Great Britain and Ireland at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the host nation of the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The British Olympic Association was the National Olympic Committee responsible for organizing the United Kingdom's representation. British and Irish athletes competed under the team name "Great Britain and Ireland", resulting in the International Olympic Committee using the name "Great Britain" to refer to the nation's competitors throughout Olympic history and in the IOC country code GBR being assigned to the team

It was the fourth appearance of the European nation, which has not missed any edition of the Summer Olympic Games.

Results by event

Archery

In the archery competition, the British team dominated the two events (one for men, one for women) popular in their country, winning both championships and second places as well as one third place, losing only a single bronze medal to the United States. British women were the only ones to compete in the women's event. Great Britain had 41 archers present, 25 women and 16 men; they totalled 42 entries over all three events held.

Brother and sister William and Lottie Dod took gold and silver medals, Queenie Newall taking the women's gold to become the oldest female gold medallist in Olympic history (a record she holds through the 2004 Summer Olympics), and the only Irish woman present at the 1908 Games won the women's bronze medal.

The British did not do as well in the Continental style, dominated by the French team, with the only Briton taking 12th place. Robert Backhouse, however, shot a score in a friendly demonstration that would have placed him second had he been in actual competition.

Event	Place	Archer	Score
Men's double York round	1st	William Dod	815
	2nd	Reginald Brooks-King	768
	4th	John Penrose	709
	5th	John Bridges	687
	6th	Harold James	652
	7th	Theodore Robinson	647
	8th	Hugh Nesham	643
	9th	John Keyworth	622
	10th	Charles Perry-Keene	543
	11th	Capel Pownall	532
	12th	John Stopford	530
	13th	Robert Backhouse	516
	14th	Robert Heathcote	476
	15th	Geoffrey Cornewall	430
	18th	Charles Coates	413
	21st	R. H. Bagnall-Oakeley	374
Men's Continental style	12th	John Keyworth	190
Women's double National round	1st	Queenie Newall	688
	2nd	Lottie Dod	642
	3rd	Beatrice Hill-Lowe	618
	4th	Jessie Wadworth	605
	5th	G. W. H. Honnywill	587
	6th	S. H. Armitage	582
	7th	V. W. H. Priestley-Foster	553
	8th	Lillian Wilson	534
	9th	Mary Wadworth	522
	10th	M. Boddam-Whetham	510
	11th	Gertrude Appleyard	503
	12th	E. Nott-Bower	503
	13th	Norma Robertson	500
	14th	Margaret Weedon	498
	15th	Albertine Thackwell	484
	16th	Doris E. Day	483
	17th	K. G. Mudge	465
	18th	S. C. Babington	451
	19th	Christine Cadman	427
	20th	Martina Hyde	419
	21st	Everett Leonard	410
	22nd	Ina Wood	387
	23rd	J. Vance	385
	24th	H. Rushton	323
	25th	Hilda Williams	316

Athletics

The British team was the second most successful team in athletics. With 7 first-place finishes, they gathered less than half the championships that the American team did at 16, but still nearly doubled all other teams combined (4 gold medals).

