Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, five boxing events were contested. All of the boxing was conducted on 27 October. The event was held in the Northampton Institute in Clerkenwell, East London.^[1]

Boxing at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Dates	27 October 1908
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There were three rounds in each bout, with the first two rounds being three minutes long and the last one going four minutes. Two judges scored the match, giving 5 points to the better boxer in each of the first two rounds and 7 to the better boxer in the third round. Marks were given to the other boxer in proportion to how well he did compared to the better. If the judges were not agreed on a winner at the end of the bout, the referee could either choose the winner or order a fourth round.

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight (-52.6 kg / 116 lb) details	A. Henry Thomas  Great Britain	John Condon  Great Britain	William Webb  Great Britain
Featherweight (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) details	Richard Gunn  Great Britain	Charles Morris  Great Britain	Hugh Roddin  Great Britain
Lightweight (-63.5 kg / 140 lb) details	Frederick Grace  Great Britain	Frederick Spiller  Great Britain	Harry Johnson  Great Britain
Middleweight (-71.7 kg / 158 lb) details	Johnny Douglas  Great Britain	Reginald Baker  Australasia	William Philo  Great Britain
Heavyweight (over 71.7 kg/158 lb) details	Albert Oldman  Great Britain	Sydney Evans  Great Britain	Frank Parks[2]  Great Britain

Participating nations

A total of 42 boxers from 4 nations competed at the London Games:

•  Australasia (1)
•  Denmark (2)
•  France (7)
•  Great Britain (32)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	5	4	5	14
2	Australasia	0	1	0	1
Totals (2 entries)		5	5	5	15

References

1. "Boxing at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
2. "Olympic Boxing". Sporting Life. 28 October 1908. Retrieved 29 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

• International Olympic Committee medal database
• Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Boxing 1908". Accessed 8 April 2006. Available electronically at Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.

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