Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5 miles men
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3200 m steeplechase men
Medley relay men
3 mile team race men
Road events
Marathon men
3500 m walk men
10 mile walk men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Standing long jump men
Standing high jump men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men
Greek discus men
Freestyle javelin men

At the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, England, 26 athletics events were contested, all for men only. A total of 79 medals (27 gold, 27 silver, 25 bronze) were awarded.

Each nation was allowed to enter up to 12 competitors in most of the events. In the team races (the medley relay and the 3 mile team race), each nation entered one team. The medley relay was run by four athletes, with four alternates allowed. In the 3 mile team race, five athletes from each nation ran with only three counting.

The competition was restricted to amateurs, and was held under the rules of the Amateur Athletic Association. These rules included a prohibition on any interference with other runners (a rule that played an important part in the 400 metres).

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Reggie Walker
 South Africa
James Rector
 United States
Robert Kerr
 Canada
200 metres
Robert Kerr
 Canada
Robert Cloughen
 United States
Nate Cartmell
 United States
400 metres
Wyndham Halswelle
 Great Britain
none awarded none awarded
800 metres
Mel Sheppard
 United States
Emilio Lunghi
 Italy
Hanns Braun
 Germany
1500 metres
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
 South Africa
Joseph Forshaw
 United States
110 metres hurdles
Forrest Smithson
 United States
John Garrels
 United States
Arthur Shaw
 United States
400 metres hurdles
Charles Bacon
 United States
Harry Hillman
 United States
Jimmy Tremeer
 Great Britain
3200 metres steeplechase
Arthur Russell
 Great Britain
Arthur Robertson
 Great Britain
John Eisele
 United States
Medley relay
 United States (USA)
William Hamilton
Nate Cartmell
John Taylor
Mel Sheppard
 Germany (GER)
Arthur Hoffmann
Hans Eicke
Otto Trieloff
Hanns Braun
 Hungary (HUN)
Pál Simon
Frigyes Wiesner
József Nagy
Ödön Bodor
3 miles team race
 Great Britain (GBR)
William Coales
Joe Deakin
Arthur Robertson
 United States (USA)
George Bonhag
John Eisele
Herbert Trube
 France (FRA)
Joseph Dreher
Louis de Fleurac
Paul Lizandier
3500 metres walk
George Larner
 Great Britain
Ernest Webb
 Great Britain
Harry Kerr
 Australasia
10 miles 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
none awarded
Con Leahy
 Great Britain
István Somodi
 Hungary
Pole vault
Edward Cook
 United States
none awarded Edward Archibald
 Canada
Clare Jacobs
 United States
Alfred Gilbert
 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
none awarded
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
 Greece
Shot put
Ralph Rose
 United States
Denis Horgan
 Great Britain
John Garrels
 United States
Discus throw
Martin Sheridan
 United States
Merritt Giffin
 United States
Bill Horr
 United States
Hammer throw
John Flanagan
 United States
Matt McGrath
 United States
Con Walsh
 Canada
Javelin throw
Eric Lemming
 Sweden
Arne Halse
 Norway
Otto Nilsson
 Sweden
Greek discus
Martin Sheridan
 United States
Bill Horr
 United States
Verner Järvinen
 Finland
Freestyle javelin
Eric Lemming
 Sweden
Michalis Dorizas
 Greece
Arne Halse
 Norway

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 16 10 8 34
2 Great Britain & Ireland 7 7 3 17
3 Sweden 2 0 3 5
4 Canada 1 1 4 6
5 South Africa 1 1 0 2
6 Greece 0 3 0 3
7 Norway 0 1 2 3
8 France 0 1 1 2
Germany 0 1 1 2
Hungary 0 1 1 2
11 Italy 0 1 0 1
12 Australasia 0 0 1 1
Finland 0 0 1 1
Austria 0 0 0 0
Belgium 0 0 0 0
Bohemia 0 0 0 0
Denmark 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 0 0 0 0
Russian Empire 0 0 0 0
Switzerland 0 0 0 0
* Total medals 27 27 25 79

Events

The 1908 Games were the first to feature race walking, with two different events held. Two different forms of javelin throwing also appeared, introducing the new throwing apparatus to the programme. The 60 metre short sprint was dropped from the programme, as was the middle hurdle distance. Steeplechasing was done at 3200 metres instead of the 2500 metres that had been included at the previous two editions; the team race also had its distance shortened. A short track relay event was added. The multi-discipline triathlon and decathlon events that had been experimented with at the 1904 Games were both absent, as was the 56 pound weight throw. An unusual event featuring the discus, which had become a staple of Olympic athletics, was held in which throwers had to follow a very specific throwing style. Overall there was one more event on the 1908 programme than there had been in 1904.

New:

Removed:

Calendar

       Event competitions        Event finals
July 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
110 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
3200 metres steeplechase
Medley relay
3 miles team race
5 miles
marathon
3500 metres walk ● ●
10 miles walk
Long jump
Triple jump
High jump
Pole vault
Standing long jump
Standing high jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Greek discus
Freestyle javelin
July 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th

Participating nations

446 athletes from 20 nations competed. Argentina and Turkey were the only two nations not to compete in athletics.

References

Coordinates: 51°30′49″N 0°13′39″E / 51.5136°N 0.2274°E / 51.5136; 0.2274

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