At the 1908 Summer Olympics

1908 Summer Olympics

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...

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Sport rowing

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 events were contested, all for men only. Races were held at Henley-on-Thames

Henley-on-Thames

Henley-on-Thames is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and north-east from Reading, 10 miles upstream and west from Maidenhead...

. The competitions were held from July 28, 1908 to July 31, 1908. There was one fewer event in 1908 than 1904, after the double sculls was dropped from the programme. Hungary and Norway competed in rowing for the first time, along with 6 other nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
Single sculls	Harry Blackstaffe Harry Blackstaffe Henry Thomas "Harry" Blackstaffe was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Blackstaffe was born in Islington, London, and became a butcher. He was a long-standing member of Vesta Rowing Club in Putney and also a cross-country runner who represented South London Harriers in the...	Alexander McCulloch Alexander McCulloch Alexander McCulloch was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.-Biography:McCulloch was born at Melbourne, Australia, the son of George McCulloch...	Bernhard von Gaza Bernhard von Gaza Bernhard von Gaza was a German rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He won a bronze medal in single sculls.-External links:*...	Károly Levitzky Károly Levitzky Károly Levitzky was an Hungarian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He won a bronze medal in single sculls. He was Jewish.-External links:*...
Coxless pairs	Leander Leander Club Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames... John Fenning John Fenning John Reginald Keith Fenning was a British doctor and rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Fenning was born in Fulham, London. He entered London Hospital Medical College in January 1904 but it took him thirteen years to complete his course. He became a rower for Leander Club... Gordon Thomson Gordon Thomson (rower) Gordon Lindsay Thomson was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Thomson was born in Wandsworth, London. He was educated at University College School in Hampstead and Trinity Hall, Cambridge....	Leander Leander Club Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames... George Fairbairn Philip Verdon Philip Verdon Philip Verdon was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Verdon was born in Brixton, London. He was educated at Westminster School London and then at Jesus College, Cambridge...	Argonaut Argonaut Rowing Club The Argonaut Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club in Toronto, Ontario. It is located on Lake Ontario at the foot of Dowling Avenue, south of Lake Shore Boulevard West, west of Exhibition Place. The club was founded in 1872... Frederick Toms Frederick Toms Frederick Percy Toms was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the bowman of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless pairs.-External links:*... Norway Jackes Norway Jackes Norway Baldwin Jackes was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless pairs.-External links:*...	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... Martin Stahnke Willy Düskow
Coxless fours	Magdalen Collier Cudmore Collier Cudmore Sir Collier Robert Cudmore was an Australian lawyer, politician and Olympic rower who won the Gold medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics.-Early life and rowing career:... James Angus Gillan James Angus Gillan Sir Angus Gillan was a British colonial service official and a rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... Duncan Mackinnon Duncan Mackinnon Duncan Mackinnon was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the First World War.... John Somers-Smith John Somers-Smith John Robert Somers-Smith was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the First World War....	Leander Leander Club Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames... Philip Filleul Philip Filleul Philip Rowland Filleul was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Filleul was born at Bath, Somerset... Harold Barker Harold Barker Harold Ross Barker was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Barker was born at Marylebone, London. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and was a member of the Oxford crew in the Boat Race in 1908... John Fenning John Fenning John Reginald Keith Fenning was a British doctor and rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Fenning was born in Fulham, London. He entered London Hospital Medical College in January 1904 but it took him thirteen years to complete his course. He became a rower for Leander Club... Gordon Thomson Gordon Thomson (rower) Gordon Lindsay Thomson was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Thomson was born in Wandsworth, London. He was educated at University College School in Hampstead and Trinity Hall, Cambridge....	Argonaut Argonaut Rowing Club The Argonaut Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club in Toronto, Ontario. It is located on Lake Ontario at the foot of Dowling Avenue, south of Lake Shore Boulevard West, west of Exhibition Place. The club was founded in 1872... Gordon Balfour Gordon Balfour Gordon Bruce Balfour was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the bowman of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours.... Becher Gale Becher Gale Becher Robert Gale was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the member of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours.... Charles Riddy Charles Riddy Charles Riddy was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the member of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours.... Geoffrey Taylor Geoffrey Barron Taylor Geoffrey Barron Taylor was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours....	Amstel Amstel The Amstel is a river in the Netherlands which runs through the city of Amsterdam. The river's name is derived from Aeme stelle, old Dutch for "area abounding with water".... Hermannus Höfte Hermannus Höfte Hermannus Höfte was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the bowman of the Dutch boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours.-External links:*... Albertus Wielsma Albertus Wielsma Albertus Wielsma was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Dutch boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours.-External links:*... Johan Burk Johan Burk Johan Frederik Karel Hendrik Jacob Burk was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Dutch boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours.-External links:*... Bernardus Croon Bernardus Croon Bernardus Hermanus Croon was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the Dutch boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours.-External links:...
