Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's double York round

Men's double York round at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Gold medallist William Dod in competition during the men's double York round.
Venue	White City Stadium
Dates	17–18 July
Competitors	27 from 3 nations
Medalists
William Dod  Great Britain Reginald Brooks-King  Great Britain Henry B. Richardson  United States

The men's double York round was one of three archery events on the archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Arrows were shot in ends, or groups, of three. The archers shot a total of 288 arrows each over the two rounds of 144. The competition was held on Friday, 17 July and Saturday, 18 July, with one round each day. The archers had to contend with significant rain and wind on the first day and gusts of wind on the second.

William Dod won the competition to best his sister Lottie Dod's result; she won the silver medal in the women's competition. Dod's victory was "pretty clear" by the end of the 80-yard portion of the second round, with him having established a significant lead with only 24 arrows left at 60 yards. The United States' only archer won a bronze medal in this competition, preventing Great Britain from sweeping this event as they did the women's competition and France did the Continental-style event. Henry B. Richardson had the best single-round score of the competition (417 in the second round) but had been well behind the leaders after the first round. Despite starting the second day 50 points behind Reginald Brooks-King, Richardson nearly caught the other man for second place with 3 arrows remaining (down only 1 point, 749 to 748) before Brooks-King pulled away again on the last end, 19–12, for a "close and exciting finish." Ten French archers competed in the York round, though none did better than 16th place.

Twenty-seven archers from three nations competed. Five additional archers (4 from France, 1 from the United States) entered but did not start. NOCs were limited to 30 competitors each, though none came close to this maximum.

Competition format

Each round consisted of 72 arrows at 100 yards (91.4 m), 48 arrows at 80 yards (73 m), and 24 arrows at 60 yards (54.8 m). Three arrows were shot per end. Each hit was worth 9, 7, 5, 3, or 1 points depending on which ring was hit; an arrow touching two rings would count as hitting the higher value. Ties were broken first by number of hits, then by score at the longest range (100 yards), then by hits at the longest range.

Results

Rank	Archer	Nation	Score
	William Dod	Great Britain	815
	Reginald Brooks-King	Great Britain	768
	Henry B. Richardson	United States	760
4	John Penrose	Great Britain	709
5	John Bridges	Great Britain	687
6	Harold James	Great Britain	652
7	Theodore Robinson	Great Britain	647
8	Hugh Nesham	Great Britain	643
9	John Keyworth	Great Britain	622
10	Charles Keene	Great Britain	543
11	Capel Pownall	Great Britain	532
12	John Stopford	Great Britain	530
13	Robert Backhouse	Great Britain	516
14	Robert Heathcote	Great Britain	476
15	Geoffrey Cornewall	Great Britain	430
16	Henri Berton	France	425
17	Eugène Richez	France	418
18	Charles Coates	Great Britain	413
19	Eugène Grisot	France	410
20	Louis Vernet	France	385
21	Richard Bagnall-Oakeley	Great Britain	374
22	Louis-Albert Salingré	France	347
23	Albert Dauchez	France	280
24	Charles Quervel	France	241
25	Édouard Beaudoin	France	215
26	Gustave Cabaret	France	191
27	Alfred Poupart	France	36 (DNF)

Sources

• Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Archery 1908". Accessed 8 April 2006. Available electronically at [1].