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{{Infobox award
| name             = 1908 Summer Olympics medals
| location         = [[London]], {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer}}
| award2_type      = Most total medals
| award2_winner    = {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer|146}}
| award1_type      = Most gold medals
| award1_winner    = {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer|56}}
|award3_type       = Medalling NOCs
|award3_winner     = 19
| previous         = [[1904 Summer Olympics medal table|1904]]
| main             = [[All-time Olympic Games medal table|Olympics medal tables]]
| next             = [[1912 Summer Olympics medal table|1912]]
}}

[[File:London 1908 Event Medals.jpg|thumb|alt=Two grey circular medals are shown side by side. The one on the left depicts a man riding a horse over a dragon, next to an angel; the one on the right shows two partially clothed women holding a laurel wreath over a naked man. |Olympic prize medal for the first three of each competition (front and obverse)]]

The [[1908 Summer Olympics]] (also known as the Games of the IV Olympiad) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 April to 31 October 1908, in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]], coinciding with the [[Franco-British Exhibition (1908)|Franco-British Exhibition]]. 

A total of 2,008&nbsp;athletes representing 22&nbsp;nations participated in 110&nbsp;events in 18&nbsp;sports. [[diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Diving]], [[field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics|field hockey]], and [[figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics|figure skating]] were contested for the first time at these Games.<ref name="olympic.org">{{cite web|title=London 1908&ndash;Games of the IV Olympiad |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1908 |access-date=2009-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420023940/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1908 |archive-date=2009-04-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Argentina at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Argentina]], [[Switzerland at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Switzerland]] and [[Turkey at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Turkey]] were the only nations that did not earn any medals.<ref name="medal count"/>

The host nation, the [[Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics|United Kingdom]], with by far the most competitors, dominated the medal table, collecting the most gold (56), silver (51), and bronze (39) medals.<ref name="medal count">{{cite web|title=London 1908 &ndash; Medal Table |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1908 |access-date=2009-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205094025/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1908 |archive-date=2008-12-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 146 medals won at these Games—a major increase from the two medals won at the [[1904 Summer Olympics]] in [[St. Louis]]—are still the highest number won by a British delegation at any modern Olympics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Olympics 2000: Ask Audrey |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/olympics_talk/938621.stm |newspaper=BBC News |date=2000-09-23 |access-date=2011-06-14 |archive-date=2008-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430184650/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics2000/olympics_talk/938621.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Particular success was achieved by the British team in the [[Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics|boxing]] events, where out of a possible fifteen medals across the five weight classes, they won all but the [[Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Middleweight|middleweight]] silver medal, which was taken by [[Reginald Baker (athlete)|Reginald Baker]] competing for [[Australasia at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Australasia]]. The United States finished second in the medal standings, and Sweden third.

Australasia was the name given to the combined team of athletes from [[Australia]] (making its fourth Olympic appearance) and [[New Zealand]] (competing for the first time). The host team included a number of athletes from [[Ireland]], at the time part of the United Kingdom. In contrast, [[Finland at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Finland]], which was integrated in the [[Russian Empire]], competed in London as a separate country.<ref name=officialreport>{{cite book|author=Cook, Theodore Andrea |title=The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report |publisher=[[British Olympic Association]] |location=London |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf |access-date=2009-06-17 |date=May 1909 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222443/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf |archive-date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>

==Medal table==
[[File:Dorando Pietri 1908.jpg|thumb|[[Dorando Pietri]], who would have won a gold medal for [[Italy]] in the marathon but was disqualified after receiving assistance from umpires during the race, leaving the gold medal to American [[Johnny Hayes]] instead.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dorando Pietri &ndash; The Man Who Became Famous for Not Winning |work=Profiles |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=56207 |access-date=2009-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913175016/http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=56207 |archive-date=2008-09-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>]]
[[File:Wyndham Halswelle.jpg|thumb|upright|British athlete [[Wyndham Halswelle]], who won the gold medal in the only [[Walkover (contest)|walkover]] in Olympic history in the [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|men's 400 metres]] race after his American competitors withdrew following a controversial judging call.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wyndham Halswelle |work=Inductees |publisher=Scottish Sports Hall of Fame |url=http://www.sshf.co.uk/inductees/show/28 |access-date=2009-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828005532/http://www.sshf.co.uk/inductees/show/28 |archive-date=2008-08-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>]]
{{see also|Olympic medal table}}
This is the full table of the medal count of the [[1908 Summer Olympics]], based on the medal count of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC). These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This information is provided by the IOC; however the IOC does not recognize or endorse any ranking system.<ref name="medal count"/>

