Athletics - Olympic Games - 1908

Olympic Games - Results Men 1908

Great Britain - London - 14 July 1908 - 25 July 1908

Men's 1500 m - 14 July 1908

1	Mel Sheppard (USA)	4:03.4
2	Harold Wilson (GBR)	4:03.6
3	Norman Hallows (GBR)	4:04.0
4	John Tait (CAN)	4:06.8
5	Ivo Fairbairn-crawford (GBR)	4:07.6
6	Joseph Deakin (GBR)	4:07.9

Men's Hammer throw - 14 July 1908

1	John Flanagan (USA)	51.93
2	Matt McGrath (USA)	51.18
3	Con Walsh (CAN)	48.51
4	Thomas Nicolson (GBR)	48.09
5	Lee Talbott (USA)	47.87
6	Marquis Horr (USA)	46.95
7	Simon Gillis (USA)	45.59
8	Eric Lemming (SWE)	43.06
9	Alan Fyffe (GBR)	37.35

Men's 4x400 m relay - 14 July 1908

1	United States (William Hamilton, Nathaniel Cartmell, John Taylor, Mel Sheppard)	3:29.4
2	Germany (Arthur Hoffmann, Hans Eicke, Otto Trieloff, Hanns Braun)	3:32.4
3	Hungary (Pál Simon, Frigyes Wiesner, József Nagy, Ödön Bodor)	3:32.5

Men's 3 miles Team - 14 July 1908

1	Great Britain (Joseph Deakin, Arthur Robertson, Wilfred Coales)	6
2	United States (John Eisele, George Bonhag, Herbert Trube)	19
3	France (Louis De Fleurac, Joseph Dreher, Paul Lijandier)	32

Men's 3500 m Walk - 14 July 1908

1	George Larner (GBR)	14:55.0
2	Ernest Webb (GBR)	15:07.4
3	Harry Kerr (NZL)	15:43.4
4	George Goulding (CAN)	15:49.8
5	Arthur Rowland (NZL)	16:07.0
6	Charles Westergaard (DEN)	17:21.8
7	Einar Rothman (SWE)	17:50.0

Men's Javelin Throw Freestyle - 15 July 1908

1	Eric Lemming (SWE)	54.45
2	Michalis Dorizas (GRE)	51.36
3	Arne Halse (NOR)	49.73
4	Charalambos Zouras (GRE)	48.61
5	Hugo Wieslander (SWE)	47.55
6	Armas Pesonen (FIN)	46.04
7	Imre Mudin (HUN)	45.95
8	Jalmari Sauli (FIN)	43.31
9	Juho Halme (FIN)	39.88

Men's Shot put - 16 July 1908

1	Ralph Rose (USA)	14.21
2	Dennis Horgan (GBR)	13.62
3	John Garrels (USA)	13.18
4	Wesley Coe (USA)	13.07
5	Edward Barrett (GBR)	12.89
6	Marquis Horr (USA)	12.82
7	Jalmari Sauli (FIN)	12.58
8	Lee Talbott (USA)	11.63

Men's Discus throw - 16 July 1908

1	Martin Sheridan (USA)	40.89
2	Merritt Giffin (USA)	40.70
3	Bill Horr (USA)	39.45
4	Verner Järvinen (FIN)	39.43
5	Arthur Dearborn (USA)	38.52
6	Lee Talbott (USA)	38.40
7	György Luntzer (HUN)	38.34
8	André Tison (FRA)	38.30
9	John Flanagan (USA)	37.80
10	Wilbur Burroughs (USA)	37.43
11	Emil Welz (GER)	37.02

Men's Javelin throw - 17 July 1908

1	Eric Lemming (SWE)	54.825
2	Arne Halse (NOR)	50.570
3	Otto Nilsson (SWE)	47.105
4	Aarne Salovaara (FIN)	45.890
5	Armas Pesonen (FIN)	45.180
6	Juho Halme (FIN)	44.960
7	Jalmari Sauli (FIN)

Men's 10 miles Walk - 17 July 1908

1	George Larner (GBR)	1h15:57
2	Ernest Webb (GBR)	1h17:31
3	Edward Spencer (GBR)	1h21:20
4	Frank Carler (GBR)	1h21:20
5	Ernest Larner (GBR)	1h24:26
6	William Palmer (GBR)

