Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four

Men's coxless fours
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue River Thames
Dates July 28 (semifinals)
July 31 (final)
Competitors 16 from 3 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain
Collier Cudmore, James Angus Gillan, Duncan Mackinnon, John Somers-Smith
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain
Harold Barker, John Fenning, Philip Filleul, Gordon Thomson
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Canada
Gordon Balfour, Becher Gale, Charles Riddy, Geoffrey Taylor

The men's coxless four was one of four rowing events on the Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Four boats from three nations competed.[1]

Standings

PlaceBowRowersStrokeNation
1Collier CudmoreJames Angus Gillan
Duncan Mackinnon
John Somers-Smith Great Britain
2Philip FilleulHarold Barker
John Fenning
Gordon Thomson Great Britain
3Gordon BalfourBecher Gale
Charles Riddy
Geoffrey Taylor Canada
Hermannus HöfteAlbertus Wielsma
Johan Burk
Bernardus Croon Netherlands

Results

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

The British four won by 2¼ lengths.

PlaceBowRowersStrokeNationTime
1Collier CudmoreJames Angus Gillan
Duncan Mackinnon
John Somers-Smith Great Britain8:34.0
2Gordon BalfourBecher Gale
Charles Riddy
Geoffrey Taylor Canada(8:40.5)

Semifinal 2

PlaceBowRowersStrokeNationTime
1Philip FilleulHarold Barker
John Fenning
Gordon Thomson Great Britain9:04.0
2Hermannus HöfteAlbertus Wielsma
Johan Burk
Bernardus Croon NetherlandsUnknown

Final

PlaceBowRowersStrokeNationTime
1Collier CudmoreJames Angus Gillan
Duncan Mackinnon
John Somers-Smith Great Britain8:34.0
2Philip FilleulHarold Barker
John Fenning
Gordon Thomson Great BritainUnknown

References

  1. "Rowing at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

Sources

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Rowing 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 6 May 2006.
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