1908 Summer Olympics / Boxing
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Competition venue | Northampton Institute |
Nations | 4th |
Athletes | 42 (42 men) |
date | October 27, 1908 |
decisions | 5 |
← St. Louis 1904 |
Five boxing competitions were held at the IV Olympic Games in London in 1908 . The venue was the sports hall of the Northampton Institute (later City University ). More than three quarters of the participants were from the UK. The Amateur Boxing Association of England was responsible for the organization .
There were three rounds in each fight; the first two rounds lasted three minutes, the third round four minutes. Two judges made the assessment: In the first two rounds they gave five points for the better boxer, in the third round seven points. The other boxer's score was calculated from the degree of inferiority. If the judges could not agree on a winner, the referee had the option to choose a winner himself or to arrange a fourth round.
Balance sheet
Medal table
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5 | 4th | 5 | 14th |
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Medalist
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Bantamweight |
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Featherweight |
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lightweight |
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medium weight |
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Heavyweight |
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Results
Bantam weight (up to 52.62 kg)
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Henry Thomas |
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John Condon |
3 |
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William Webb |
4th |
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Pierre Mazior |
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Frank McGurk | |
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Henry Perry |
Date: October 27, 1908
6 participants from 2 countries
Feather weight (up to 57.15 kg)
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Richard Gunn |
2 |
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Charles Morris |
3 |
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Hugh Roddin |
4th |
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Thomas Ringer |
5 |
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Edward Adams |
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Louis Constant | |
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John Lloyd | |
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Etienne Poillot |
Date: October 27, 1908
8 participants from 2 countries
Lightweight (up to 63.50 kg)
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Frederick Grace |
2 |
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Frederick Spiller |
3 |
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Harry Johnson |
4th |
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Harold Holmes |
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George Jessup | |
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Matt Wells | |
7th |
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André Bouvier |
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Edward Fearman | |
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Patrick Fee | |
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Hemming Hansen | |
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Waldemar Holberg | |
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Frank Osborne |
Date: October 27, 1908
12 participants from 3 countries
Middle weight (up to 71.67 kg)
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Johnny Douglas |
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Reginald Baker |
3 |
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William Philo |
4th |
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Ruben Warnes |
5 |
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William Childs |
6th |
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Gaston Aspa |
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William Dees | |
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René Doudelle | |
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Charles Morard | |
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Arthur Murdoch |
Date: October 27, 1908
10 participants from 3 countries
The final match was so close that it was later often and persistently claimed that the referees could not have agreed on a winner and Douglas' father, as the main referee, decided the fight in favor of his son. In reality, in his role as association president, he was only responsible for awarding the medals. After Baker claimed in an interview in 1952 that the rumor was true, it was also presented as a fact in many reputable publications. It was only in 2004 that it could be proven beyond doubt that Douglas' victory had complied with the rules.
Heavyweight (over 71.67 kg)
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Albert Oldman |
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Sydney Evans |
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Frederick Parks |
4th |
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Harold Brewer |
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Albert Ireton | |
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Ian Myrams |
Date: October 27, 1908
All six participants were British.
Web links
- Boxing at the Olympic Games 1908 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the Olympic Games 1908 (PDF, 12.4 MB)