Men's 3200 m Steeple - 18 July 1908

1	Arthur Russell (GBR)	10:47.8
2	Archie Robertson (GBR)	10:48.4
3	John Eisele (USA)	11:00.8
4	Guy Holdaway (GBR)	11:26.0
5	Harold Sewell (GBR)
6	William Galbraith (CAN)

Men's 5 miles - 18 July 1908

1	Emil Voigt (GBR)	25:11.2
2	Edward Owen (GBR)	25:24.0
3	Johan Svanberg (SWE)	25:37.2
4	Charles Hefferon (RSA)	25:44.0
5	Arthur Robertson (GBR)	26:13.0
6	Frederick Meadows (CAN)	26:16.2
7	John Fitzgerald (IRL)
8	Frederick Bellars (USA)
9	Seth Landqvist (SWE)

Men's Discus Throw Ancient Style - 18 July 1908

1	Martin Sheridan (USA)	37.99
2	Bill Horr (USA)	37.32
3	Verner Järvinen (FIN)	36.48
4	Arthur Dearborn (USA)	35.65
5	Mikhail Dorizas (GRE)	33.34
6	Nikolaos Georgantas (GRE)	33.21
7	István Mudin (HUN)	33.11
8	Wilbur Burroughs (USA)	32.81
9	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	32.46
10	Umberto Avattaneo (ITA)	28.53

Men's Long Jump Standing - 20 July 1908

1	Ray Ewry (USA)	3.335
2	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (GRE)	3.235
3	Martin Sheridan (USA)	3.230
4	John Biller (USA)	3.215
5	Ragnar Ekberg (SWE)	3.195
6	Platt Adams (USA)	3.110
6	Leroy Holmes (USA)	3.110

Men's 800 m - 21 July 1908

1	Mel Sheppard (USA)	1:52.8
2	Emilio Lunghi (ITA)	1:54.2
3	Hanns Braun (GER)	1:55.2
4	Theodore Just (HUN)	1:55.4
5	John Halstead (GBR)	1:56.4
6	Clarke Beard (USA)

Men's High jump - 21 July 1908

1	Harry Porter (USA)	1.90
2	Georges André (FRA)	1.88
2	Con Leahy (GBR)	1.88
2	István Somodi (HUN)	1.88
5	Herbert Gidney (USA)	1.85
5	Thomas Moffitt (USA)	1.85
7	Norman Patterson (USA)	1.83

Men's 100 m - 22 July 1908

1	Reginald Walker (RSA)	10.8
2	James Rector (USA)	11.0
3	Robert Kerr (CAN)	11.0
4	Nathaniel Cartmell (USA)	11.2

Men's 400 m Hurdles - 22 July 1908

1	Charles Bacon (USA)	55.0
2	Harry Hillman (USA)	55.3
3	Leonard Tremeer (GBR)	57.0
4	Leslie Burton (GBR)	58.0

Men's Long jump - 22 July 1908

1	Frank Irons (USA)	7.48
2	Daniel Kelly (USA)	7.09
3	Calvin Bricker (CAN)	7.08
4	Edward Cook (USA)	6.97
5	John Brennan (USA)	6.86
6	Frank Mount Pleasant (USA)	6.82
7	Albert Weinstein (GER)	6.77
8	Tim Ahearne (GBR)	6.72
9	Denis Murray (GBR)	6.71
10	Gunnar Rönström (SWE)	6.67
11	Charles Williams (GBR)	6.65
12	Samuel Bellah (USA)	6.64
13	Frank Lukeman (CAN)	6.59
14	Ödön Holits (HUN)	6.54
15	Arthur Hoffmann (GER)	6.50
16	Al Bellerby (GBR)	6.44
17	Wilf Bleaden (GBR)	6.43
18	Willie Watt (GBR)	6.42
19	George Barber (CAN)	6.41
20	Carl Silfverstrand (SWE)	6.34

