Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Rackets

at the Games of the IV Olympiad

Venues| Queen's Club
Dates| April 27–May 1
Competitors| 7 from 1 nation
Rackets at the
1908 Summer Olympics

Singles| men
Doubles| men

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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two rackets events were contested. Only British players participated in the competitions.

## Medal summary

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's singles
details |  Evan Noel (GBR) |  Henry Leaf (GBR) |  John Jacob Astor (GBR)
Henry Brougham (GBR)
Men's doubles
details |  Vane Pennell
and John Jacob Astor (GBR) |  Edmund Bury
and Cecil Browning (GBR) |  Evan Noel
and Henry Leaf (GBR)

## Participating nations

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A total of seven players from only one nation competed:

*  Great Britain (7)

## Medal table

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Sources:[1]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Great Britain| 2| 2| 3| 7
Totals (1 entries)| 2| 2| 3| 7

## See also

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* List of Olympic venues in discontinued events

## References

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1. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

* 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. Retrieved 3 May 2006.

## External links

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* Racquets at the 1908 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)

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