Running

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 100 metres	Semi- finalist	Patrick Roche	11.4 seconds 1st, heat 17	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		John Morton	11.2 seconds 1st, heat 9	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2
		James Stark	11.8 seconds 1st, heat 16	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 4
		Robert C. Duncan	11.4 seconds 1st, heat 7	Unknown 4th, semifinal 3
		John George	11.6 seconds 1st, heat 2	Unknown 4th, semifinal 4
	Heats	M. Chapman	11.3 seconds 2nd, heat 10	Did not advance
		Henry Pankhurst	11.5 seconds 2nd, heat 12
		Denis Murray	Unknown 3rd, heat 4
		Harold Watson	Unknown 3rd, heat 14
		William Murray	Unknown 4th, heat 8
	—	Henry Harmer	Did not finish —, heat 5
Men's 200 metres	4th	George A. Hawkins	22.8 seconds 1st, heat 15	22.6 seconds 1st, semifinal 4	22.9 seconds
	Semi- finalist	Lionel Reed	23.2 seconds 1st, heat 13	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not advance
		Patrick Roche	22.8 seconds 1st, heat 3	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4
		John George	23.4 seconds 1st, heat 1	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3
		Samuel Hurdsfield	23.6 seconds 1st, heat 9	Unknown 4th, semifinal 3
	Heats	Robert C. Duncan	Unknown 2nd, heat 5	Did not advance
		John Morton	Unknown 2nd, heat 12
		Henry Pankhurst	Unknown 3rd, heat 10
		James Stark	Unknown 3rd, heat 11
Men's 400 metres	1st	Wyndham Halswelle	49.4 seconds 1st, heat 15	48.4 seconds (OR) 1st, semifinal 2	50.0 seconds (walkover)
	Semi- finalist	Charles Davies	50.4 seconds 1st, heat 12	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Edwin Montague	50.2 seconds 1st, heat 1	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2
		George Nicol	50.8 seconds 1st, heat 5	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2
		Edward Ryle	Walkover 1st, heat 3	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3
		G. W. Young	52.4 seconds 1st, heat 16	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
	Heats	Christopher Chavasse	Unknown 2nd, heat 8	Did not advance
		Arthur Astley	Unknown 2nd, heat 9
		Alan Patterson	Unknown 2nd, heat 11
		R. C. Robb	Unknown 2nd, heat 13
		Noel Chavasse	Unknown 3rd, heat 7
Men's 800 metres	5th	Theodore Just	None held	1:57.8 1st, semifinal 6	1:56.4
	7-8	Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford		1:57.8 1st, semifinal 8	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	George Butterfield		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		James Lintott		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2
		John Lee		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3
		Arthur Astley		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 5
		George Morphy		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3
		Harold Holding		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 7
	—	Frederick Ashford		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		Joseph English		Did not finish —, semifinal 4
Men's 1500 metres	2nd	Harold A. Wilson	None held	Unknown 1st, semifinal 7	4:03.6
	3rd	Norman Hallows		4:03.4 (OR) 1st, semifinal 3	4:04.0
	5th	Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford		Unknown 1st, semifinal 8	4:07.6
	6th	Joseph Deakin		4:13.6 1st, semifinal 6	4:07.9
	7-8	Vincent Loney		4:08.4 1st, semifinal 4	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	George Butterfield		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		John McGough		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 4
		Francis Knott		Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
		John Lee		Unknown 4th, semifinal 2
		Joseph Smith		Unknown 5th, semifinal 1
Men's 110 metre hurdles	Semi- finalist	Eric Hussey	16.8 seconds 1st, heat 11	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		William Knyvett	Walkover 1st, heat 7	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2
		Alfred Healey	15.8 seconds 1st, heat 1	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3
		Cecil Kinahan	16.8 seconds 1st, heat 12	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4
		Laurence Kiely	Walkover 1st, heat 4	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3
		Wallis Walters	17.8 seconds 1st, heat 6	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1
		Oswald Groenings	16.4 seconds 1st, heat 3	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1
		Timothy Ahearne	Walkover 1st, heat 9	Unknown 4th, semifinal 3
