1908 Summer Olympics / Rowing
Rowing at the IV Summer Olympics | |
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information | |
venue | Henley-on-Thames |
Competition venue | Thames |
Nations | 8th |
Athletes | 81 (all male) |
date | 28–31 July 1908 |
decisions | 4th |
← 1904 St. Louis ← 1906 Athens |
At the IV Olympic Games in 1908 , four competitions were held in rowing . These were held on the Thames , more precisely on the traditional route of the Henley Royal Regatta near Henley-on-Thames , around 60 kilometers west of central London .
Since the 1.5 mile (2,414 m) stretch on the Thames was very narrow, only two boats could compete against each other. The rules of the Amateur Rowing Association of England were used. There were no races for third place in any of the competitions.
It should be noted that in contrast to all other sports, only the gold medals were awarded; The silver and bronze medals given here are fictitious and are only used to make it easier to compare with other Olympic Games.
One
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | GBR | Harry Blackstaffe | 9: 26.0 |
2 | GBR | Alexander McCulloch | k. A. |
3 | GER | Bernhard of Gaza | k. A. |
HUN | Károly Levitzky | k. A. |
Date: July 28th to 31st
Nine rowers from six countries competed in this competition. Before the actual heats, there was a qualification for the eighth preliminary place, which the German won from Gaza. However, this was eliminated in the semifinals. In the final, the 40-year-old Blackstaffe beat his compatriot McCulloch, half his age, by a length.
Two without a helmsman
space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
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1 | GBR | John Fenning , Gordon Thomson | 9: 41.0 |
2 | GBR | George Fairbairn , Philip Verdon | k. A. |
3 | CAN | Frederick Toms , Norman Jackes | k. A. |
GER | Martin Stahnke , Willy Düskow | k. A. |
Date: July 28th, 30th and 31st
Four boats from three countries took part in this competition. Therefore, no preliminary runs were necessary and the competition began with the two semi-finals. In the final two boats from the Leander Club from Henley-on-Thames faced each other; Fenning / Thomson clearly won with a 2½ length lead over Fairbairn / Verdon.
Foursome without a helmsman
space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
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1 | GBR |
Magdalen College BC Collier Cudmore , Angus Gillan , Duncan Mackinnon , John Somers-Smith |
8: 34.0 |
2 | GBR |
Leander Club Philip Filleul , Harold Barker , John Fenning , Gordon Thomson |
k. A. |
3 | NED | Hermannus Höfte , Johan Burk , Bernardus Croon , Albertus Wielsma | k. A. |
CAN |
Argonaut Rowing Club Gordon Balfour , Goblet Gale , Charles Riddy , Geoffrey Taylor |
k. A. |
Date: July 28th and 31st
Four boats from three countries took part in this competition. In the semi-finals, the two British teams clearly prevailed against the foreign competition. In the final, the Leander Club from Henley-on-Thames led up to half of the route, but the Magdalen College team caught up and finally won by 1½ lengths.
Eighth
space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
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1 | GBR |
Leander Club Albert Gladstone , Frederick Kelly , Banner Johnstone , Guy Nickalls , Charles Burnell , Ronald Sanderson , Raymond Etherington-Smith , Henry Bucknall , Gilchrist Maclagan |
7: 52.0 |
2 | BEL |
Koninklijke Roeivereniging Club Gent Oscar Taelman , Marcel Morimont , Rémy Orban , Polydore Veirman , Georges Mijs , François Vergucht , Oscar de Somville , Rodolphe Poma , Alfred van Landeghem |
k. A. |
3 | GBR |
Cambridge University BC Frank Jerwood , Eric Walter Powell , Oswald Carver , Edward Williams , Henry Goldsmith , Harold Kitching , John Burn , Douglas Stuart , Richard Boyle |
k. A. |
CAN |
Argonaut Rowing Club Toronto Irvine Robertson , Joseph Wright , Julius Thomson , Walter Lewis , Gordon Balfour , Becher Gale , Charles Riddy , Geoffrey Taylor , Douglas Kertland |
k. A. |
Date: July 29th to 31st
Eight teams had registered, but only six showed up at the start of the heats because the Italians had withdrawn their two boats. The eighth of the Royal Club Nautique de Gand was the only foreign one to reach the finals in these rowing competitions. In the final, however, the Leander Club from Henley-on-Thames prevailed.
Medal table
space | team | total | |||
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1 | Great Britain | 4th | 3 | 1 | 8th |
2 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | ||
3 | Canada | 3 | 3 | ||
4th | German Empire | 2 | 2 | ||
5 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | ||
Hungary | 1 | 1 | |||
total | 4th | 4th | 8th | 16 |