Hanson Sweden
SwimmingMen’s 4 × 200 m · freestyle relayJohn Derbyshire, Paul Radmilovic, William Foster, Henry Taylor Great BritainJózsef Munk, Imre Zachár, Béla Las-Torres, Zoltán Halmay HungaryHarry Hebner, Leo Goodwin, Charles Daniels, Leslie Rich United States
SwimmingMen’s 400 m freestyleHenry Taylor Great BritainFrank Beaurepaire AustralasiaOtto Scheff Austria
TennisMen's DoublesGeorge Hillyard, Reginald Doherty Great BritainJosiah Ritchie, James Parke Great BritainClement Cazalet, Charles Dixon Great Britain
TennisMen's Indoor DoublesHerbert Barrett, Arthur Gore Great BritainGeorge Caridia, George Simond Great BritainWollmar Boström, Gunnar Setterwall Sweden
TennisMen's Indoor SinglesArthur Gore Great BritainGeorge Caridia Great BritainJosiah Ritchie Great Britain
TennisMen's SinglesJosiah Ritchie Great BritainOtto Froitzheim GermanyWilberforce Eaves Great Britain
TennisWomen's Indoor SinglesGwendoline Eastlake-Smith Great BritainAlice Greene Great BritainMärtha Adlerstråhle Sweden
TennisWomen's SinglesDorothea Chambers Great BritainPenelope Boothby Great BritainRuth Winch Great Britain
Tug of warMen’s Tug of warWilliam Hirons, Frederick Goodfellow, Edward Barrett, John James Shepherd, Frederick Humphreys, Edwin Mills, Albert Ireton, Frederick Merriman Great BritainPatrick Philbin, James Clarke, Thomas Butler, Alexander Kidd, George Smith, Thomas Swindlehurst, Daniel Lowey, William Greggan Great BritainWalter Tammas, William Slade, Alexander Munro, Ernest Ebbage, Thomas Homewood, Walter Chaffe, James Woodget, Joseph Dowler Great Britain
Water motorsportsMen’s Class A — OpenFrance——
Water motorsportsMen’s Class B — Under 60 feetGreat Britain——
Water motorsportsMen’s Class C — 6.5–8 metresGreat Britain——
Water poloMen’s Water poloGeorge Cornet, Charles Forsyth, George Nevinson, Paul Radmilovic, Charles Sydney Smith, Thomas Thould, George Wilkinson Great BritainVictor Boin, Herman Donners, Fernand Feyaerts, Oscar Grégoire, Herman Meyboom, Albert Michant, Joseph Pletinckx BelgiumRobert Andersson, Erik Bergvall, Pontus Hanson, Harald Julin, Torsten Kumfeldt, Axel Runström, Gunnar Wennerström Sweden
WrestlingMen’s Freestyle · BantamweightGeorge Mehnert United StatesWilliam J. Press Great BritainAubert Côté Canada
WrestlingMen’s Freestyle · FeatherweightGeorge Dole United StatesJames Slim Great BritainWilliam McKie Great Britain
WrestlingMen’s Freestyle · HeavyweightCon O'Kelly Great BritainJacob Gundersen NorwayEdward Barrett Great Britain
WrestlingMen’s Freestyle · LightweightGeorge de Relwyskow Great BritainWilliam Wood Great BritainAlbert Gingell Great Britain
WrestlingMen’s Freestyle · MiddleweightStanley Bacon Great BritainGeorge de Relwyskow Great BritainFrederick Beck Great Britain
WrestlingMen’s Greco-Roman · Light heavyweightVerner Weckman FinlandYrjö Saarela FinlandCarl Jensen Denmark
WrestlingMen’s Greco-Roman · LightweightEnrico Porro ItalyNikolay Orlov Russian EmpireArvo Lindén Finland
WrestlingMen’s Greco-Roman · MiddleweightFrithiof Mårtensson SwedenMauritz Andersson SwedenAnders Andersen Denmark
WrestlingMen’s Greco-Roman · Super heavyweightRichárd Weisz HungaryAleksandr Petrov Russian EmpireSøren Marinus Jensen Denmark