1908 Summer Olympics / Participant (Canada)

CAN

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Canada participated in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London , Great Britain , with 87 athletes. The athletes were able to win three gold, three silver and ten bronze medals.

Medalist

Olympic champion

Surname	sport	competition
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	lacrosse	Men
Bobby Kerr	athletics	200 m
Walter Ewing	shoot	Target shooting

Second

Surname	sport	competition
Garfield MacDonald	athletics	Triple jump
George Beattie	shoot	Target shooting
Walter Ewing George Beattie Arthur Westover Mylie Fletcher George Vivian David McMackon	shoot	Target shooting team

Third

Surname	sport	competition
Edward Archibald	athletics	Pole vault
Cal Bricker	athletics	Long jump
Bobby Kerr	athletics	100 m
Con Walsh	athletics	Hammer throw
William Anderson Walter Andrews Frederick McCarthy William Morton	Cycling	1980 yards team pursuit
Aubert Côté	Wrestling	Freestyle bantamweight
Frederick Toms Norman Jackes	rowing	Two without a helmsman
Gordon Balfour Mug Gale Charles Riddy Geoffrey Taylor	rowing	Foursome without a helmsman
Irvine Robertson Joseph Wright Julius Thomson Walter Lewis Gordon Balfour Mug Gale Charles Riddy Geoffrey Taylor Douglas Kertland	rowing	Eighth
William Smith Charles Crowe Bruce Williams Dugald McInnes William Eastcott Harry Kerr	shoot	Army rifle crew

Participants by sport

fencing

• Percy Nobbs

  Epee singles: preliminary round

lacrosse

The victorious Canadian lacrosse team

• Olympic champion

  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

athletics

• Edward Archibald

  Pole vault: third

• George Barber

  High jump: tenth

  Stand vault: k. A.

  Long jump: 19.

  Stand long jump: k. A.

• Dave Beland

  100 m: preliminary round

• Cal Bricker

  Long jump: third

  Triple jump: fourth

• Don Buddo

  400 m: preliminary round

  800 m: preliminary round

  Olympic relay: preliminary round

• Arthur Burn

  Marathon: 24.

• Jack Caffery

  Marathon: eleventh

• Eddie Cotter

  Marathon: DNF

• John Fitzgerald

  1500 m: preliminary round

  5 miles (8047 m): Seventh

  3200 m obstacle: preliminary round

• William Galbraith

  1500 m: preliminary round

  5 miles (8047 m): preliminary round

  3200 m obstacle: sixth

• William Goldsboro

  Marathon: 16.

• George Goulding

  Marathon: 22.

  3500 m walking: fourth

  Walking 10 miles (16.093 m): preliminary round

• Bobby Kerr

  100 m: third

  200 m: Olympic champion

• Harry Lawson

  Marathon: Seventh

• George Lister

  Marathon: 27.

• Tom Longboat

  Marathon: DNF

• Frank Lukeman

  100 m: preliminary round

  200 m: preliminary round

  Olympic relay: preliminary round

  Long jump: 13.

• Garfield MacDonald

  High jump: 13.

  Long jump: k. A.

  Triple jump: second

• Fred Meadows

  1500 m: preliminary round

  5 miles (8047 m): Sixth

• Fred Noseworthy

  Marathon: DNF

• Irving Parkes

  800 m: preliminary round

  Olympic relay: preliminary round

• Ted Savage

  110 m hurdles: preliminary round

• Lou Sebert

  100 m: preliminary round

  200 m: preliminary round

  400 m: preliminary round

  Olympic relay: preliminary round

• Fred Simpson

  Marathon: sixth

• Jack Tait

  1500 m: fourth

  5 miles (8047 m): preliminary round

  Marathon: DNF

• Con Walsh

  Hammer throw: third

• William Wood

  Marathon: fifth

Cycling

• Will Anderson

  1980 yards team pursuit: third

  5 km: preliminary round

  20 km: preliminary round

  100 km: preliminary round

• Walt Andrews

  660 yards (603.491 m): preliminary round

  2000 m tandem: preliminary round

  1980 yards team pursuit: third

  5 km: preliminary round

  20 km: preliminary round

  100 km: sixth

• Frederick McCarthy

  660 yards (603.491 m): preliminary round

  2000 m tandem: preliminary round

  1980 yards team pursuit: third

  5 km: preliminary round

  20 km: preliminary round

  100 km: DNF

• William Morton

  660 yards (603.491 m): preliminary round

  1980 yards team pursuit: third

  5 km: preliminary round

  100 km: DNF

• Harry Young

  20 km: preliminary round

  100 km: DNF

Wrestling

• Aubert Côté

  Freestyle Bantamweight: Third

rowing

• Gordon Balfour

  Four without a helmsman: third

  Eighth: third

• Walter Bowler

  One: DNF

• Mug of Gale

  Four without a helmsman: third

  Eighth: third

• Norway Jackes

  Two without a helmsman: third

• Douglas Kertland

  Eighth: third

• Walter Lewis

  Eighth: third

• Charles Riddy

  Four without a helmsman: third

  Eighth: third

• Irvine Robertson

  Eighth: third

• Lou Scholes

  One: preliminary round

• Geoffrey Taylor

  Four without a helmsman: third

  Eighth: third

• Julius Thomson

  Eighth: third

• Frederick Toms

  Two without a helmsman: third

• Joseph Wright

  Eighth: third

shoot

• George Beattie

  Targets: Second

  Targets Team: Second

• Stanley Brown

  Army rifle: Eleventh

• Charles Crowe

  Army rifle: Ninth

  Army rifle crew: third

• William Eastcott

  Army rifle crew: third

• Thomas Elmitt

  Army rifle: 28.

• Walter Ewing

  Target shooting: Olympic champion

  Targets Team: Second

• Mylie Fletcher

  Targets: Seventh

  Targets Team: Second

• James Freeborn

  Army rifle: 27.

• James Jones

  Army rifle: 28.

• Harry Kerr

  Army rifle: Sixth

  Army rifle crew: third

• Arthur Martin

  Army rifle: 33.

• David McMackon

  Targets: Twelfth

  Targets Team: Second

• Dugald McInnes

  Army rifle: 16.

  Army rifle crew: third

• Frank Morris

  Army rifle: 19.

• Frank Parker

  Clay target shooting: 27.

• George Rowe

  Army rifle: 35.

• William Smith

  Army rifle crew: third

• Arthur Steele

  Army rifle: 37.

• Fred Utton

  Army rifle: Ninth

• George Vivian

  Clay target shooting: 20.

  Targets Team: Second

• Bruce Williams

  Army rifle crew: third

• Arthur Westover

  Targets: Fifth

  Targets Team: Second

swim

• Robert Zimmerman

  100 m freestyle: preliminary round

  100 m back: preliminary round

tennis

• Charles Brown

  Individual men: fifth

• John F. Foulkes

  Single men: ninth

  Double men: seventh

• Robert Branks Powell

  Single men: ninth

  Double men: seventh

do gymnastics

• Orville Elliott

  Individual all-around: 80.

• Allan Keith

  Individual all-around: 59.

Diving

• Robert Zimmerman

  Art jumping: preliminary round

Web links

• Olympic team of Canada 1908 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )