1908 Summer Olympics medal table

1908 Summer Olympics medals London, GBR 1908 Summer Most total medals GBR 1908 Summer 146 Most gold medals GBR 1908 Summer 56 Medalling NOCs 19 1904 Olympics medal tables 1912 thumb|right|450px|World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 1908 Summer Olympics Legend: #FFD700 represents countries that won at least one gold medal. #808080 represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals. #C87137 represents countries that won at least one bronze medal (no gold or silver). #FF5555 represents participating countries that did not win medals. #444 represents entities that did not participate at the 1908 Summer Olympics. 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. A total of 2,008 athletes representing 22 nations participated in 110 events in 18 sports. Diving, field hockey, and figure skating were contested for the first time at these Games.London 1908–Games of the IV Olympiad International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1908 2009-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20090420023940/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1908 2009-04-20 dead Argentina, Switzerland and Turkey were the only nations that did not earn any medals. The host nation, the United Kingdom, with by far the most competitors, dominated the medal table, collecting the most gold (56), silver (51), and bronze (39) medals.London 1908 – Medal Table International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1908 2009-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20081205094025/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1908 2008-12-05 dead 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.Olympics 2000: Ask Audrey https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/olympics_talk/938621.stm BBC News 2000-09-23 2011-06-14 2008-04-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20080430184650/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics2000/olympics_talk/938621.stm live Particular success was achieved by the British team in the boxing events, where out of a possible fifteen medals across the five weight classes, they won all but the middleweight silver medal, which was taken by Reginald Baker competing for 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, which was integrated in the Russian Empire, competed in London as a separate country.Cook, Theodore Andrea The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report British Olympic Association London http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf 2009-06-17 May 1909 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222443/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf 2007-09-27 Medal table 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.Dorando Pietri – The Man Who Became Famous for Not Winning Profiles International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=56207 2009-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20080913175016/http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=56207 2008-09-13 dead thumb|upright|British athlete Wyndham Halswelle, who won the gold medal in the only walkover in Olympic history in the men's 400 metres race after his American competitors withdrew following a controversial judging call.Wyndham Halswelle Inductees Scottish Sports Hall of Fame http://www.sshf.co.uk/inductees/show/28 2009-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20080828005532/http://www.sshf.co.uk/inductees/show/28 2008-08-28 dead 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. 1908 Summer Olympics medal table GBR flagIOC 1908 Summer NOC National Olympic Committee 56 51 39 yes 23 12 12 8 6 11 5 5 9 3 5 5 3 4 2 3 3 10 2 3 3 2 2 0 1 5 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 RU1 1908 Summer 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 A a a 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 Notes A a a Anastasios Metaxas (GRE) is generally credited with a bronze medal in men's 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.Shooting Results - Olympic 1908 The corrected totals are shown on this table. References External links 1908 Summer Olympics 1908 Summer Olympics Olympedia.com http://www.olympedia.org/editions/5 24 February 2021 17 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210217202146/http://www.olympedia.org/editions/5 live Olympic Analytics/1908_1 olympanalyt.com http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1908%2F1 2020-08-21 2020-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20201204231327/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1908%2F1 live Medal table Category:Summer Olympics medal tables Category:United Kingdom sport-related lists