Eights	Leander Leander Club Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. It is based in Remenham in the English county of Berkshire, adjoining Henley-on-Thames... Albert Gladstone Frederick Kelly Banner Johnstone Banner Johnstone Banner Carruthers Johnstone was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Johnstone was born in Bebington, then in Cheshire and educated at Eton, where he was captain of the boats, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he rowed in the head of the river four times and won... Guy Nickalls Guy Nickalls Guy Nickalls was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the British eight that won gold, won 22 events at Henley Royal Regatta and won the Wingfield Sculls three times.... Charles Burnell Charles Burnell Charles Desborough Burnell OBE, DSO was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Burnell was born at Beckenham, then in Kent. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, and was a member of the winning Oxford crews in the Boat Races of 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898... Ronald Sanderson Ronald Sanderson Ronald Harcourt Sanderson was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the First World War.... Raymond Etherington-Smith Raymond Etherington-Smith Raymond Broadley Etherington-Smith was a British doctor and rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Etherington-Smith was born at Putney... Henry Bucknall Henry Bucknall Henry Cresswell Bucknall was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Bucknall was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He was educated at Eton College, where he stroked the Eton boat, and then went to Merton College, Oxford. In 1905, he stroked the winning Oxford boat in the Boat Race... Gilchrist Maclagan Gilchrist Maclagan Gilchrist Stanley Maclagan was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the First World War....	Royal Club Nautique de Gand Royal Club Nautique de Gand Royal Club Nautique de Gand... Oscar Taelman Marcel Morimont Rémy Orban Georges Mijs François Vergucht Polydore Veirman Polydore Veirman Polydore Veirman is an rower from Belgium.He competed for Belgium in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom as part of the silver medal winning coxed eight of Royal Club Nautique de Gand... Oscar de Somville Oscar De Somville Oscar Charles De Somville was a Belgian rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... Rodolphe Poma Alfred van Landeghem	Argonaut Argonaut Rowing Club The Argonaut Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club in Toronto, Ontario. It is located on Lake Ontario at the foot of Dowling Avenue, south of Lake Shore Boulevard West, west of Exhibition Place. The club was founded in 1872... Irvine Robertson Irvine Robertson Irvine Geale Robertson was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a bowman of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the eights.-External links:**... Joseph Wright Joseph Wright (rower) Joseph Walter Harris Wright was a Canadian rower and municipal politician.He was born in Villanova, Ontario. He competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he was a member of Canadian boat, which won the silver medal in the eights... Julius Thomson Walter Lewis Walter Lewis (rower) Walter Aiken Lewis was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the eights.-External links:*... Gordon Balfour Gordon Balfour Gordon Bruce Balfour was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the bowman of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours.... Becher Gale Becher Gale Becher Robert Gale was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the member of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours.... Charles Riddy Charles Riddy Charles Riddy was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the member of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours.... Geoffrey Taylor Geoffrey Barron Taylor Geoffrey Barron Taylor was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was the strokeman of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours.... Douglas Kertland Douglas Kertland Douglas Edwin Kertland was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was a coxswain of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the eights.-External links:**...	Cambridge Cambridge University Boat Club The Cambridge University Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Cambridge, England, located on the River Cam at Cambridge, although training primarily takes place on the River Great Ouse at Ely. The club was founded in 1828... Frank Jerwood Frank Jerwood Frank Harold Jerwood was an English clergyman and rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... Eric Powell Eric Powell (rower) Eric Walter Powell was an English schoolmaster, artist and rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... Oswald Carver Oswald Carver Oswald Armitage Carver was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He died of injuries during the First World War.... Edward Williams Edward Williams (rower) Edward Gordon Williams was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the First World War.... Henry Goldsmith Henry Goldsmith Henry Mills Goldsmith was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the First World War.... Harold Kitching Harold Kitching Harold Edward Kitching was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and served as High Sheriff of Durham.... John Burn John Burn John Southerden Burn was an English doctor and rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... Douglas Stuart Douglas Stuart (rower) Douglas Cecil Rees Stuart was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Stuart was the son of Montague Pelham Stuart, of Steynton, Surbiton and his wife Mary Rees. He was educated at Cheltenham College where he received his boating colours... Richard Boyle Richard Boyle (rower) Richard Frederick Robert Pochin Boyle was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....

Medal table

1		4	3	1	8
2		0	1	0	1
3		0	0	3	3
4		0	0	2	2
5		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1

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