Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team

The men's team was one of two gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.

Men's team gymnastics
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueWhite City Stadium
DatesJuly 14–16
Competitors254 from 8 nations
Medalists
 Sweden
 Norway
 Finland
Gymnastics at the
1908 Summer Olympics
All-aroundmen
Teammen

Competition format

Each team was composed of between 16 and 40 gymnasts, with a time limit of 30 minutes for the performance. Free gymnastics and hand apparati were allowed. There were three judges for each performance, each giving a score of up to 160 divided as follows: 40 points for "appearance and march of the competitors," 60 points for "precision of movement, style, etc.," and 60 points for "physiological and rational combination of the exercises executed."[1] The judges' scores were summed. A total of 480 points was possible.[2]

Results
PlaceNationScore
1 Sweden438
2 Norway425
3 Finland405
4 Denmark378
5 France319
6 Italy316
7 Netherlands297
8 Great Britain196

Team rosters

Sweden

Norway

Finland

Denmark

France

Italy

Netherlands

Great Britain
  • N. J. Keighley
  • R. Laycock
  • R. McGaw
  • J. McPhail
  • W. Manning
  • W. G. Merrifield
  • Charles Oldaker
  • G. Parrott
  • E. Parsons
  • E. F. Richardson

References
  1. Official Report, p. 488.
  2. "Gymnastics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Team All-Around". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. This competitor is missing from the IOC medal database but is shown in the official report for this Games as V. E. Turi.

Sources
  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Gymnastics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 2 May 2006.
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