	Heats	Arthur Halligan	Unknown 2nd, heat 2	Did not advance
		Kenneth Powell	Unknown 2nd, heat 5
		Edward Leader	Unknown 2nd, heat 13
Men's 400 metre hurdles	3rd	Leonard Tremeer	Walkover 1st, heat 10	1:00.6 1st, semifinal 4	57.0 seconds
	4th	Leslie Burton	1:00.4 1st, heat 12	Unknown 1st, semifinal 3	58.0 seconds
	Semi- finalist	Frederick Harmer	Walkover 1st, heat 4	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not advance
		Wyatt Gould	Walkover 1st, heat 8	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3
		Oswald Groenings	Walkover 1st, heat 7	Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		G. Burton	Walkover 1st, heat 5	Did not finish —, semifinal 4
	Heats	John Densham	Unknown 2nd, heat 2	Did not advance
Men's 3200 metre steeplechase	1st	Arthur Russell (athlete)	None held	10:56.2 1st, semifinal 1	10:47.8
	2nd	Archie Robertson		11:10.0 1st, semifinal 4	10:48.4
	4th	Guy Holdaway		Unknown 1st, semifinal 5	11:26.0
	5th	Harold Sewell		Unknown 1st, semifinal 6	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Joseph Kinchin		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 5	Did not advance
	—	Frank Buckley		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		Joseph English		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		Henry Barker		Did not finish —, semifinal 3
		W. Grantham		Did not finish —, semifinal 6
		Thomas Downing		Disqualified —, semifinal 1
		Richard Yorke		Disqualified —, semifinal 4
Men's medley relay	Semi- finalist	George A. Hawkins Henry Pankhurst Edwin Montague Theodore Just	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not advance
Men's 3 mile team raceThe 3 mile team race used a point-for-place system with only the top three runners from each 5-man team counting. The International Olympic Committee only considers those three (Coales, Deakin, and Robertson for Great Britain) to be medallists.	1st	Joseph Deakin	None held	15:05.6 2 points, team=6	14:39.6 1 point, team=6
		Archie Robertson		15:05.6 3 points, team=6	14:41.0 2 points, team=6
		William Coales		15:05.6 1 point, team=6	14:41.6 3 points, team=6
	No place	Harold A. Wilson		15:05.6 No score, team=6	14:57.0 No score, team=6
		Norman Hallows		Did not finish No score, team=6	15:08.0 No score, team=6
Men's 5 miles	1st	Emil Voigt	None held	26:13.4 1st, semifinal 2	25:11.2
	2nd	Edward Owen		26:12.2 1st, semifinal 6	25:24.0
	5th	Archie Robertson		25:50.2 1st, semifinal 5	26:13.0
	10-12	James Murphy		25:59.2 1st, semifinal 4	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	Samuel Stevenson		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 5	Did not advance
	—	William Coales		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		Joseph Deakin		Did not finish —, semifinal 4
Men's marathon	12th	William Clarke	None held		3:16:08.6
	13th	Ernest Barnes			3:17:30.8
	15th	Fred Lord			3:19:08.8
	17th	James Beale			3:20:14.0
	—	Fred Appleby			Did not finish
		Henry Barrett			Did not finish
		Alexander Duncan			Did not finish
		Thomas Jack			Did not finish
		Jack Price			Did not finish
		Frederick Thompson			Did not finish
		Albert Wyatt			Did not finish
		Samuel Stevenson			Did not start
Men's 3500 metre walk	1st	George Larner	None held	15:32.0 1st, semifinal 1	14:55.0
	2nd	Ernest Webb		15:17.2 1st, semifinal 2	15:07.4
	8th	Richard Harrison		16:04.4 2nd, semifinal 3	Did not finish
	9th	William J. Palmer		16:33.0 3rd, semifinal 1	Disqualified
	10th	Ernest Larner		16:10.0 4th, semifinal 3	Did not advance
	11th	John Butler		16:17.0 5th, semifinal 3
	13th	Sydney Sarel		17:06.0 5th, semifinal 1
	—	William Brown		Disqualified —, semifinal 1
		Richard Quinn		Disqualified —, semifinal 2
		John J. Reid		Disqualified —, semifinal 2
Men's 10 mile walk	1st	George Larner	None held	1:18:19.0 1st, semifinal 2	1:15:57.4
	2nd	Ernest Webb		1:20:18.8 1st, semifinal 1	1:17:31.0
	3rd	Edward Spencer		1:21:25.4 2nd, semifinal 1	1:21:20.2
	4th	Frank Carter		1:21:25.4 2nd, semifinal 1	1:21:20.2
	5th	Ernest Larner		1:21:25.4 2nd, semifinal 1	1:24:26.2
	6th	William J. Palmer		1:19:04.0 4th, semifinal 2	Unknown
	7th	Richard Harrison		1:18:21.2 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not finish
	9th	Gadwin Withers		1:19:22.4 5th, semifinal 2	Did not advance
	10th	Sydney Schofield		1:21:07.4 6th, semifinal 2
	12th	Thomas Hammond		1:23:44.0 6th, semifinal 1
	—	John Butler		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		Alfred Yeoumans		Disqualified —, semifinal 1

