Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Gymnastics at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |
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Venue | White City Stadium |
Dates | July 14–16, 1908 |
Competitors | 327 from 14 nations |
Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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All-around | men |
Team | men |
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two gymnastics events for men were contested. No nation was successful in winning more than one medal.[1] No women's competitions were held, though women did participate in non-competitive gymnastic displays.[2][3]
Medal summary
[edit]Participating nations
[edit]A total of 327 gymnasts from 14 nations competed at the London Games:
- Belgium (2)
- Bohemia (2)
- Canada (2)
- Denmark (24)
- Finland (31)
- France (60)
- Germany (11)
- Great Britain (65)
- Hungary (6)
- Italy (32)
- Netherlands (23)
- Norway (30)
- Sweden (38)
- Turkey (1)
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Gymnastics at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Official Report, p. 35.
- ^ "Girls as Athletes". The Club News. 2 (5). Chicago: Hankel Printing: 15. 15 May 1912.
Sources
[edit]- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Gymnastics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 23 February 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2006.