1908 Summer Olympics / Participant (South Africa)

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South Africa participated in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London , United Kingdom , with a delegation of 14 athletes (all men) in 15 competitions in four sports. Two medals (one gold and one silver each) could be won. The youngest athlete was the sprinter Reggie Walker (19 years and 126 days), the oldest athlete was the fencer Walter Gates (37 years and 46 days). It was the country's second participation in the Summer Olympics after the 1904 Summer Olympics . The standard bearer was athlete Doug Stupart.

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Reggie Walker	Track and field athlete	100 meter run

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Charles Hefferon	Track and field athlete	marathon

Participants by sport

fencing

• Walter Gates
  • Sword

  Round one: eliminated in group two (sixth place), one duel won - two duels tied - three duels lost

  • saber

  Round one: eliminated in group eight (sixth place), no duel won - five duels lost

athletics

• Eddie Duffy
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: qualified for the semi-finals in run one (rank one), 11.6 seconds, 3 yards ahead

  Semi-finals: eliminated in run three (third place), no time known

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run two (second place), 23.2 seconds, 1.5 yards behind the first place

• Charles Hefferon
  • 5 mile run

  Round one: qualified for the final in run one (second place), 26: 05.0 minutes

  Final: 25: 44.0 minutes, fourth place

  • marathon

  Final: 2: 56: 06.0 hours, second place

• James Mitchell Baker
  • marathon

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

• Herbert Phillips
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run eleven (Rag four), race not finished (DNF)

• Doug Stupart
  • 110 meter hurdles

  Round one: eliminated in round one (third place), no time known

  • Triple jump

  Qualifying round: Group B, 13.40 meters, fourth place, tenth overall, not qualified for the final

• Reggie Walker
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: qualified for the semi-finals in run four (rank one), 11.0 seconds

  Semi-finals: qualified for the final in race one (rank one), 10.8 seconds (Olympic record)

  Final: 10.8 seconds (Olympic record), first place

Cycling

2,000 meters tandem

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in run five (second place), two lengths behind the first-placed duo

• team

  Philip Freylinck

  Floris Venter

singles

• Philip Freylinck
  • 660 yard races

  Round one: eliminated in round 16 (third place), no time known

  • 5 km race

  Round one: eliminated in run three (third place), no time known

• Harry Passmore
  • 660 yard races

  Round one: eliminated in race nine (second place), one length behind the first-placed

  • 5 km

  Round one: eliminated in round four, no time known

  • 20 km

  Round one: eliminated in round four (third place), 32: 39.4 minutes

  • 100 km

  Round one: eliminated in round two, race not finished (DNF)

• Frank Shore
  • 660 yard races

  Round one: eliminated in round five, no time known

  • 5 km

  Round one: eliminated in round five, no time known

  • 20 km

  Round one: eliminated in run three (second place), 33: 40.0 minutes

• Floris Venter
  • 660 yard races

  Round one: qualified for the semifinals in run ten (rank one), 1: 03.2 minutes

  Semi-finals: eliminated in run two (fourth place), no time known

  • 5 km race

  Round one: eliminated in round seven, no time known

  • 20 km race

  Round one: eliminated in run two (third place), 32: 34.4 minutes

tennis

singles

• Victor Gauntlett

  Rank 16

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: lost against Major Ritchie from the UK for records (0: 3)

• Harold Kitson

  Rank 16

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: 0: 3 set defeat against George Caridia from United Kingdom

• John Richardson

  Fourth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: BYE

  Round three: 3-0 set win against John F. Foulkes from Canada

  Quarterfinals: 3: 0 (6: 3, 6: 1, 6: 0) win by sets against Charles Brown from Canada

  Semi-finals: 1: 3 (6: 2, 1: 6, 4: 6, 4: 6) defeat after sets against Otto Froitzheim from Germany

  Game for third place: defeat in sets ( 2-6, 2-6, 3-6 ) against Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves from United Kingdom

Double

• Victor Gauntlett
  Harold Kitson

  Fifth place

  Round one: 3-0 win in sets against Bohemia

  Round two: 3-0 set win against Germany

  Quarter-finals: 2: 3 (2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2, 3: 6, 3: 6) defeat in sets against George Hillyard and Reginald Doherty from the United Kingdom

Web links

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