Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Archery at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	White City Stadium
Dates	17–20 July 1908
No. of events	3 (2 men, 1 women)
Competitors	57 from 3 nations

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, three archery events were contested. Great Britain sent 41 archers, France sent 15, and the United States sent one. Great Britain was the only nation to enter athletes in the women's event, guaranteeing them a medals sweep.

Medal summary

Official 1908 Highlight Film Archery @ 1:46

Archery competitions inside White City Stadium during the 1908 games.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's double York round	William Dod  Great Britain	Reginald Brooks-King  Great Britain	Henry B. Richardson  United States
Men's Continental style	Eugène Grisot  France	Louis Vernet  France	Gustave Cabaret  France
Women's double National round	Queenie Newall  Great Britain	Lottie Dod  Great Britain	Beatrice Hill-Lowe  Great Britain

Participating nations

57 archers from 3 nations competed.

•  France (15)
•  Great Britain (41)
•  United States (1)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	2	1	5
2	France (FRA)	1	1	1	3
3	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		3	3	3	9

Sources

• Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Archery 1908". Accessed 8 April 2006. Available electronically at [1] Archived 29 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine.