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1908 (London) Olympic Games - some results
| Track Events - MEN |
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 100 metres | Reginald Walker
S. Africa | 10.8s |
James Rector
USA | 10.9s | Robert Kerr
Canada | 11.0s |
| 200 metres | Robert Kerr
Canada | 22.6s | Robert Cloughen
USA | 22.6s | Nathan Cartmell
USA | 22.7s |
| 400 metres | Wyndham Halswelle
GB | 50.0s | see Note 1
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| 800 metres | Melvin Sheppard
USA | 1m 52.8s | Emilio Lunghi
Italy | 1m 54.2s | Hans Braun
Germany | 1m 55.2s |
| 1500 metres | Melvin Sheppard
USA | 4m 3.4s | Harold Wilson
GB | 4m 3.6s | Norman Hallows
GB | 4m 4.0s |
| 5000 metres |
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| 10000 metres |
| | NOT held
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Marathon
(42,195 metres) | John Hayes
USA | 2h 55m 18s | Charles Hefferon
S. Africa | 2h 56m 6s | Joseph Forshaw
USA | 2h 57m 10s |
Steeplechase
(3200 metres) | Arthur Russell
GB | 10m 47.8s | Archie Robinson
GB | 10m 48.4s | John Eisele
USA | 11m 0.8s |
| Field Events - MEN |
| | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist |
| High Jump | Harry Porter
USA | 1.90 m | Con Leahy
GB | 1.88 m | Georges Andre
France | 1.88 m |
| Long Jump | Francis Irons
USA | 7.48 m | Daniel Kelly
USA | 7.09 m | Calvin Bricker
Canada | 7.08 m |
| Pole Vault | Edward Cooke
USA | 3.71 m | Albert Gilbert
USA | 3.71 m | Edward Archibald
Canada | 3.58 m |
| Shot | Ralph Rose
USA | 14.21 m | Denis Horgan
GB | 13.62 m | John Garrels
USA | 13.18 m |
| Discus | Martin Sheridan
USA | 40.89 m | Merritt Giffin
USA | 40.70 m | Marquis Horr
USA | 39.45 m |
| Javelin | Erik Lemming
Sweden | 54.83 m | Arne Halse
Norway | 50.57 m | Otto Nilsson
Sweden | 47.11 |
Note 1. In the 400 metres the other competitors were either disqualified or withdrew.
Some of the place-times for events in these games have been lost.
Also there is sometimes disagreement about times (and lengths) given by different authorities for the Silver and Bronze, but not for the Gold. |
There were NO Women's events in these Games
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