British athletes at the London 1908 Olympics

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Event

Athletes

 Archery
National Round W GBR Katherine Mudge
Ethel Armitage
Doris Day
Dora Honnywill
Louisa Nott-Bower
Jessie Wadworth
Hilda Williams
Albertine Thackwell
Beatrice Hill-Lowe
Mrs. H. Rushton
Margaret Weedon
Charlotte Dod
J. Vance
Mrs. Norman Robertson
Sybil Newall
Ina Wood
Gertrude Appleyard
Sarah Leonard
Adelaide Boddam-Whetham
Martina Hyde
Brenda Wadworth
Mrs. C. Cadman
Lillian Wilson
Mrs. S. Babington
Mrs. Priestley Foster
York Round M GBR Capel Pownall
John Bridges
Charles Keene
John Penrose
John Keyworth
Reginald Bruce-King
Richard Bagnall-Oakley
William Dod
Charles Coates
Geoffrey Cornewall
Robert Heathcote
Hugh Nesham
Robert Backhouse
Theodore Robinson
Joseph Stopford
Harold James
Continental Round M GBR John Keyworth
 Athletics
100 m M GBR Patrick Roche
Meyrick Chapman
George Murray
Harold Watson
Henry Pankhurst
Henry Harmer
Denis Murray
John George
Robert Duncan
James Stark
John Morton
200 m M GBR John George
James Stark
Robert Duncan
John Morton
Patrick Roche
George Hawkins
Henry Pankhurst
Samuel Hurdsfield
Lionel Reed
400 m M GBR Edwin Montague
Arthur Astley
G. W. Young
Charles Davies
George Nicol
Wyndham Halswelle
R. Robb
Alan Patterson
Christopher Chavasse
Noel Chavasse
Edward Ryle
William Prout
800 m M GBR Theodore Just
Harold Holding
Lawrence Manogue
George Morphy
Frederick Ashford
Arthur Astley
John Lee
James Lintott
George Butterfield
Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford
1500 m M GBR Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford
Vincent Loney
Norman Hallows
Harold Wilson
John McGough
Joseph Smith
Francis Knott
John Lee
George Butterfield
Joseph Deakin
3 miles team M GBR Joseph Deakin
Harold Wilson
Arthur Robertson
Norman Hallows
William Coales
5 miles M GBR Joseph Deakin
William Coales
James Murphy
Samuel Stevenson
Arthur Robertson
Edward Owen
Emil Voigt
Marathon M GBR William Clarke
Albert Wyatt
Thomas Jack
Alexander Duncan
Henry Barrett
Frederick Thompson
Jack Price
Frederick Appleby
James Beale
Frederick Lord
Ernest Barnes
110 m hurdles M GBR Laurence Kiely
Leonard Howe
David Walters
Alfred Healey
Timothy Ahearne
Kenneth Powell
Edward Leader
Oswald Groenings
Arthur Halligan
Cecil Kinahan
William Knyvett
Eric Hussey
400 m hurdles M GBR John Densham
Geoffrey Burton
Edward Gould
Frederick Harmer
Oswald Groenings
Leslie Burton
Leonard Tremeer
3200 m steeplechase M GBR Harold Sewell
Charles Guy Holdaway
Archie Robertson
Arthur Russell
Richard Yorke
Joseph English
Frank Buckley
Thomas Downing
W. Grantham
Joseph Kinchin
Henry Barker
Olympic relay M GBR Edwin Montague
Theodore Just
Henry Pankhurst
John Morton
3 km walk M GBR William Palmer
George Larner
Ernest Webb
John Butler
John Reid
Richard Quinn
Alfred Yeoumans
William Brown
Sydney Sarel
Ernest Larner
Richard Harrison
10 miles walk M GBR William Palmer
George Larner
Ernest Webb
Sydney Schofield
Godwin Withers
Thomas Hammond
John Butler
Ernest Larner
Alfred Yeoumans
Frank Carter
Edward Spencer
Richard Harrison
High jump M GBR Cornelius Leahy
Patrick Leahy
George Wilson
Alfred Bellerby
Edward Leader
Standing high jump M GBR Walter Henderson
Lancelot Stafford
Alfred Flaxman
Long jump M GBR Timothy Ahearne
Albert Weinstein
Lionel Cornish
William Watt
Wilfred Bleaden
Alfred Bellerby
Charles Williams
Denis Murray
