Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless fours

Men's coxless fours at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	River Thames
Dates	July 28 (semifinals) July 31 (final)
Competitors	16 from 3 nations
Medalists
Great Britain Collier Cudmore, James Angus Gillan, Duncan Mackinnon, John Somers-Smith   Great Britain Harold Barker, John Fenning, Philip Filleul, Gordon Thomson   Canada Gordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Charles Riddy, Geoffrey Taylor
«1904	1920»

Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Single sculls	men
Coxless pairs	men
Coxless fours	men
Eights	men

The men's coxless fours was one of four rowing events on the Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. 4 boats from 3 nations competed.

Standings

Place	Bow	Rowers	Stroke	Nation
1	Collier Cudmore	James Angus Gillan Duncan Mackinnon	John Somers-Smith	Great Britain
2	Philip Filleul	Harold Barker John Fenning	Gordon Thomson	Great Britain
3	Gordon Balfour	Becher Gale Charles Riddy	Geoffrey Taylor	Canada
	Hermannus Höfte	Albertus Wielsma Johan Burk	Bernardus Croon	Netherlands

Results

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

The British four won by 2¼ lengths.

Place	Bow	Rowers	Stroke	Nation	Time
1	Collier Cudmore	James Angus Gillan Duncan Mackinnon	John Somers-Smith	Great Britain	8:34.0
2	Gordon Balfour	Becher Gale Charles Riddy	Geoffrey Taylor	Canada	(8:40.5)

Semifinal 2

Place	Bow	Rowers	Stroke	Nation	Time
1	Philip Filleul	Harold Barker John Fenning	Gordon Thomson	Great Britain	9:04.0
2	Hermannus Höfte	Albertus Wielsma Johan Burk	Bernardus Croon	Netherlands	Unknown

Final

Place	Bow	Rowers	Stroke	Nation	Time
1	Collier Cudmore	James Angus Gillan Duncan Mackinnon	John Somers-Smith	Great Britain	8:34.0
2	Philip Filleul	Harold Barker John Fenning	Gordon Thomson	Great Britain	Unknown

References