Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in London
Competitors	87 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Edward Archibald
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 10 Total 16
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Robert Kerr	Athletics	Men's 200 m	July 23
Gold	Canada national lacrosse team Patrick Brennan Jack Broderick George Campbell Gus Dillon Frank Dixon Richard Louis Duckett Tommy Gorman Ernest Hamilton Henry Hoobin Clarence McKerrow George Rennie Alexander Turnbull	Lacrosse		October 24
Gold	Walter Ewing	Shooting	Men's trap	July 11
Silver	Garfield MacDonald	Athletics	Men's triple jump	July 25
Silver	George Beattie	Shooting	Men's trap	July 11
Silver	George Beattie, Walter Ewing, Mylie Fletcher, David McMackon, George Vivian, Arthur Westover	Shooting	Men's trap, team	July 11
Bronze	Robert Kerr	Athletics	Men's 100 m	July 22
Bronze	Calvin Bricker	Athletics	Men's long jump	July 22
Bronze	Edward Archibald	Athletics	Men's pole vault	July 24
Bronze	Con Walsh	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	July 14
Bronze	William Anderson, Walter Andrews, Frederick McCarthy, William Morton	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	July 17
Bronze	Norway Jackes, Frederick Toms	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	July 31
Bronze	Gordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Charles Riddy, Geoffrey Taylor	Rowing	Men's coxless four	July 31
Bronze	Gordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Douglas Kertland, Walter Lewis, Charles Riddy, Irvine Robertson, Geoffrey Taylor, Julius Thomson, Joseph Wright	Rowing	Men's eight	July 31
Bronze	Charles Crowe, William Eastcott, S. Harry Kerr, Dugald McInnes, William Smith, Bruce Williams	Shooting	Men's military rifle, team	July 11
Bronze	Aubert Côté	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight	July 20

Results by event[]

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Athletics[]

Running[]

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 100 metres	3rd	Robert Kerr	11.0 seconds 1st, heat 10	11.0 seconds 1st, semifinal 2	11.0 seconds
	Heats	Frank Lukeman	11.7 seconds 2nd, heat 13	Did not advance
		Louis Sebert	11.7 seconds 2nd, heat 14
		David Beland	Unknown 3rd, heat 5
Men's 200 metres	1st	Robert Kerr	22.2 seconds 1st, heat 11	22.6 seconds 1st, semifinal 1	22.6 seconds
	Heats	Louis Sebert	Unknown 2nd, heat 10	Did not advance
		Frank Lukeman	Unknown 3rd, heat 3
Men's 400 metres	Semi- finalist	Louis Sebert	50.2 seconds 1st, heat 10	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4	Did not advance
	Heats	Donald Buddo	Unknown 2nd, heat 6	Did not advance
Men's 800 metres	Semi- finalist	Irving Parkes	None held	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		Donald Buddo		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 5
Men's 1500 metres	4th	John Tait	None held	4:12.2 1st, semifinal 5	4:06.8
	Semi- finalist	Frederick Meadows		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		William Galbraith		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 7
		James Fitzgerald		Unknown 7th, semifinal 8
Men's 110 metre hurdles	Heats	Frank Savage	Unknown 3rd, heat 5	Did not advance
Men's 3200 metre steeplechase	6th	William Galbraith	None held	11:12.4 1st, semifinal 3	Unknown
	—	James Fitzgerald		Did not finish —, semifinal 6	Did not advance
Men's medley relay	Semi- finalist	Frank Lukeman Donald Buddo Louis Sebert Irving Parkes	None held	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 3	Did not advance
Men's 5 miles	6th	Frederick Meadows	None held	Unknown 2nd, heat 4	Unknown
	7th	James Fitzgerald		Unknown 2nd, heat 5	Unknown
	11-12	William Galbraith		Unknown 2nd, heat 6	Did not start
	—	John Tait		Did not finish —, heat 4	Did not advance
Men's marathon	5th	William Wood	None held		3:01:44.0
	6th	Frederick Simpson			3:04:28.2
	7th	Harry Lawson			3:06:47.2
	11th	John Peter Caffery			3:12:46.0
	16th	William Goldsboro			3:20:07.0
	22nd	George Goulding			3:33:26.0
	24th	Arthur Burn			3:50:17.0
	27th	George Lister			4:22:45.0
	—	Edward Cotter			Did not finish
		Tom Longboat			Did not finish
		Frederick Noseworthy			Did not finish
		John Tait			Did not finish
Men's 3500 metre walk	4th	George Goulding	None held	15:54.0 1st, semifinal 3	15:49.8
Men's 10 mile walk	—	George Goulding	None held	Did not finish —, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Jumping[]

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance
Men's high jump	10th	George Barber	1.77 metres
	13th	Garfield MacDonald	1.72 metres
Men's long jump	3rd	Calvin Bricker	7.08 metres
	13th	Frank Lukeman	6.59 metres
	19th	George Barber	6.41 metres
	21-32	Garfield MacDonald	Unknown
Men's triple jump	2nd	Garfield MacDonald	14.76 metres
	4th	Calvin Bricker	14.10 metres
Men's pole vault	3rd	Edward Archibald	3.58 metres
Men's standing high jump	19-23	George Barber	Unknown
Men's standing long jump	8-25	George Barber	Unknown

Throwing[]

Event	Place	Athlete	Distance
Men's hammer throw	3rd	Con Walsh	48.51 metres

Cycling[]

Canada's best cycling result was a bronze medal won in the team pursuit.

