Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics

	Canada at the Olympics
IOC Code	CAN
NOC	Olympic Committee of Canada; Official site
	Olympic Games in London
Athletes	87 in 11 sports
Standard bearer	Edward Archibald
	Participation in the Summer Olympics
	1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016
	Participation in the Winter Olympics
	1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 • 2018

Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics was represented by 87 athletes. They have won 16 Olympic awards. The next time the Canadian team could repeat such a result only after 76 years at the games in Los Angeles .

Content

Rewards

Gold

Gold
No.	Athletes	Type of sport (discipline)
one	Robert Kerr	Athletics (running, 200 m)
2	Patrick Brennen , John Broderick , Thomas Gorman , Richard Duckett , Frank Dickson , Agnus Dillon , Clarence McCarrow , D. McLeod , A. Mara , George Campbell , George Renny , Alexander Turnbull , J. Fion , Henry Hubin , Ernst Hamilton	Lacrosse
3	Walter Ewing	Shooting (gangway)

Silver

Silver
No.	Athletes	Type of sport (discipline)
one	John Garfield MacDonald	Athletics (triple jump)
2	George Beatty	Shooting (gangway)
3	Walter Ewing , George Beatty , Arthur Westover , Miley Fletcher , George Vivian , Donald MacMacon	Shooting (team ladder)

Bronze

Bronze
No.	Athletes	Type of sport (discipline)
one	Robert Kerr	Athletics (running, 100 m)
2	Cornelius Walsh	Athletics (hammer throwing)
3	Calvin Bricker	Athletics (long jump)
four	Edward Archibald	Athletics (pole vault)
five	William Anderson Frederick McCarthy William Morton Walter Andrews	Cycling (Team Pursuit)
6	Norvy jacks Frederick Toms	Rowing (deuce)
7	Gordon Belfort Bechet Gale Charles Riddy Jeffrey Taylor	Rowing (four)
eight	Gordon Belfort Bechet Gale Walter Lewis Joseph Wright Charles Riddy Irwin Robertson Jeffrey Taylor Julius Thomson Douglas Curtland	Rowing (Eight)
9	Williams Smith , Charles Crowe , Bruce Williams , Dougald McInnis , William Eastcott , Harry Kerr	Shooting (Army rifle, teams)
ten	Aubert Kote	Wrestling (freestyle, up to 54 kg)

Competition Results

Rowing

Olympic rowing competitions were held from July 28 to July 31 at the rowing center in Henley-on-Thames , where the Royal Regatta competitions are held annually. In each race two boats started. The winner of the race went to the next round, and the loser completed the fight for medals. Crews who were inferior in the semifinals became owners of bronze awards.

Men

Competition	Athletes	First round	Quarter final	Semifinal	The final	A place
Competition	Athletes	Opponent / Result	Opponent / Result	Opponent / Result	Opponent / Result	A place
loners	Lou Scholes	did not participate	Ger B. von Gaza P one and a half length	completed the presentation
loners	Walter Bowler	did not participate	GBR G. Blackstaff P DNF	completed the presentation

Athletes)	Competition	Quarter final		Semifinal		The final For 3rd place
Athletes)	Competition	Time	A place	Time	A place
Gordon Belfort Bechet Gale Charles Riddy Jeffrey Taylor	Four			?	3	not carried out
Gordon Belfort , Bechet Gale , Walter Lewis , Joseph Wright , Charles Riddy , Irwin Robertson , Jeffrey Taylor , Julius Thomson , Douglas Curtland	Eight	8: 06.0	2	?	3	not carried out
John Byrne , Henry Goldsmith , Frank Gerwood , Oswald Carver , Harold Quiching , Eric Powell , Douglas Stewart , Edward Williams , Richard Boyle	Eight			?	four	not carried out	four

Fight

Athletes - 1

Freestyle wrestling

Sportsman	Category	Qualification	Quarter final	Semifinal	The final	A place
Sportsman	Category	Rival Result	Rival Result	Rival Result	Rival Result	A place
Aubert Kote	Up to 54 kg		Harry Spanger ( GBR ) bob	George Menert ( USA ) since	Frederick Tomkins ( GBR ) bob

