| Boxing at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |
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| Dates | 27 October 1908 |
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, five boxing events were contested. All of the boxing was conducted on 27 October. The event was held in the Northampton Institute in Clerkenwell, East London. [1]
There were three rounds in each bout, with the first two rounds being three minutes long and the last one going four minutes. Two judges scored the match, giving 5 points to the better boxer in each of the first two rounds and 7 to the better boxer in the third round. Marks were given to the other boxer in proportion to how well he did compared to the better. If the judges were not agreed on a winner at the end of the bout, the referee could either choose the winner or order a fourth round.
Medal summary
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight (-52.6 kg / 116 lb) |
A. Henry Thomas
Great Britain
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John Condon
Great Britain
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William Webb
Great Britain
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Featherweight (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) |
Richard Gunn
Great Britain
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Charles Morris
Great Britain
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Hugh Roddin
Great Britain
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Lightweight (-63.5 kg / 140 lb) |
Frederick Grace
Great Britain
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Frederick Spiller
Great Britain
|
Harry Johnson
Great Britain
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Middleweight (-71.7 kg / 158 lb) |
Johnny Douglas
Great Britain
|
Reginald Baker
Australasia
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William Philo
Great Britain
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Heavyweight (over 71.7 kg/158 lb) |
Albert Oldman
Great Britain
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Sydney Evans
Great Britain
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Frank Parks
[2]
Great Britain
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Participating nations
A total of 42 boxers from 4 nations competed at the London Games:
Australasia (1)
Denmark (2)
France (7)
Great Britain (32)
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |
Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 |
Australasia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
References
- ^ "Boxing at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Olympic Boxing". Sporting Life. 28 October 1908. Retrieved 29 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
- International Olympic Committee medal database
- Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Boxing 1908". Accessed 8 April 2006. Available electronically at [1] Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
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