Jumping

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance
Men's high jump	2nd	Cornelius Leahy	1.88 metres
	7th	Patrick Leahy	1.78 metres
	10th	Edward Leader	1.77 metres
		George Wilson	1.77 metres
	20th	Alfred Bellerby	1.59 metres
Men's long jump	8th	Timothy Ahearne	6.72 metres
	9th	Denis Murray	6.71 metres
	11th	Charles Williams	6.65 metres
	16th	Alfred Bellerby	6.44 metres
	17th	Wilfred Bleaden	6.43 metres
	18th	William Watt	6.42 metres
	21-32	Lionel Cornish	Unknown
Men's triple jump	1st	Timothy Ahearne	14.92 metres
	11th	Cyril Dugmore	13.31 metres
	12th	Michael Dineen	13.23 metres
	18-20	George Mayberry	Unknown
Men's standing high jump	8th	Walter Henderson	1.42 metres
	17th	Lancelot Stafford	1.32 metres
	19-23	Alfred Flaxman	Unknown
Men's standing long jump	8-25	Timothy Ahearne	Unknown
		Wilfred Bleaden	Unknown
		Lionel Cornish	Unknown
		Walter Henderson	Unknown
		Frederick Kitching	Unknown
		Lancelot Stafford	Unknown

Throwing

Event	Place	Athlete	Distance
Men's shot put	2nd	Denis Horgan	13.62 metres
	5th	Edward Barrett	12.89 metres
	9-25	John Barrett	Unknown
		Henry Leeke	Unknown
		Thomas Nicolson	Unknown
Men's discus throw	12-42	Edward Barrett	Unknown
		Michael Collins	Unknown
		Alfred Flaxman	Unknown
		Walter Henderson	Unknown
		Henry Leeke	Unknown
		Ernest May	Unknown
		John Murray	Unknown
Men's hammer throw	4th	Thomas Nicolson	48.09 metres
	9th	Alan Fyffe	37.35 metres
	10-19	Henry Leeke	Unknown
		Robert Lindsay-Watson	Unknown
		Ernest May	Unknown
		John Murray	Unknown
Men's javelin throw	8-16	Henry Leeke	Unknown
		Ernest May	Unknown
		Jimmy Tremeer	Unknown
Men's Greek discus	11-23	John Barrett	Unknown
		Alfred Flaxman	Unknown
		Walter Henderson	Unknown
		Henry Leeke	Unknown
		Ernest May	Unknown
Men's freestyle javelin	10-33	Edward Barrett	Unknown
		Alfred Flaxman	Unknown
		Walter Henderson	Unknown
		Henry Leeke	Unknown
		Ernest May	Unknown

Boxing

Great Britain dominated the boxing competitions, taking 14 of the 15 medals including all 5 gold medals.

Weight class	Place	Boxer	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Bantamweight Up to 116 pounds	1st	A. Henry Thomas	Not held	Defeated McGurk 2-0 decision	Bye	Defeated Condon 2-0 decision
	2nd	John Condon		Defeated Mazior KO, 3rd round	Defeated Webb 2-0 decision	Lost to Thomas 2-0 decision
	3rd	William Webb		Defeated Perry 2-1 decision	Lost to Condon 2-0 decision	Did not advance
	4th	Frank McGurk		Lost to Thomas 2-0 decision	Did not advance
		Henry Perry		Lost to Webb 2-1 decision
Featherweight Up to 126 pounds	1st	Richard Gunn	Not held	Defeated Poillot KO, 2nd round	Defeated Ringer 2-0 decision	Defeated Morris 2-0 decision
	2nd	Charles Morris		Defeated Adams 2-0 decision	Defeated Roddin 2-0 decision	Lost to Gunn 2-0 decision
	3rd	Hugh Roddin		Defeated Lloyd 2-0 decision	Lost to Morris 2-0 decision	Did not advance
	4th	Thomas Ringer		Defeated Constant 2-0 decision	Lost to Gunn 2-0 decision
	5th	Edward Adams		Lost to Morris 2-0 decision	Did not advance
		John Lloyd		Lost to Roddin 2-0 decision
Lightweight Up to 140 pounds	1st	Frederick Grace	Defeated Fearman 2-0 decision	Defeated Wells 2-0 decision	Bye	Defeated Spiller 2-0 decision
	2nd	Frederick Spiller	Defeated Fee 2-0 decision	Defeated Jessup KO, 2nd round	Defeated Johnson 2-0 decision	Lost to Grace 2-0 decision
	3rd	Harry Johnson	Defeated Hansen 2-0 decision	Defeated Holmes 2-1 decision	Lost to Spiller 2-0 decision	Did not advance
	4th	Harold Holmes	Defeated André Bouvier KO, 2nd round	Lost to Johnson 2-1 decision	Did not advance
		George Jessup	Defeated Osborne KO, 1st round	Lost to Spiller KO, 2nd round
		Matt Wells	Defeated Holberg 4th-round decision	Lost to Grace 2-0 decision
	7th	Edward Fearman	Lost to Grace 2-0 decision	Did not advance
		Patrick Fee	Lost to Spiller 2-0 decision
		Frank Osborne	Lost to Jessup KO, 1st round
Middleweight Up to 158 pounds	1st	Johnny Douglas	Defeated Doudelle KO, 1st round	Bye	Defeated Warnes KO, 2nd round	Defeated Baker 2-0 decision
	3rd	William Philo	Defeated Murdoch 2-1 decision	Bye	Lost to Baker KO, 1st round	Did not advance
	4th	Ruben Warnes	Defeated Morard KO, 2nd round	Bye	Lost to Douglas KO, 2nd round
	5th	William Childs	Defeated Aspa KO, 2nd round	Lost to Baker 2-0	Did not advance
	6th	William Dees	Lost to Baker KO, 2nd round	Did not advance
		Arthur Murdoch	Lost to Philo 2-1 decision
Heavyweight No limit	1st	Albert Oldman	Not held	Defeated Myrams KO, 1st round	Bye	Defeated Evans KO, 1st round
	2nd	Sydney Evans		Defeated Ireton KO, 1st round	Defeated Parks 2-1 decision	Lost to Oldman KO, 1st round
	3rd	Frederick Parks		Defeated Brewer 2-0 decision	Lost to Evans 2-1 decision	Did not advance
	4th	Harold Brewer		Lost to Parks 2-0 decision	Did not advance
		Albert Ireton		Lost to Evans KO, 1st round
		Ian Myrams		Lost to Oldman KO, 1st round