Standing long jump M GBR Lionel Cornish
Wilfred Bleaden
Lancelot Stafford
Walter Henderson
Timothy Ahearne
Frederick Kitching
Triple jump M GBR Timothy Ahearne
George Mayberry
Michael Dineen
Cyril Dugmore
Shot put M GBR Edward Barrett
Dennis Horgan
Thomas Nicolson
James Barrett
Henry Leeke
Discus throw M GBR Edward Barrett
Michael Collins
Alfred Flaxman
John Murray
Ernest May
Henry Leeke
Walter Henderson
Discus throw greek style M GBR Walter Henderson
James Barrett
Alfred Flaxman
Ernest May
Henry Leeke
Hammer throw M GBR John Murray
Robert Lindsay-Watson
Alan Fyffe
Ernest May
Henry Leeke
Thomas Nicholson
Javelin throw M GBR Leonard Tremeer
Ernest May
Henry Leeke
Javelin throw freestyle M GBR Henry Leeke
Walter Henderson
Edward Barrett
Alfred Flaxman
Ernest May
 Boxing
Bantamweight M GBR John Condon
Henry Thomas
Frank McGurk
Henry Perry
William Webb
Featherweight M GBR Thomas Ringer
Hugh Roddin
Charles Morris
Richard Gunn
Edward Adams
John Lloyd
Lightweight M GBR Frederick Spiller
Frederick Grace
Matthew Wells
Patrick Fee
Edward Fearman
Frank Osborne
Harold Holmes
George Jessup
Harry Johnson
Middleweight M GBR John Douglas
Arthur Murdoch
Ruben Warnes
William Dees
William Philo
William Childs
Heavyweight M GBR Albert Oldman
Harold Brewer
Ian Myrams
Albert Ireton
Frederick Parks
Sydney Evans
 Cycling
One lap race M GBR Joseph Lavery
George Summers
William Bailey
Arthur Denny
Clarence Kingsbury
Daniel Flynn
Ernest Payne
Benjamin Jones
Victor Johnson
Gerald Anderson
W. Magee
Team pursuit M GBR Leon Meredith
Charles Kingsbury
Ernest Payne
Benjamin Jones
100 km track race M GBR William Pett
J. Norman
Harry Mussen
J. Bishop
Leon Meredith
Charles Denny
Charles Bartlett
Sydney Bailey
David Robertson
David Noon
Robert Jolly
20 km track race M GBR David Robertson
Daniel Flynn
Colin Brooks
Frederick Hamlin
Leon Meredith
Benjamin Jones
Charles Kingsbury
W. Lower
Herbert Bouffler
Arthur Denny
5 km track race M GBR Albert Calvert
W. Magee
Joseph Lavery
William Bailey
Daniel Flynn
Ernest Payne
Benjamin Jones
Charles Kingsbury
C. Clark
Sprint M GBR John Matthews
Joseph Lavery
George Summers
William Bailey
Clarence Kingsbury
Daniel Flynn
Ernest Payne
Benjamin Jones
Victor Johnson
Herbert Crowther
W. Magee
Tandem M GBR Edward Piercy
John Matthews
Horace Johnson
Arthur Rushen
Walter Isaacs
Robert Jolly
Cecil McKaig
Leon Meredith
John Barnard
Frederick Hamlin
Colin Brooks
J. Norman
 Diving
Springboard M GBR Frank Errington
William Hoare
Herbert Ernest Potts
Harold Clarke
Thomas Cross
Harold Smyrk
William Bull
Anthony Taylor
Anthony Beckett
Harry Crank
Platform M GBR William E. Webb
Thomas Harrington
George Cane
Thomas Collins
William Hoare
Henry Aldous
Harold Goodworth
 Fencing
Epee individual M GBR John Blake
Robert Montgomerie
Edgar Amphlett
Sydney Martineau
Edgar Seligman
Ralph Chalmers
Frederic Fildes
Henry Davids
Cecil Haig
Charles Leaf Daniell
Martin Holt
Percival Davson
Epee team M GBR Cecil Haig
Martin Holt
Edgar Amphlett
Charles Leaf Daniell
Robert Montgomerie
Edgar Seligman
Sabre individual M GBR Alfred Keene
Charles Wilson
Douglas Godfree
Arthur Murray
William Marsh
Richard Badman
Anthony Chalke
Barry Notley
Lockhart Leith
Edward Brookfield
Sabre team M GBR Arthur Murray
Charles Wilson
William Marsh
Harry Evan James
 Figure Skating
Individual W GBR Gwendolin Lycett
Dorothy Greehough-Smith
Florence Syers
Individual M GBR Herbert Yglesias
Albert March
John Greig
Special figures M GBR Geoffrey Hall-Say
Arthur Cumming
Pairs  GBR Phyllis Wyatt Johnson
Florence Syers
James Johnson
Edgar Syers
 Football
Football M GBR Robert Hawkes
Kenneth Hurt
Walther Corbett
Harold Hardman
Henry Stapley
Arthur Berry
Frederick Chapman
Herbert Smith
Horace Bailey
Clyde Purnell
Vivian Woodward
 Gymnastics
Individual all-round M GBR Arthur Hodges
James Graham
Franklin Dick
A. Ford
George Bailey
William Fergus
W. Watters
E. Dyson
J. Walters
Walter Tysal
H. Smith
Sidney Domville
G. Meade
Leonard Hanson
Joseph Cook
Edward Potts
Otto Bauscher
Robert Hanley
Edmund Aspinall
Samuel Hodgetts
Team M GBR J. Horridge
Edgar Watkins
Charles Vigurs
Robert Bonney
W. Fitt
F. Denby
H. Stell
E. Parsons
R. Laycock
A. Harley
Arthur Hawkins
W. Cowy
W. Manning
E. Clough
P. Baker
Charles Oldaker
E. Justice
G. Cullen
John Whitaker
E. Richardson
William Titt
N. Keighley
H. Huskinson
G. Parrott
J. McPhail
James Cotterell
John Catley
William Hoare
George Ross
J. W. Jones
W. Skeeles
W. Merrifield
M. Clay
H. Gill
Herbert Drury
F. Whitehead
W. Barrett
R. McGaw
 Hockey
Hockey M GBR Walter Peterson
Henry Brown
Frank Robinson
Edward Allman-Smith
Gerald Logan
Percy Rees
Alexander Burt
Hew Fraser
Frederick Connah
Richard Lyne
Richard Gregg
Charles Power
Edward Holmes
William Orchardson
Charles Foulkes
Hugh Neilson
Alan Noble
Edgar Page
Henry Murphy
Walter Campbell
Llewelyn Evans
Charles Shephard
James Harper-Orr
John Burt
Eric Green
Hugh Walker
Louis Baillon
James Williams
Philip Turnbull
John Robinson
Bertrand Turnbull
William Graham
Jack Peterson
Edward Richards
Norman Stevenson
Reginald Pridmore
Stanley Shoveller
Ivan Laing
William Pallott
Robert Kennedy
Arthur Law
Frederick Phillips
Harry Freeman
Harvey Wood
Allastair Denniston
 Jeu de Paume
Jeu de Paume M GBR William Cazalet
Charles Tatham
Arthur Palmer
Arthur Page
Edward Biedermann
Neville Lytton
Eustace Miles
Vane Pennell
Evan Noel
 Lacrosse
Lacrosse M GBR Edward Jones
Gustav Alexander
George Buckland
Wilfrid Johnson
G. Mason
E. Dutton
R. Martin
S. Hayes
Norman Whitley
J. Parker-Smith
H. Ramsay
Charles Scott
 Motor Boating
Open class  GBR George Atkinson
Winchester St. Clowes Duke of Westminster
Joseph Laycock
Under 60 foot class  GBR John Fields-Richard
Isaac Thomas Thornycroft
John Gorham
Bernard Redwood
Mrs. John Gorham
8 m class  GBR Thomas Wynn Weston
Bernard Redwood
Warwick Wright
John Fields-Richard
Isaac Thomas Thornycroft
 Polo
Polo M GBR John Hardress Lloyd
Herbert Wilson
Walter Jones
Patterson Nickalls
Walter Buckmaster
John McCann
Percy O'Reilly
George Miller
Charles Miller
Frederick Freake
John Wodehouse
Auston Rotherham
 Rackets
Singles M GBR Cecil Browning
Vane Pennell
Henry Brougham
John Jacob Astor
Henry Leaf
Evan Noel
Doubles M GBR Vane Pennell
Edmund Bury
Evan Noel
John Jacob Astor
Cecil Browning
Henry Leaf
 Rowing
Single sculls M GBR Alexander McCulloch
Harry Blackstaffe
Pair without coxswain M GBR George Fairbairn
Gordon Thomson
Philip Verdon
John Fenning
Four without coxswain M GBR Collier Cudmore
Gordon Thomson
John Somers-Smith
Reginald Fenning
James Gillan
Philip Filleul
Duncan McKinnon
Harold Baker
Eight with coxswain M GBR Gilchrist Maclagan
John Burn
Eric Powell
Henry Goldsmith
Raymond Etherington-Smith
Guy Nickalls
Charles Burnell
Oswald Carver
Henry Bucknall
Ronald Sanderson
Banner Johnstone
Frank Jerwood
