Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Template:Short description Template:Infobox Olympic event Template:AthleticsAt1908SummerOlympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, England, 26 athletics events were contested, all for men only. A total of 79 medals (27 gold, 27 silver, 25 bronze) were awarded.

Each nation was allowed to enter up to 12 competitors in most of the events. In the team races (the medley relay and the 3 mile team race), each nation entered one team. The medley relay was run by four athletes, with four alternates allowed. In the 3 mile team race, five athletes from each nation ran with only three counting.

The competition was restricted to amateurs, and was held under the rules of the British Amateur Athletic Association.

Medal summary

100 metres Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	10.8 Template:OlyR	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	(10.9) Template:Efn	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	(11.0) Template:Efn
200 metres Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	22.6	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	22.6	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	22.7
400 metres Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	50.0	none awarded		none awarded
800 metres Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:52.8 Template:AthAbbr	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:54.2	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:55.2
1500 metres Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	4:03.4 Template:OlyR	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	4:03.6	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	4:04.0
5 miles Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	25:11.2 Template:OlyR	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	25:24.0	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	25:37.2
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:55:18.4 Template:AthAbbr	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:56:06.0	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:57:10.4
110 metres hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	15.0 Template:AthAbbr	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	15.7	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	15.8
400 metres hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	55.0 Template:AthAbbr	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	55.3	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	57.0
3200 metres steeplechase Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	10:47.8	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	10:48.4	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	11:00.8
Medley relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam William Hamilton Nate Cartmell John Taylor Mel Sheppard	3:29.4	Template:FlagIOCteam Arthur Hoffmann Hans Eicke Otto Trieloff Hanns Braun	3:32.4	Template:FlagIOCteam Pál Simon Frigyes Wiesner József Nagy Ödön Bodor	3:32.5
3 miles team race Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam William Coales 14:41.6 Joe Deakin 14:39.6 Arthur Robertson 14:41.0	6 pts	Template:FlagIOCteam George Bonhag 15:05.0 John Eisele 14:41.8 Herbert Trube 15:11.0	19 pts	Template:FlagIOCteam Joseph Dreher 15:40.0 Louis de Fleurac 14:56.0 Paul Lizandier 15:56.6	32 pts
3500 metres walk Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	14:55.0 Template:AthAbbr	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	15:07.4	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	15:43.4
10 miles walk Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:15:57.4 Template:AthAbbr	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:17:31.0	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:21:20.2
Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	7.48 m Template:OlyR	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	7.09 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	7.08 m
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	14.92 m Template:OlyR	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	14.76 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	14.39 m
High jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1.90 m Template:OlyR	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1.88 m	none awarded
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Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	3.71 m Template:OlyR	none awarded		Template:FlagIOCmedalist	3.58 m
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Standing long jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	3.33 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	3.235 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	3.23 m
Standing high jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1.57 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1.55 m	none awarded
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Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	14.21 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	13.62 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	13.18 m
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	40.89 m Template:OlyR	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	40.70 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	39.45 m
Hammer throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	51.92 m Template:OlyR	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	51.18 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	48.51 m
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	54.83 m Template:AthAbbr	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	50.57 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	47.11 m
Greek discus Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	37.99 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	37.32 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	36.48 m
Freestyle javelin Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	54.44 m Template:AthAbbr	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	51.36 m	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	49.73 m

Events

The 1908 Games were the first to feature race walking, with two different events held. Two different forms of javelin throwing also appeared, introducing the new throwing apparatus to the programme. The 60 metre short sprint was dropped from the programme, as was the middle hurdle distance. Steeplechasing was done at 3200 metres instead of the 2500 metres that had been included at the previous two editions; the team race also had its distance shortened. A short track relay event was added. The multi-discipline triathlon and decathlon events that had been held at the 1904 Games were both absent. An event featuring the discus, which had become a staple of Olympic athletics, was held in which throwers had to follow a very specific throwing style. Overall there was one more event on the 1908 programme than there had been in 1904.

Calendar

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Participating nations

446 athletes from 20 nations competed. Argentina and Turkey were the only two nations not to compete in athletics.

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