Event	Place	Cyclist	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 660 yards	Semi- finalist	Walter Andrews	55.8 seconds 1st, heat 8	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	Heats	Frederick McCarthy	Unknown 2nd, heat 2	Did not advance
		William Morton	Unknown 3rd, heat 14
Men's 5000 metres	Semi- finalist	Frederick McCarthy	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 2	Did not advance
		William Anderson		Unknown 3rd, semifinal 7
		William Morton		Unknown 5th, semifinal 3
		Walter Andrews		Unknown 5-6, semifinal 6
Men's 20 kilometres	Semi- finalist	Harry Young	None held	33:45.2 3rd, semifinal 3	Did not advance
		William Anderson		34:55.6 3rd, semifinal 5
		Frederick McCarthy		Unknown 6th, semifinal 1
		Walter Andrews		Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2
Men's 100 kilometres	6th	Walter Andrews	None held	Unknown 5th, semifinal 2	Unknown
	9-17	Harry Young		Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	William Anderson		Unknown 7-14, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	—	Frederick McCarthy		Did not finish —, semifinal 1
		William Morton		Did not finish —, semifinal 2
Men's sprint	Heats	William Morton	Unknown 2nd, heat 9	Did not advance
		Frederick McCarthy	Unknown 4th, heat 4
Men's tandem	Heats	Frederick McCarthy William Morton	Unknown 3rd, heat 7	Did not advance
Men's team pursuit	3rd	William Anderson Walter Andrews Frederick McCarthy William Morton	Walkover 1st, heat 2	2:29.2 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance

Diving[]

Event	Place	Diver	Preliminary groups	Semi- finals	Final
Men's 3 metre springboard	13th	Robert Zimmerman	74.00 points 3rd, group 1	Did not advance

Fencing[]

Canada's lone épéeist was eliminated in the first round

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round	Semi- final	Final
Men's épée	First round	Percy Nobbs	2-6 (6th in I)	Did not advance

Gymnastics[]

Gymnast	Event	Score	Rank
Allan Keith	Men's all-around	170	59
Orville Elliott	Men's all-around	132.5	80

Lacrosse[]

Canada won the only lacrosse match played in 1908 against Great Britain, earning the gold medal.

Event	Place	Players	Final
Men's lacrosse	1st	Patrick Brennan, John Broderick, George "Doc" Campbell, Gus Dillon, Frank Dixon, Richard Louis Duckett, ,[1] Thomas Gorman, Ernest Hamilton, Henry Hoobin, ,[1] Clarence McKerrow, ,[1] George Rennie, Alexander Turnbull	Won vs. Great Britain 14-10

Rowing[]

Event	Place	Rowers	First round	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Men's single sculls	5th	Walter Bowler	Bye	Unknown 2nd, quarterfinal 3	Did not advance
		Lewis Scholes	Bye	Unknown 2nd, quarterfinal 1
Men's coxless pair	3rd	Frederick Toms Norway Jackes	None held		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
Men's coxless four	3rd	Gordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Charles Riddy, Geoffrey Taylor	None held		Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
Men's eight	3rd	Irvine Robertson, Joseph Wright, Julius Thomson, Walter Lewis, Gordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Charles Riddy, Geoffrey Taylor, Douglas Kertland	None held	8.6 1st, quarterfinal 1	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance

Shooting[]

Event	Place	Shooter	Score
Men's 1000 yard free rifle	6th	S. Harry Kerr	91
	9th	Charles Crowe	90
		Frank Utton	90
	11th	Sydney Brown	89
	16th	Dugald McInnis	87
	19th	Frank Morris	86
	27th	James Freeborn	83
	28th	Fred Elmitt	82
		James Jones	82
	33rd	Alexander Martin	79
	35th	George Rowe	75
	37th	James Steele	74
Men's team military rifle	3rd	William Smith Charles Crowe Bruce Williams Dugald McInnis William Eastcott S. Harry Kerr	2439
Men's individual trap shooting	1st	Walter Ewing	72
	2nd	George Beattie	60
	5th	Arthur Westover	55
	7th	Mylie Fletcher	53
	12th	David McMackon	50
	20th	George Vivian	44
	27th	Frank Parker	19
Men's team trap shooting	2nd	George Beattie Walter Ewing Mylie Fletcher David McMackon George Vivian Arthur Westover	405

Swimming[]

Event	Place	Swimmer	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 100 metre freestyle	Heats	Robert Zimmerman	1:35.0 2nd, heat 7	Did not advance
Men's 100 metre backstroke	Heats	Robert Zimmerman	Unknown 3rd, heat 3	Did not advance

Tennis[]

Event	Place	Name	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Men's singles	5th	Claude Russell-Brown	Bye	Bye	Defeated Slíva	Lost to Richardson	Did not advance
	9th	James Foulkes	Bye	Defeated R. van Lennep	Lost to Richardson	Did not advance
		Robert Powell	Defeated C. van Lennep	Defeated Žemla	Lost to Caridia
Men's doubles	7th	James Foulkes Robert Powell	None held	Bye	Lost to Crawley/K. Powell	Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Bohemia	2	0	1.000
Great Britain	0	2	.000
Netherlands	2	0	1.000
South Africa	0	2	.000
Total	4	4	.500

Wrestling[]

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Freestyle bantamweight	3rd	Aubert Côté	Bye	Defeated Davis	Lost to Mehnert	Defeated Tomkins

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Great Britain	2	0	1.000
United States	0	1	.000
Total	2	1	.667

Notes[]

References[]

• sports-reference
• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 5 June 2006.