Cycling

Track Racing

Athletes - 5

Sportsman	Competition	First round	1 \ 2 finals	The final For 3rd place
Sportsman	Competition	Rival	Rival	Rival
Frederick McCarthy	660 yards	William Bailey ( GBR ) Pierre Segino ( FRA ) 2nd place	I failed
Walter Andrews		Joseph Verbrook ( BEL ) Gaston Delafan ( FRA ) 55.8 s - 1st place	Victor Johnson ( GBR ) Johannes van Spengen ( NED ) Pierre Texier ( FRA ) 4th place	I failed
William Morton		Lucien Renard ( BEL ) G. Dreyfus ( FRA ) G. Anderson ( GBR ) 3rd place	I failed
Frederick McCarthy	5,000 meters		Emil Marechal ( FRA ) Anthony Gerrits ( NED ) Emil Demangel ( FRA ) Ernst Payne ( GBR ) 2nd place	I failed
William Morton			Andre Ofre ( FRA ) Herman Martens ( GER ) Phillipus Freelink ( RSA ) Bruno Goetze ( GER ) 5th place	I failed
Walter Andrews			Clarence Kingsbury ( GBR ) Guglielmo Morisetti ( ITA ) Dorus Nyland ( NED ) G. Dreyfus ( FRA ) A. Calvert ( GBR ) 5-6 place	I failed
William Anderson			Maurice Scheille ( FRA ) C. Clark ( GBR ) Floris Venter ( RSA ) Guillaume Kockelberg ( BEL ) Rudolph Katzer ( GER ) Georges Perrin ( FRA ) 3rd place	I failed
Frederick McCarthy	20 kilometers		Leonard Meredith ( GBR ) Herman Martens ( GER ) Joseph Verbrook ( BEL ) Andre Lapiz ( FRA ) Georgius Damen ( NED ) Rudolph Katzer ( GER ) Pierre Hostine ( FRA ) Daniel Flynn ( GBR ) 6th place	I failed
Walter Andrews			Clarence Kingsbury ( GBR ) Colin Brooks ( GBR ) Floris Venter ( RSA ) G.K. Lutz ( FRA ) Gerard van Drakestein ( NED ) Francois Bonnet ( FRA ) Jean you Bentham ( BEL ) Paul Schulze ( GER ) 7th-9th place	I failed
Harry young			Louis Weintz ( USA ) F. Shour ( RSA ) Herbert Buffler ( GBR ) Max Tribsch ( GER ) H. Kyunol ( FRA ) Dorus Nyland ( NED ) Frederick Hamlin ( GBR ) 33: 45.2 - 3rd place	I failed
William Anderson			Andrew Hansson ( SWE ) D. Robertson ( GBR ) Ioannis Santorianos ( GRE ) Pierre Texier ( FRA ) 34: 55.6 - 3rd place	I failed
Frederick McCarthy	100 kilometers		DNF	I failed
William Anderson			- 7-14	I failed
Walter Andrews			- five	- 6
Harry young			- 7-9	DNF
William Morton			DNF	I failed
Frederick McCarthy	Sprint	Daniel Flynn ( GBR ) Pierre Segino ( FRA ) Paul Schulze ( GER ) 4th place	I failed
William Morton	Sprint	Emil Demangel ( FRA ) 2nd place	I failed
Frederick McCarthy William Morton	Tandem	Great Britain Leonard Meredith , John Matthews France Gaston Dreyfu, Andre Poulin 3rd place	Did not pass
William Anderson Frederick McCarthy William Morton Walter Andrews	Team Pursuit	USA bob	Great Britain 2: 29.2 - p.	Did not pass

Lacrosse

In the competition for lacrosse participated only two teams.

Athletes - 15

Canada national team: Patrick Brennen , John Broderick , Thomas Gorman , Richard Duckett , Frank Dixon , Agnus Dillon , Clarence McCarrow , D. McLeod , A. Mara , George Campbell , George Rennie , Alexander Turnbull , J. Fion , Henry Hubin , Ernst Hamilton

The final

October 24th	Canada	14	-	ten	Great Britain
		(five	-	one)
		(6	-	2)
		(9	-	7)

Athletics

Athletes - 29

Sportsman	Competition	First round		Semifinals		The final
Sportsman	Competition	Result	A place	Result	A place	Result	A place
Robert Kerr	100 m	11.0 ( Q )	2	11.0 ( Q )	3	11.0
David beland		?	18	I failed
Frank Luckman		?	18	I failed
Louis Seber		?	18	I failed
Robert Kerr	200 m	22.2 ( Q )	one	22.6 ( Q )	one	22.6
Louis Seber		?	14	I failed
Frank Luckman		?	18	I failed
Louis Seber	400 m	50.2 ( Q )	four	49.5	four	I failed
Donald Baddo	400 m	51,2	nineteen	I failed
Irving Parks	800 m	?	17			I failed
Donald Baddo	800 m	?	17			I failed
John Tate	1,500 m	4: 12.2	13			4: 06.8	four
Frederick Meadows		4: 12.2	13			I failed
William Galbraith		4: 20.2	17			4: 20.2	17
John Fitzgerald		?	20			I failed
Frederick Meadows	5 miles	26: 16.2 ( Q )	eight			26: 16.2	6
John Fitzgerald		26: 05.8 ( Q )	five			?	7
William Galbraith		27: 23.3	17			I failed
John Tate		DNF	-			I failed
Frank Savage	110 m with barriers	?	15			I failed
William Galbraith	3200 m with obstacles	11: 12.4	3			?	6
John Fitzgerald	3200 m with obstacles	DNF	-			I failed
Donald Baddo Frank Luckman Irving Parks Louis Seber	Mixed Relay	?	five			Did not pass
William Wood	Marathon					3: 01: 44.0	five
Frederick Simpson						3: 04: 28.2	6
Harry lawson						3: 06: 47.2	7
Jack Caffery						3: 12: 46.0	12
William Goldsboro						3: 20: 07.0	sixteen
George Goulding						3: 33: 26,4	22
Arthur Burn						3: 50: 17.0	24
George Lister						4: 22: 45.0	27
Edward cotter						DNS	-
Tom Longboat						DNS	-
Frederick Nowsworth						DNS	-
John Tate						DNS	-
George Goulding	3500 meters walk	15: 54.0	3			15: 49.8	four
George Goulding	10 miles walking	DNF	-			I failed
Calvin Bricker	long jump	7.08 ( Q )	3			7.08
Frank Luckman		6.59 ( Q )	13			6.59	13
George Barber		6.41 ( Q )	18			6.41	nineteen
John Garfield MacDonald		DSQ				I failed
George Barber	High jump	1.77 ( Q )	ten			1.77	ten
John Garfield MacDonald	High jump	1.72 ( Q )	13			1.72	13
George Barber	Long jumps from a place	?				?
George Barber	High jump from a place					?
John Garfield MacDonald	triple jump	14.12 ( Q )	3			14.76
Calvin Bricker	triple jump	14.10 ( Q )	four			14.10	four
Edward Archibald	Pole vaulting	3.58 ( Q )	3			3,58
Cornelius Walsh	Hammer throwing	48.51 ( Q )	3			48.51

Swimming

Athletes - 1
Men

Sportsman	Competition	Preliminary round		Semifinals		The final
Sportsman	Competition	Result	A place	Result	A place	Result	A place
Robert Zimmerman	freestyle 100 m	1: 35.0	sixteen	I failed
Robert Zimmerman	on the back 100 m	?	?	I failed

Diving

Athletes - 1
Men

Sportsman	Competition	Preliminary round		Semifinals		The final
Sportsman	Competition	Result	A place	Result	A place	Result	A place
Robert Zimmerman	Springboard	74.0	ten	I failed