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Australasia	1	3	.250
France	7	0	1.000
Denmark	2	0	1.000
Total international	10	3	.769
Great Britain	24	24	.500
Total	34	27	.557

Cycling

Great Britain won 5 of a possible 7 gold medals in the cycling competitions, losing only the men's tandem to France and the men's sprint by exceeding the time limit (though a French cyclist finished first in that event as well).

Event	Place	Cyclist	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 660 yards	1st	Victor Johnson	56.2 seconds 1st, heat 4	59.2 seconds 1st, semifinal 1	51.2 seconds
	4th	Daniel Flynn	55.0 seconds 1st, heat 13	54.8 seconds 1st, semifinal 3	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Clarence Kingsbury	57.4 seconds 1st, heat 3	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		William Bailey	50.8 seconds 1st, heat 2	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2
		Benjamin Jones	59.0 seconds 1st, heat 1	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 4
		Ernest Payne	57.2 seconds 1st, heat 12	Unknown 4th, semifinal 3
	Heats	George Summers	Unknown 2nd, heat 6	Did not advance
		W. F. Magee	Unknown 2nd, heat 11
		Arthur J. Denny	Unknown 2nd, heat 16
		J. L. Lavery	Unknown 3rd, heat 7
		G. C. Anderson	Unknown 4th, heat 14
Men's 5000 metres	1st	Benjamin Jones	None held	9:08.8 1st, semifinal 5	8:36.2
	5th	Clarence Kingsbury		8:53.0 1st, semifinal 6	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Daniel Flynn		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		W. F. Magee		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4
		C. V. Clark		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 7
		J. L. Lavery		Unknown 4-9, semifinal 5
		A. E. Calvert		Unknown 5-6, semifinal 6
	—	William Bailey		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		Ernest Payne		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
Men's 20 kilometres	1st	Clarence Kingsbury	None held	32:33.8 1st, semifinal 2	34:13.6
	2nd	Benjamin Jones		32:39.0 1st, semifinal 4	Unknown
	5-9	Arthur J. Denny		33:40.6 1st, semifinal 6	Unknown
		Leon Meredith		33:21.0 1st, semifinal 1	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	Colin Brooks		32:34.0 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		D. C. Robertson		34:53.8 2nd, semifinal 5
		Herbert Bouffler		Unknown 4th, semifinal 3
	—	Daniel Flynn		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		Frederick Hamlin		Did not finish —, semifinal 3
		W. Lower		Did not finish —, semifinal 4
Men's 100 kilometres	1st	Charles Bartlett	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	2:41:48.6
	2nd	Charles Denny		Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2	Unknown
	4th	William Pett		Unknown 6th, semifinal 2	Unknown
	7th	D. C. Robertson		Unknown 6th, semifinal 1	Unknown
	8th	Sydney Bailey		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Unknown
	9-17	J. H. Bishop		Unknown 5th, semifinal 1	Did not finish
		Leon Meredith		2:43:15.4 1st, semifinal 2	Did not finish
		Harry Mussen		Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	J. Norman		Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	—	R. Jolly		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
		David Noon		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
Men's sprint	Finalist	Victor Johnson	1:33.8 1st, heat 1	1:27.4 1st, semifinal 1	Time limit exceeded
		Benjamin Jones	1:35.0 1st, heat 12	1:40.8 1st, semifinal 3	Time limit exceeded
		Clarence Kingsbury	1:27.4 1st, heat 15	1:35.6 1st, semifinal 4	Time limit exceeded
	Semi- finalist	Daniel Flynn	1:30.2 1st, heat 4	Unknown 2-4, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		Ernest Payne	1:32.0 1st, heat 5	Unknown 2-4, semifinal 2
		J. L. Lavery	1:41.0 1st, heat 14	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3
	Heats	George Summers	Unknown 2nd, heat 13	Did not advance
		John Matthews	Unknown 3rd, heat 2
		William Bailey	Unknown 3rd, heat 7
		Herbert Crowther	Unknown 3rd, heat 8
	—	W. F. Magee	Time limit exceeded —, heat 6
Men's tandem	2nd	Frederick Hamlin Thomas H. Johnson	3:14.8 1st, heat 2	2:42.2 1st, semifinal 1	Unknown
	3rd	Colin Brooks Walter Isaacs	2:42.2 1st, heat 1	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Unknown
	Semi- finalist	John Matthews Leon Meredith	2:43.2 1st, heat 7	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		John L. Barnard Arthur Rushen	Unknown 2nd, heat 4	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2
	Heats	R. Jolly J. Norman	Unknown 2nd, heat 6	Did not advance
		C. McKaig E. C. Piercy	Unknown 3rd, heat 3
Men's team pursuit	1st	Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leon Meredith Ernest Payne	Walkover 1st, heat 1	2:19.6 1st, semifinal 1	2:18.6