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 1908 Summer Olympics medal table
 | host           = GBR
 | flag_template  = flagIOCteam
 | event          = 1908 Summer
 | team           = {{abbr|NOC|National Olympic Committee}}
 | gold_GBR = 56 | silver_GBR = 51 | bronze_GBR = 39 | host_GBR = yes | note_GBR =  {{Ref label|A|a|a}}
 | gold_USA = 23 | silver_USA = 12 | bronze_USA = 12
 | gold_SWE = 8 | silver_SWE = 6 | bronze_SWE = 11
 | gold_FRA = 5 | silver_FRA = 5 | bronze_FRA = 9
 | gold_GER = 3 | silver_GER = 5 | bronze_GER = 5 | note_GER =  {{Ref label|A|a|a}}
 | gold_HUN = 3 | silver_HUN = 4 | bronze_HUN = 2
 | gold_CAN = 3 | silver_CAN = 3 | bronze_CAN = 10
 | gold_NOR = 2 | silver_NOR = 3 | bronze_NOR = 3
 | gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 2 | bronze_ITA = 0
 | gold_BEL = 1 | silver_BEL = 5 | bronze_BEL = 2
 | gold_ANZ = 1 | silver_ANZ = 2 | bronze_ANZ = 2
 | gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 0 | name_RUS = {{flagIOC|RU1|1908 Summer}}
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 3
 | gold_RSA = 1 | silver_RSA = 1 | bronze_RSA = 0
 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 3 | bronze_GRE = 1 | note_GRE =  {{Ref label|B|b|b}} 
 | gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 2 | bronze_DEN = 3
 | gold_BOH = 0 | silver_BOH = 0 | bronze_BOH = 2
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 2
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 1
}}

==Notes==
{{ref begin}}
{{Note label|A|a|a}} The IOC medal database incorrectly shows the bronze medal for [[Dorothy Greenhough-Smith]] in women's [[Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics|figure skating]] for Germany (GER) instead of Great Britain (GBR), and therefore, counts 38 bronze medals for GBR and 6 bronze medals for GER.<ref name="medal count"/><ref name=FigureSkating>[http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/gamesandsportsummary/?sport=31759&games=1908%2f1 Figure skating Results - Olympic 1908] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404081928/http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/gamesandsportsummary/?sport=31759&games=1908%2f1 |date=2016-04-04 }}
</ref> The corrected totals are shown on this table.<br>
{{Note label|B|b|b}} [[Anastasios Metaxas]] (GRE) is generally credited with a bronze medal in men's [[Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's individual trap shooting|individual trap shooting]]; no tie-breaker was held. The 1908 official report lists Metaxas as having tied with [[Alexander Maunder]] (GBR) and assigns bronze medals to each. However, Metaxas does not appear in the IOC medal database, which lists only Maunder as sole bronze medalist.<ref name="medal count"/><ref name=Shooting>[http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/gamesandsportsummary/?sport=31611&games=1908%2F1 Shooting Results - Olympic 1908]</ref> The corrected totals are shown on this table.
{{Ref end}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IOC games|games=1908 Summer Olympics }}
* {{cite web |title=1908 Summer Olympics |publisher=Olympedia.com |url=http://www.olympedia.org/editions/5 |access-date=24 February 2021 |archive-date=17 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217202146/http://www.olympedia.org/editions/5 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Olympic Analytics/1908_1 |publisher=olympanalyt.com |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1908%2F1 |access-date=2020-08-21 |archive-date=2020-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204231327/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1908%2F1 |url-status=live }}

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