Albert Gladstone
Douglas Stuart
Harold Kitching
Frederick Kelly
Edward Williams
Richard Boyle
 Rugby
Rugby M GBR L.F. Dean
E. Lawry
John Solomon
Arthur Wilson
John Trevaskis
Richard Jackett
C. Marshall
Thomas Wedge
Nicholas Tregurtha
E. Jones
James Davey
J. Jose
Bertram Solomon
Edward Jackett
A. Wilcocks
 Sailing
12 m  GBR John Buchanan
James Bunten
Thomas Glen-Coates
John Downes
Cecil Mciver
John Spence
Charles Robertson
Thomas Littledale
John Jellico
J. Gardiner
William Davidson
James Baxter
R. Aspin
T. Gerald Tate
James Kenion
Charles Maciver
Albert Martin
John Mackenzie
David Dunlap
Arthur Downes
8 m  GBR Collingwood Hughes
Charles Campbell
Hugh Sutton
Blair Cochrane
William Ward
Frederick Hughes
Philip Hunloke
John Rhodes
Arthur Wood
George Ratsey
7 m  GBR Frances Rivett-Carnac
Norman Bingley
Richard Dixon
Charles Rivett-Carnac
6 m  GBR Gilbert Laws
William Leuchars
Thomas McMeakin
Frank Smith
Charles Crichton
John Leuchars
 Shooting
Free rifle M GBR Alexander Jackson
Maurice Blood
Henry Chaney
R. Hawkins
Jesse Wallingford
Free rifle team M GBR Harold Hawkins
Robert Brown
Thomas Raddall
Jesse Wallingford
James Bostock
Charles Churcher
Free rifle 1000 yards  M GBR John Hopton
John Sellars
Thomas Caldwell
Thomas Renken
Richard Barnett
Alexander Rogers
Maurice Blood
Joshua Millner
Percy Whitehead
Thomas Fremantle
Military rifle team M GBR Harcourt Ommundsen
John Martin
Philip Richardson
Arthur Fulton
William Padgett
Fleetwood Varley
Rifle prone M GBR Philip Plater
Edward Amoore
Harold Hawkins
Maurice Matthews
George Barnes
Harold Humby
Arthur Carnell
James Milne
William Pimm
James Warner
William Milne
Arthur Wilde
Albert Taylor
Small bore rifle moving target  M GBR Edward Amoore
Harold Hawkins
William Styles
William Marsden
Maurice Matthews
John Fleming
William Pimm
James Milne
William Milne
Arthur Wilde
Edward Newitt
Philip Plater
Small bore rifle disappearing target  M GBR Edward Newitt
Philip Plater
Edward Amoore
Harold Hawkins
William Styles
Maurice Matthews
John Fleming
Harold Humby
Arthur Wilde
William Pimm
John Mime
William Mime
Small bore rifle team M GBR Maurice Matthews
Edward Amoore
Harold Humby
William Pimm
Free pistol M GBR John Bashford
Walter Ellicott
William Lane-Joynt
Harry Munday
James Le Fevre
Peter Jones
Charles Wirgman
William Newton
Henry Lynch-Staunton
Geoffrey Coles
Jesse Wallingford
Free pistol team M GBR Geoffrey Coles
Walter Ellicott
Henry Lynch-Staunton
Jesse Wallingford
Trap M GBR James Pike
Richard Hutton
Harold Creasey
Alexander Maunder
John Butt
Charles Palmer
William Morris
George Whitaker
Peter Easte
Gerald Merlin
Frank Moore
John Postans
Trap team M GBR James Pike
Richard Hutton
Alexander Maunder
William Morris
John Butt
Peter Easte
John Postans
Charles Palmer
Harold Creasey
George Whitaker
Gerald Skinner
Frank Moore
Running deer single shot M GBR James Cowan
Alexander Rogers
Thomas Ranken
Maurice Blood
Albert Kempster
Joshua Millner
William Lane-Joynt
Walter Ellicott
Charles Nix
John Bashford
Running deer single shot team M GBR William Lane-Joynt
Thomas Ranken
Walter Ellicott
Charles Nix
Running deer double shot M GBR Maurice Blood
Albert Kempster
Joshua Millner
Walter Ellicott
William Lane-Joynt
Charles Nix
John Bashford
James Cowan
Alexander Rogers
Thomas Ranken
 Swimming
100 m freestyle M GBR Paul Radmilovic
John Derbyshire
Addin Tyldesley
George Dockrell
Charles Edwards
