Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Gymnastics; at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	White City Stadium
Dates	July 14–16, 1908
Competitors	327 from 14 nations
	← 1904 1912 →

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

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's all-around, Individual details	Alberto Braglia Italy	Walter Tysall Great Britain	Louis Ségura France
Men's all-around, Team details	Karl Gustaf Vinqvist Nils Widforss	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

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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
1	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
3	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
3	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
5	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
5	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	2	6

References

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

Sources

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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[SR-1] "Gymnastics at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

[OR35-2] Official Report, p. 35.

[3] "Girls as Athletes". The Club News. 2 (5). Chicago: Hankel Printing: 15. 15 May 1912.

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