Diving

Event	Place	Diver	Prelimary groups	Semi- finals	Final
Men's 10 metre platform	8th	Harold Goodworth	76.00 points 2nd, group 1	59.48 points 4th, semifinal 2	Did not advance
	12th	George Cane	73.10 points 3rd, group 4	Did not advance
	14th	James Aldous	68.00 points 5th, group 1
	16th	William Hoare	65.20 points 3rd, group 2
	19th	William Webb	57.70 points 4th, group 3
	21st	F. J. Collins	56.50 points 5th, group 3
	23rd	Thomas Harrington	53.15 points 6th, group 5
Men's 3 metre springboard	6th	Harold Clarke	78.60 points 2nd, group 2	81.10 points 4th, semifinal 2	Did not advance
	7th	Herbert Pott	82.50 points 1st, group 4	79.60 points 3rd, semifinal 1
	10th	Frank Errington	70.83 points 2nd, group 3	72.60 points 5th, semifinal 1
	12th	Harold Smyrk	78.30 points 3rd, group 5	Did not advance
	14th	Harry Crank	70.30 points 4th, group 1
	16th	William Hoare	67.80 points 5th, group 3
	17th	Anthony Beckett	67.50 points 5th, group 1
	18th	William Bull	66.00 points 3rd, group 4
	20th	Thomas Cross	64.50 points 4th, group 5
	23rd	Anthony Taylor	58.80 points 3rd, group 2

Fencing

Great Britain took second in the men's team épée competition, with Montgomerie also making it into a three-way playoff for 2nd, 3rd and 4th places in the individual event despite having been nearly eliminated in both the second round and the semifinals. His bottom placing in that playoff gave France a sweep of the medals. The British were less successful in sabre, with no fencers making it to the final in the individual competition and the team being eliminated in the first round.

