Jeu de paume at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Jeu de paume was an event contested at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the only time the Summer Olympic Games featured the sport as a medal event.

Men's singles jeu de paume at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	Queen's Club
Dates	May 18–23
Competitors	11 from 2 nations
Medalists
Jay Gould II  United States Eustace Miles  Great Britain Neville Bulwer-Lytton  Great Britain

Gold medallist Jay Gould II, pictured in 1905 with racket.

In the Official Report of the 1908 Olympic Games, the sport is referred to as "Tennis (jeu de paume)", while tennis is referred to as "lawn tennis". The competition venue was the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London.

An outdoor version called longue paume was played at the 1900 Summer Olympics, though its medal status is disputed. Jeu de paume is sometimes referred to as being an exhibition sport at the 1924 Summer Olympics,^[1] though this is unclear, as the French Federation of Longue Paume held its national longue paume championships during the Olympics.^[2]

Participating nations

Each nation could enter up to 12 players.^[3] 11 players from 2 nations competed.

•  Great Britain (9)
•  United States (2)

Medal table

Sources:^[4]

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

Results

Bracket

	First round								Quarterfinals								Semifinals								Final
	Gould (USA)
	bye								Gould (USA)	6	6	6
	Pennell (GBR)	6	6	6					Pennell (GBR)	3	3	2
	Cazalet (GBR)	1	4	1													Gould (USA)	6	6	6
	Page (GBR)																Page (GBR)	1	0	0
	bye								Page (GBR)	5	6	6	6
	Palmer (GBR)								Palmer (GBR)	6	4	5	1
	bye																								Gould (USA)	6	6	6
	Miles (GBR)	6	6	6																					Miles (GBR)	5	4	4
	Sands (USA)	3	3	3					Miles (GBR)	6	6	6
	Noel (GBR)	6	6	6					Noel (GBR)	5	1	5
	Tatham (GBR)	2	3	3													Miles (GBR)	6	6	6					Bronze medal match
	Lytton (GBR)																Lytton (GBR)	4	1	3
	bye								Lytton (GBR)	6	6	6													Lytton (GBR)	6	6	6
	Biedermann (GBR)								Biedermann (GBR)	5	1	2													Page (GBR)	2	4	4
	bye

References

1. Mackay, Duncan (2012-10-30). "Jeu de paume was an event contested at the 1908 Olympics in London". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
2. "1900 : la longue paume aux Jeux Olympiques de Paris". Federation francaise de longue paume (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
3. Official Report, p. 40.
4. "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

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• Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2000). The 1908 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0598-8. (Excerpt available at Archived 28 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine)