Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Rackets at the Summer Olympics)
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two rackets events were contested. Only British players entered the competitions.
Contents |
[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
 Evan Noel (GBR) |
Henry Leaf (GBR) |
John Jacob Astor (GBR) |
| Henry Brougham (GBR) |
|||
| Men's doubles |
Vane Pennell and John Jacob Astor (GBR) |
Edmund Bury and Cecil Browning (GBR) |
Evan Noel and Henry Leaf (GBR) |
[edit] Participating nations
A total of seven rackets players from only one nation competed at the London Games:
Great Britain (7)
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Racquets 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/rac1908.html. Retrieved 3 May 2006.
|
|||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
