1908 Summer Olympics / Lacrosse

Lacrosse at the IV Olympic Games
information
venue	London
Competition venue	White City Stadium
Nations	2
Athletes	32 (32 men)
date	October 24, 1904
decisions	1
← St. Louis 1904

At the IV. Summer Olympics in London in 1908, a competition in lacrosse took place for the second and last time .

The team from South Africa withdrew their registration at short notice, which is why there was only one game for the gold medal. This took place on October 24th in the White City Stadium , just before the final of the soccer tournament. Since Canada and the UK had different rules, they had to be slightly modified for this one game. The goal area was a little larger than usual in Great Britain, the ball a little lighter than in Canada. The game was also divided into four quarters instead of two halves. The Canadians won the first quarter with a clear 5: 1; halfway through the game it was 6-2. The British were able to improve in the third quarter and came up to 9: 7. In the last quarter, the British even equalized to 9: 9, but then the Canadians finally prevailed and won the game with 14:10.

Classification

space	country	athlete
1	CAN	Patrick Brennan , John Broderick , George Campbell , Angus Dillon , Frank Dixon , Richard Duckett , J. Fyon , Tommy Gorman , Ernest Hamilton , Henry Hoobin , A. Mara , Clarence McKerrow , D. McLeod , George Rennie , Alexander Turnbull
2	GBR	Gustav Alexander , J. Alexander , L. Blockey , George Buckland , EO Dutton , VG Gilbey , SN Hayes , FS Johnson , Wilfrid Johnson , Edward Jones , RGW Martin , GJ Mason , J. Parker-Smith , HW Ramsay , Charles Scott , H. Shorrocks , H. Shorrocks

Web links

Commons : Lacrosse at the 1908 Olympic Games  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Lacrosse 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)