:Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
{{Short description|Gymnastics at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Gymnastics
|games = 1908 Summer
|image = Image:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg
|image_size = 100px
|caption =
|venue = White City Stadium
|dates = July 14–16, 1908
|competitors = 327
|nations = 14
|longnames =
|gold =
|goldNOC =
|silver =
|silverNOC =
|bronze =
|bronzeNOC = FRA
|prev = 1904
|next = 1912
}}
{{GymnasticsAt1908SummerOlympics}}
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two gymnastics events for men were contested. No nation was successful in winning more than one medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/GYM/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050322/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/GYM/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Gymnastics at the 1908 London Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=12 July 2019}} No women's competitions were held, though women did participate in non-competitive gymnastic displays.Official Report, p. 35.{{cite journal |title=Girls as Athletes |journal=The Club News |date=15 May 1912 |volume=2 |issue=5 |page=15 |publisher=Hankel Printing |location=Chicago |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LC8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6}}
Medal summary
Participating nations
A total of 327 gymnasts from 14 nations competed at the London Games:
- {{FlagIOC|BEL|1908 Summer|2}}
- {{FlagIOC|BOH|1908 Summer|2}}
- {{FlagIOC|CAN|1908 Summer|2}}
- {{FlagIOC|DEN|1908 Summer|24}}
- {{FlagIOC|FIN|1908 Summer|31}}
- {{FlagIOC|FRA|1908 Summer|60}}
- {{FlagIOC|GER|1908 Summer|11}}
- {{FlagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer|65}}
- {{FlagIOC|HUN|1908 Summer|6}}
- {{FlagIOC|ITA|1908 Summer|32}}
- {{FlagIOC|NED|1908 Summer|23}}
- {{FlagIOC|NOR|1908 Summer|30}}
- {{FlagIOC|SWE|1908 Summer|38}}
- {{FlagIOC|TUR|1908 Summer|1}}
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = FlagIOCteam
| event = 1908 Summer
| team =
| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0
| gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 0
| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 0
| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0
| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1
| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 1
}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}}
- {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/gym1908.html | title = Gymnastics 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | access-date = 2 May 2006 | archive-date = 23 February 2005 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050223204019/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/gym1908.html | url-status = dead }}
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{{Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Events at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:International gymnastics competitions hosted by the United Kingdom