Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Rackets at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |
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Venues | Queen's Club |
Dates | April 27–May 1 |
Competitors | 7 from 1 nation |
Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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Singles | men |
Doubles | men |
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two rackets events were contested. Only British players participated in the competitions.
Medal summary
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles |
Evan Noel (GBR) | Henry Leaf (GBR) | John Jacob Astor (GBR) |
Henry Brougham (GBR) | |||
Men's doubles |
Vane Pennell and John Jacob Astor (GBR) |
Edmund Bury and Cecil Browning (GBR) |
Evan Noel and Henry Leaf (GBR) |
Participating nations
[edit]A total of seven players from only one nation competed:
- Great Britain (7)
Medal table
[edit]Sources:[1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Totals (1 entries) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Racquets 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 3 May 2006.
External links
[edit]- Racquets at the 1908 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)