Jeu de Paume at the Olympic Games

So far, Jeu de Paume only at the Summer Olympics in 1908 in the program. An open-air variant called Longue Paume was a demonstration sport in 1900. Real tennis, as Jeu de Paume is called in Great Britain, was again a demonstration sport in 1928 .

London 1908

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Only eleven players took part in the 1908 tournament in the Queen's Club, but the organizers believed that they were among the best in the world. The gold medal was won by the American George Jay Gould II , grandson of the railroad speculator Jay Gould . He won the final against Britain's Eustace Miles 6: 5, 6: 4, 6: 4. In the game for the bronze medal, the Briton Neville Lytton prevailed 6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 4 against his compatriot Arthur Page .

Medal table

Medal table
space	team	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	1	0	0	1
2	Great Britain	0	1	1	2

Web links

• Jeu de Paume at the 1908 Olympic Games in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )