Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's double York round
The men's double York round was one of three archery events on the archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Arrows were shot in ends, or groups, of three. The archers shot a total of 288 arrows each over the two rounds of 144. The competition was held on Friday, 17 July and Saturday, 18 July, with one round each day. The archers had to contend with significant rain and wind on the first day and gusts of wind on the second. William Dod won the competition to best his sister Lottie Dod's result; she won the silver medal in the women's competition. Dod's victory was "pretty clear" by the end of the 80-yard portion of the second round, with him having established a significant lead with only 24 arrows left at 60 yards. The United States' only archer won a bronze medal in this competition, preventing Great Britain from sweeping this event as they did the women's competition and France did the Continental-style event. Henry B. Richardson had the best single-round score of the competition but had been well behind the leaders after the first round. Despite starting the second day 50 points behind Reginald Brooks-King, Richardson nearly caught the other man for second place with 3 arrows remaining before Brooks-King pulled away again on the last end, 19–12, for a "close and exciting finish." Ten French archers competed in the York round, though none did better than 16th place. Twenty-seven archers from three nations competed. Five additional archers entered but did not start. NOCs were limited to 30 competitors each, though none came close to this maximum.
Competition format
Each round consisted of 72 arrows at 100 yards, 48 arrows at 80 yards, and 24 arrows at 60 yards. Three arrows were shot per end. Each hit was worth 9, 7, 5, 3, or 1 points depending on which ring was hit; an arrow touching two rings would count as hitting the higher value. Ties were broken first by number of hits, then by score at the longest range, then by hits at the longest range.
