Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics


At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four rowing events were contested, all for men only. Races were held at Henley-on-Thames. The competitions were held from 28 to 31 July. There was one fewer event in 1908 than 1904, after the double sculls was dropped from the programme. Hungary and Norway competed in rowing for the first time, along with six other nations.

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronzeBronze
Single sculls
Coxless pair
Coxless four

Collier Cudmore
James Angus Gillan
Duncan Mackinnon
John Somers-Smith

Philip Filleul
Harold Barker
John Fenning
Gordon Thomson

Gordon Balfour
Becher Gale
Charles Riddy
Geoffrey Taylor

Hermannus Höfte
Albertus Wielsma
Johan Burk
Bernardus Croon
Eights

Albert Gladstone
Frederick Kelly
Banner Johnstone
Guy Nickalls
Charles Burnell
Ronald Sanderson
Raymond Etherington-Smith
Henry Bucknall
Gilchrist Maclagan

Oscar Taelman
Marcel Morimont
Rémy Orban
Georges Mys
François Vergucht
Polydore Veirman
Oscar de Somville
Rodolphe Poma
Alfred Van Landeghem

Irvine Robertson
Joseph Wright
Julius Thomson
Walter Lewis
Gordon Balfour
Becher Gale
Charles Riddy
Geoffrey Taylor
Douglas Kertland

Frank Jerwood
Eric Powell
Oswald Carver
Edward Williams
Henry Goldsmith
Harold Kitching
John Burn
Douglas Stuart
Richard Boyle

Participating nations

81 rowers from 8 nations competed.