Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
The men's singles competition was one of two rackets events held as part of the Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Nations could enter up to 12 players,[1] though only Great Britain competed and with a total of 6 players.
Men's singles rackets at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | April 27–29 | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 6 from 1 nation | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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Singles | men |
Doubles | men |
Results
Standings
Place | Name | Nation |
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Evan Noel | Great Britain | |
Henry Leaf | Great Britain | |
John Jacob Astor | Great Britain | |
Henry Brougham | Great Britain | |
5 | Vane Pennell | Great Britain |
6 | Cecil Browning | Great Britain |
Bracket
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
Noel (GBR) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Browning (GBR) | 1 | Noel (GBR) | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Pennell (GBR) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Noel (GBR) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Astor (GBR) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Noel (GBR) | w/o[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||||||
Leaf (GBR) | ||||||||||||||||||
Leaf (GBR) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Brougham (GBR) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
- Leaf broke his hand in the doubles competition and was forced to withdraw from the final; Noel was awarded the gold medal.
References
- Cook 1908, p. 36.
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Racquets 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 3 May 2006.
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