Gymnastics

Athletes - 2
Men

Sportsman	Type of competition	Absolute superiority
Sportsman	Type of competition	Glasses	A place
Allan Kate	Personal championship	?	59
Orville Elliot	Personal championship	?	80

Shooting

Athletes - 21
Men

Sportsman	Competition	Three shots						Result	A place
Sportsman	Competition	result a place		result a place		result a place		Result	A place
Harry Kerr	Custom rifle							91	6
Fred atton								90	9
Charles Crowe								90	9
Stanley Brown								89	eleven
Dougald mcainnis								87	sixteen
Frank Morris								86	nineteen
James freeborn								83	27
James jones								82	28
Fred elmitt								82	28
Arthur Martin								79	33
George Rowe								75	35
Arthur Style								74	37
Williams Smith Charles Crowe Bruce williams Dougald mcainnis William Eastcott Harry Kerr	Army rifle, teams							2,439
Walter Ewing	Ladder	27	one	18	one	27	one	72 ( OR)
George Beatty		21	eleven	17	2	22	6	60
Arthur Westover		21	eight	12	14	22	four	55	five
Miley Fletcher		22	6	9	27	22	7	53	7
Donald McMacon		nineteen	15	14	five	17	14	50	12
George Vivian		sixteen	23	ten	23	18	13	44	20
Walter Ewing , George Beatty , Arthur Westover Miley Fletcher , George Vivian , Donald McMacon	Team ladder	114	2	95	2	196	one	405

Tennis

Athletes - 3

Sportsman	Competition	1/32	1/16	1/8	Quarter finals	Semifinals	The final	A place
Sportsman	Competition	Rival Score	Rival Score	Rival Score	Rival Score	Rival Score	Rival Score	A place
Charles Brown	Solo competition			Karel Robertin ( BOH ) 6 : 2, 6 : 1, 6 :?	John Richardson ( RSA ) 3: 6 , 1: 6 , 0: 6	Finished the performance		five
James fulkes			Roelof van Lennep ( NED ) 6 : 2, 6 : 4, 6 : 3	John Richardson ( RSA ) 2: 6 , 4: 6 , 3: 6	Finished the performance			9
Richard Powell		Christian van Lennep ( NED ) 6 : 4, 6 : 1, 6 : 2	Ladislav Zhemla ( BOH ) 2: 6 , 6 : 0, 6 : 4, 6 : 1	George Caridia ( GBR ) 4: 6 , 6 : 3, 4: 6 , 2: 6	Finished the performance			9
James fulkes Richard Powell	Pair competition			Crowley / C. Powell ( GBR ) 5: 7 , 3: 6 , 2: 6	Finished the performance			9

Fencing

Athletes - 1

In the case of simultaneous striking, the final score 1: 1
The main factor in the distribution of seats was the number of defeats; in case of their equality, additional battles were appointed.

Men
Individual foil
Round One (Group I)

	Sportsman	AND	AT	P	UN	UP	+/-	Glasses
one	Robert Montgomery ( GBR )	6	6	one	6	one	+5	12
2	Gustav Lindblom ( SWE )	6	five	3	five	3	+2	ten
3	Rene Kinesse ( FRA )	6	3	3	3	3	+0	6
four	Giuseppe Manjiarotti ( ITA )	6	five	3	five	3	+2	ten
five	Franz Jorgensen ( DEN )	6	3	four	3	four	-one	6
6	Percy Nobbs ( CAN )	6	2	6	2	6	-four	four
6	August Petri ( GER )	6	2	6	2	6	-four	four

Links

Canada national team at Sports-reference.com

Canada at the Olympics

IOC Code	CAN
NOC	Olympic Committee of Canada Official site
Olympic Games in London
Athletes	87 in 11 sports
Standard bearer	Edward Archibald
Medals Seat 7	Gold 3	Silver 3	Bronze ten	Total sixteen
Participation in the Summer Olympics
1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016
Participation in the Winter Olympics
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 • 2018