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round	Semi- final	Final
Men's épée	4th	Robert Montgomerie	6-1 (1st in I)	2-2 (2nd in 4)	3-4 (4th in 1)	6-3
	5th	Cecil Haig	2-2 (3rd in K)	2-1 (1st in 8)	4-3 (2nd in 1)	2-5
	8th	Martin Holt	3-4 (2nd in D)	3-1 (1st in 4)	4-3 (2nd in 2)	2-6
	Second round	Charles Leaf Daniell	5-1 (1st in G)	3-2 (3rd in 5)	Did not advance
		Sydney Martineau	3-2 (2nd in F)	2-2 (3rd in 7)
		Edgar Amphlett	4-1 (1st in J)	1-3 (5th in 2)
		Henry Davids	2-2 (2nd in M)	1-4 (5th in 3)
	First round	John Blake	2-4 (4th in C)	Did not advance
		Percival Davson	3-4 (4th in E)
		Ralph Chalmers	3-3 (4th in H)
		Edgar Seligman	2-4 (4th in L)
		Luke Fildes	2-6 (7th in A)
Men's sabre	Semi- finalist	C. Barry Notley	3-2 (2nd in L)	2-2 (2nd in 1)	2-5 (7th in 1)	Did not advance
	Second round	William Marsh	3-1 (1st in D)	2-2 (3rd in 3)	Did not advance
		Richard Badman	2-3 (3rd in G)	1-3 (4th in 2)
	First round	Arthur Murray	2-2 (4th in B)	Did not advance
		Charles Wilson	2-3 (4th in H)
		Alfred Keene	2-3 (4th in I)
		Edward Brookfield	3-4 (4th in J)
		Douglas Godfree	0-5 (6th in C)
		Lockhart Leith	0-5 (6th in K)
		Anthony Chalke	1-5 (7th in M)

Event	Place	Fencers	Play-in match	First round	Semi- finals	Final	Repechage	Silver medal match
Men's team épée	2nd	Charles Leaf Daniell (all) Cecil Haig (1st, sf, r, sm) Martin Holt (p, 1st, sf, r) Robert Montgomerie (all) Edgar Seligman (1st)This fencer competed in the team event, but is not listed in the IOC medallist database. Edgar Amphlett (sm)	Defeated Netherlands 9-7 Advanced to first round	Defeated Germany 13-5 Advanced to semifinals	Lost to France 12-5 Relegated to repechage	Did not advance	Defeated Denmark 9-8 Advanced to silver medal match	Defeated Belgium 9-5 Won silver medal
Men's team sabre	6th	H. Evan James William Marsh Arthur Murray Charles Wilson	Not held	Lost to Italy 11-5 Out 6th place	Did not advance		Not relegated

Figure skating

Football

England national amateur football team represented Great Britain in the football competition.

Gymnastics

Hockey

Great Britain sent four teams, one from each of the Home Nations. Scotland and England defeated Germany and France, respectively, in the first round before facing each other in the semifinals. Their victories assured them medals, while Ireland and Wales had been guaranteed medals by receiving byes in the first round. England won in the semifinal against Scotland, while Ireland defeated Wales in the other semifinal. The two losing teams received bronze medals, while England took the gold by winning the final against Ireland, who received silver.

Jeu de paume

In the jeu de paume competition, British players took the silver and bronze medals.

Lacrosse

Great Britain lost the only lacrosse match played in 1908 to Canada, earning the silver medal.

Polo

Great Britain was the only nation to compete in polo in 1908, with two English teams and an Irish team competing.

Rackets

The host nation was the only one to compete in rackets in 1908.

Rowing

Rugby

Great Britain lost the only rugby union match played in 1908 to Australasia, earning the silver medal. The British representative was the Cornwall county team, which had won the 1907 county championships.

Sailing

Great Britain took all four of the sailing medals, without contest in the cases of the 7 metre class (where only one boat entered) and the 12 metre class (where both boats were British).

Shooting

Swimming

Tennis

Great Britain took all 6 gold medals in the lawn tennis competitions in 1908.

Tug of war

Great Britain sent three police teams to compete in tug of war in 1908. They took the three medals, with the Liverpool police eliminating both foreign entrants (the United States of America in the only quarterfinal match and Sweden in the semifinals). The City of London team defeated the Metropolitan police in the other semifinal, going on to defeat the Liverpool squad in the final. The Metropolitan team won the bronze medal by default when the Swedes did not appear for the bronze match.

Water motorsports

Great Britain had a boat finish in each of two races in the water motorsports competitions, thereby winning two gold medals in the midst of a gale. No British boat finished in the third race, leaving the final gold medal to France, which competed only in the open class.

Water polo

Wrestling

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