Men's 200 m - 23 July 1908

1	Robert Kerr (CAN)	22.6
2	Robert Cloughen (USA)	22.6
3	Nathaniel Cartmell (USA)	22.7
4	George Hawkins (GBR)	22.9

Men's High Jump Standing - 23 July 1908

1	Ray Ewry (USA)	1.57
2	John Biller (USA)	1.55
2	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (GRE)	1.55
4	Frank Holmes (USA)	1.52
5	Platt Adams (USA)	1.47
5	Géo André (FRA)	1.47
5	Alfred Motté (FRA)	1.47
8	Arthur Mallwitz (GER)	1.42
8	Svend Langkjaer (DEN)	1.42
8	Frank Irons (USA)	1.42
8	Wilhelm Blystad (NOR)	1.42
8	Léon Dupont (BEL)	1.42
8	Walter Henderson (GBR)	1.42
14	Karl Fryksdal (SWE)	1.40
14	Allan Bengtsson (SWE)	1.40
16	Martin Sheridan (USA)	1.37
17	Lancelot Stafford (GBR)	1.32
17	Ludwig Uettwiller (GER)	1.32

Men's Pole vault - 24 July 1908

1	Edward Cook (USA)	3.71
1	Alfred Gilbert (USA)	3.71
3	Edward Archibald (CAN)	3.58
3	Charles Jacobs (USA)	3.58
3	Bruno Söderström (SWE)	3.58
6	Georgios Banikas (GRE)	3.50
6	Samuel Bellah (USA)	3.50
8	Károly Szathmáry (HUN)	3.35

Men's Marathon - 24 July 1908

1	John Hayes (USA)	2:55:18.4
2	Charles Hefferon (RSA)	2:56:06.0
3	Joseph Forshaw (USA)	2:57:10.4
4	Roy Welton (USA)	2:59:44.4
5	William Wood (CAN)	3:01:44.0
6	Frederick Simpson (CAN)	3:04:28.2
7	Harry Lawson (CAN)	3:06:47.2
8	Johan Svanberg (SWE)	3:07:50.8
9	Lewis Tewanima (USA)	3:09:15.0
10	Kalle Nieminen (FIN)	3:09:50.8
11	Jack Caffery (CAN)	3:12:46.0
12	Billy Clarke (GBR)	3:16:08.6
13	Ernest Barnes (GBR)	3:17:30.8
14	Sidney Hatch (USA)	3:17:52.4
15	Fred Lord (GBR)	3:19:08.8
16	William Goldsboro (CAN)	3:20:07.0
17	James Beale (GBR)	3:20:14.0
18	Arnost Nejedlý (BOH)	3:26:26.2
19	Georg Lind (RUS)	3:26:38.8
20	Willem Wakker (NED)	3:28:49.0
21	Gustaf Törnros (SWE)	3:30:20.8
22	George Goulding (CAN)	3:33:26.4
23	Julius Jørgensen (DEN)	3:47:44.0
24	Arthur Burn (CAN)	3:50:17.0
25	Emmerich Rath (AUT)	3:50:30.4
26	Rudy Hansen (DEN)	3:53:15.0
27	George Lister (CAN)	4:22:45.0

Men's 400 m - 25 July 1908

1

Wyndham Halswelle (GBR)

50.0

Men's 110 m Hurdles - 25 July 1908

1	Forrest Smithson (USA)	15.0
2	John Garrels (USA)	15.7
3	Arthur Shaw (USA)	15.8
4	William Rand (USA)	16.0

Men's Triple jump - 25 July 1908

1	Tim Ahearne (GBR)	14.92
2	Garfield Macdonald (CAN)	14.76
3	Edvard Larsen (NOR)	14.39
4	Calvin Bricker (CAN)	14.10
5	Platt Adams (USA)	14.07
6	Frank Mount Pleasant (USA)	13,97
7	Karl Fryksdal (SWE)	13.65
8	John Brennan (USA)	13.59
9	Martin Sheridan (USA)	13.42
10	Doug Stupart (RSA)	13.40
11	Cyril Dugmore (GBR)	13.31
12	Michael Dineen (GBR)	13.23
13	Henry Olsen (NOR)	13.17
14	Oscar Guttormsen (NOR)	13.16
15	Dimitrios Muller (GRE)	13.09
16	Frank Irons (USA)	12.67
17	Samuel Bellah (USA)	12.55

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