George Innocent
400 m freestyle M GBR Henry Taylor
Samuel Blatherwick
Arthur Sharp
Paul Radmilovic
William Haynes
Thomas Battersby
William Foster
1500 m freestyle M GBR Richard Hassell
Samuel Blatherwick
Lewis Moist
Paul Radmilovic
Thomas Battersby
John Jarvis
William Foster
Henry Taylor
100 m backstroke M GBR Frederick Unwin
Charles Colin Lewis
John Robert Taylor
Herbert Haresnape
Stanley Parvin
Eric Seaward
Sidney Willis
200 m breaststroke M GBR Sydney Gooday
Arthur Davies
William Robinson
Frederick Holman
Percy Courtman
4x200 m freestyle M GBR William Foster
John Derbyshire
Henry Taylor
Paul Radmilovic
 Tennis
Singles W GBR Agnes Morton
Alice Greene
Ruth Joan Winch
Dora Boothby
Dorothy Lambert Chambers
Singles indoor W GBR Violet Pinckney
Mildred Coles
Alice Greene
Gladys Eastlake-Smith
Dora Boothby
Dorothy Lambert Chambers
Singles M GBR James Parke
George Caridia
Wilberforce Eaves
Josiah Ritchie
Charles Dixon
Kenneth Powell
Walter Crawley
Singles indoor M GBR Lionel Escombe
George Caridia
Arthur Wentworth Gore
Wilberforce Eaves
Josiah Ritchie
Doubles M GBR Walter Crawley
James Parke
Clement Cazalet
George Hillyard
Kenneth Powell
Josiah Ritchie
Charles Dixon
Reginald Doherty
Doubles indoor M GBR George Hillyard
Herbert Roper Barrett
Lionel Escombe
George Simond
Wilberforce Eaves
Arthur Gore
Josiah Ritchie
George Caridia
 Tug of War
Tug of war M GBR Alexander Kidd
George Smith
Alexander Munro
Joseph Dowler
James Clark
Thomas Butler
Albert Ireton
Frederick Merriman
James Woodget
Patrick Philbin
James Shephard
Erwin Mills
Ernest Ebbage
Thomas Homewood
William Greggan
William Hirons
Frederick Goodfellow
William Slade
Edward Barrett
Frederick Humphreys
Thomas Swindlehurst
Daniel McLowry
Walter Chaffe
Walter Tammas
 Water Polo
Water polo M GBR Charles Forsyth
George Cornet
Charles Smith
Paul Radmilovic
Thomas Thould
George Nevinson
George Wilkinson
 Wrestling
Freestyle featherweight M GBR Fitz Tomkins
Frank Davis
George Saunders
Burt Sansom
William Press
Frederick Knight
James Cox
William Cox
Guy Schwan
Harold Witherall
Harry Sprenger
Freestyle lightweight M GBR William Adams
Percy Cockings
Sidney Peake
Arthur Goddard
James White
James Webster
William Tagg
William McKie
James Slim
Richard Couch
William Jones
Freestyle middleweight M GBR George de Relwyskow
William Henson
Joseph Hoy
Henry Baillie
William Shepherd
James McKenzie
George Faulkner
George MacKenzie
Albert Gingell
William Wood
Freestyle light-heavyweight M GBR George de Relwyskow
George Bradshaw
Horace Chenery
Arthur Wallis
Edgar Bacon
Aubrey Coleman
Frederick Beck
Stanley Bacon
Freestyle heavyweight M GBR Lawrence Bruce
Edward Nixson
Frederick Humphreys
George O'Kelly
Edward Barrett
William West
Arthur Banbrook
Charles Brown
Harold Foskett
Greco-Roman lightweight M GBR Andrew Whittingstall
William Wood
George MacKenzie
Edward Blount
Arthur Hawkins
George Faulkner
Arthur Rose
William Ruff
Greco-Roman middleweight M GBR Stanley Bacon
George Bradshaw
Edgar Bacon
Frederick Beck
Greco-Roman light-heavyweight M GBR William West
Arthur Banbrook
Charles Brown
Harold Foskett
Edward Nixson
Greco-Roman heavyweight M GBR Edward Barrett
Frederick Humphreys
This information about British athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in London 1908 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database
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