Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the Olympics

Gymnastics

at the Games of the IV Olympiad

Venue| White City Stadium
Dates| July 14–16, 1908
Competitors| 327 from 14 nations

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Gymnastics at the
1908 Summer Olympics

All-around| men
Team| men

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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two gymnastics events for men were contested. No nation was successful in winning more than one medal.[1] No women's competitions were held, though women did participate in non-competitive gymnastic displays.[2][3]

## Medal summary

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's all-around, Individual
details | Alberto Braglia
Italy | Walter Tysall
Great Britain | Louis Ségura
France
Men's all-around, Team
details |  Sweden (SWE)
Gösta Åsbrink
Carl Bertilsson
Hjalmar Cedercrona
Andreas Cervin
Rudolf Degermark
Carl Folcker
Sven Forssman
Erik Granfelt
Carl Hårleman
Nils Hellsten
Gunnar Höjer
Arvid Holmberg
Carl Holmberg
Oswald Holmberg
Hugo Jahnke
John Jarlén
Gustaf Johnsson
Rolf Johnsson
Nils von Kantzow
Sven Landberg
Olle Lanner
Axel Ljung
Osvald Moberg
Carl Martin Norberg
Erik Norberg
Tor Norberg
Axel Norling
Daniel Norling
Gösta Olson
Leonard Peterson
Sven Rosén
Gustaf Rosenquist
Axel Sjöblom
Birger Sörvik
Haakon Sörvik
Karl Johan Svensson
Karl Gustaf Vinqvist
Nils Widforss |  Norway (NOR)
Arthur Amundsen
Carl Albert Andersen
Otto Authén
Hermann Bohne
Trygve Bøyesen
Oskar Bye
Conrad Carlsrud
Sverre Grøner
Harald Halvorsen
Harald Hansen
Petter Hol
Eugen Ingebretsen
Ole Iversen
Per Mathias Jespersen
Sigge Johannessen
Nicolai Kiær
Carl Klæth
Thor Larsen
Rolf Lefdahl
Hans Lem
Anders Moen
Frithjof Olsen
Carl Alfred Pedersen
Paul Pedersen
Sigvard Sivertsen
John Skrataas
Harald Smedvik
Andreas Strand
Olaf Syvertsen
Thomas Thorstensen |  Finland (FIN)
Eino Forsström
Otto Granström
Johan Kemp
Iivari Kyykoski
Heikki Lehmusto
John Lindroth
Yrjö Linko
Edvard Linna
Matti Markkanen
Kalle Mikkolainen
Veli Nieminen
Kalle Kustaa Paasia
Arvi Pohjanpää
Aarne Pohjonen
Eino Railio
Ale Riipinen
Arno Saarinen
Einar Sahlstein
Aarne Salovaara
Torsten Sandelin
Elis Sipilä
Viktor Smeds
Kaarlo Soinio
Kurt Stenberg
Väinö Tiiri
Magnus Wegelius

## Participating nations

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A total of 327 gymnasts from 14 nations competed at the London Games:

* Belgium (2)
* Bohemia (2)
* Canada (2)
* Denmark (24)
* Finland (31)
* France (60)
* Germany (11)
* Great Britain (65)
* Hungary (6)
* Italy (32)
* Netherlands (23)
* Norway (30)
* Sweden (38)
* Turkey (1)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Italy (ITA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Sweden (SWE)| 1| 0| 0| 1
3|  Great Britain (GBR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Norway (NOR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
5|  Finland (FIN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
France (FRA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 2| 2| 2| 6

## References

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1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
2. ^ Official Report, p. 35.
3. ^ "Girls as Athletes". The Club News. 2 (5). Chicago: Hankel Printing: 15. 15 May 1912.

## Sources

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* Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
* De Wael, Herman (2001). "Gymnastics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 23 February 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2006.

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Events at the 1908 Summer Olympics (London)

* Archery
* Athletics
* Boxing
* Cycle polo (unofficial)
* Cycling
* Diving
* Fencing
* Figure skating
* Football
* Gymnastics
* Field hockey
* Jeu de paume
* Lacrosse
* Polo
* Rackets
* Rowing
* Rugby
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Tennis
* Tug of war
* Water motorsports
* Water polo
* Wrestling

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Gymnasts|

| Artistic|

| Female|

| Africa|

* Algeria
* Egypt
* South Africa

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Americas|

* Brazil
* Canada
* United States

Asia|

* China
* Japan
* South Korea
* Uzbekistan

Europe|

* Bulgaria
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Hungary
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Romania
* Russia
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

Male|

* Armenia
* Brazil
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Russia
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United States

Rhythmic|

* Brazil

Artistic events|

* Team all-around
* Individual all-around
* Vault
* Floor
* Pommel horse
* Rings
* Parallel bars
* Horizontal bar
* Uneven bars
* Balance beam

Rhythmic events|

* Individual all-around
* Group

Trampoline events|

* Individual

Discontinued events|

* Team horizontal bar
* Team parallel bars
* Team free system
* Team Swedish system
* Team portable apparatus
* Rope climbing
* Club swinging
* Combined
* Triathlon
* Indian clubs
* Sidehorse vault
* Tumbling

* List of medalists
* men
* women
* List of venues

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