Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four rowing events were contested, all for men only. Races were held at Henley-on-Thames. The competitions were held from July 28, 1908 to July 31, 1908. There was one fewer event in 1908 than 1904, after the double sculls was dropped from the programme. Hungary and Norway competed in rowing for the first time, along with 6 other nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
Single sculls details	Great Britain (GBR) Harry Blackstaffe	Great Britain (GBR) Alexander McCulloch	Germany (GER) Bernhard von Gaza	Hungary (HUN) Károly Levitzky
Coxless pairs details	Great Britain (GBR) Leander John Fenning Gordon Thomson	Great Britain (GBR) Leander George Fairbairn Philip Verdon	Canada (CAN) Argonaut Frederick Toms Norway Jackes	Germany (GER) Berlin Martin Stahnke Willy Düskow
Coxless fours details	Great Britain (GBR) Magdalen Collier Cudmore James Angus Gillan Duncan Mackinnon John Somers-Smith	Great Britain (GBR) Leander Philip Filleul Harold Barker John Fenning Gordon Thomson	Canada (CAN) Argonaut Gordon Balfour Becher Gale Charles Riddy Geoffrey Taylor	Netherlands (NED) Amstel Hermannus Höfte Albertus Wielsma Johan Burk Bernardus Croon
Eights details	Great Britain (GBR) Leander Albert Gladstone Frederick Kelly Banner Johnstone Guy Nickalls Charles Burnell Ronald Sanderson Raymond Etherington-Smith Henry Bucknall Gilchrist Maclagan	Belgium (BEL) Royal Club Nautique de Gand Oscar Taelman Marcel Morimont Rémy Orban Georges Mys François Vergucht Polydore Veirman Oscar de Somville Rodolphe Poma Alfred van Landeghem	Canada (CAN) Argonaut Irvine Robertson Joseph Wright Julius Thomson Walter Lewis Gordon Balfour Becher Gale Charles Riddy Geoffrey Taylor Douglas Kertland	Great Britain (GBR) Cambridge Frank Jerwood Eric Powell Oswald Carver Edward Williams Henry Goldsmith Harold Kitching John Burn Douglas Stuart Richard Boyle

Participating nations

81 rowers from 8 nations competed.

• Belgium (10)
• Canada (13)
• Germany (3)
• Great Britain (30)
• Hungary (11)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (4)
• Norway (9)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	4	3	1	8
2	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
3	Canada (CAN)	0	0	3	3
4	Germany (GER)	0	0	2	2
5	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1

References

• International Olympic Committee medal database
• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Rowing 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/row1908.html. Retrieved 6 May 2006. 

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