Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's double York round

The men's double York round was one of three archery events on the archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Arrows were shot in ends, or groups, of three. The archers shot a total of 288 arrows each over the two rounds of 144. The competition was held on Friday, 17 July and Saturday, 18 July, with one round each day. The archers had to contend with significant rain and wind on the first day and gusts of wind on the second.[1][2]

Men's double York round
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Gold medallist William Dod in competition during the men's double York round.
VenueWhite City Stadium
Dates17–18 July
Competitors27 from 3 nations
Medalists
William Dod  Great Britain
Reginald Brooks-King  Great Britain
Henry B. Richardson  United States
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William Dod won the competition to best his sister Lottie Dod's result; she won the silver medal in the women's competition. Dod's victory was "pretty clear" by the end of the 80-yard portion of the second round, with him having established a significant lead with only 24 arrows left at 60 yards.[3] The United States' only archer won a bronze medal in this competition, preventing Great Britain from sweeping this event as they did the women's competition and France did the Continental-style event. Henry B. Richardson had the best single-round score of the competition (417 in the second round) but had been well behind the leaders after the first round.[4] Despite starting the second day 50 points behind Reginald Brooks-King, Richardson nearly caught the other man for second place with 3 arrows remaining (down only 1 point, 749 to 748) before Brooks-King pulled away again on the last end, 19–12, for a "close and exciting finish."[3] Ten French archers competed in the York round, though none did better than 16th place.

Twenty-seven archers from three nations competed. Five additional archers (4 from France, 1 from the United States) entered but did not start.[5] NOCs were limited to 30 competitors each, though none came close to this maximum.[6]

Competition format

Each round consisted of 72 arrows at 100 yards (91.4 m), 48 arrows at 80 yards (73 m), and 24 arrows at 60 yards (54.8 m). Three arrows were shot per end. Each hit was worth 9, 7, 5, 3, or 1 points depending on which ring was hit; an arrow touching two rings would count as hitting the higher value. Ties were broken first by number of hits, then by score at the longest range (100 yards), then by hits at the longest range.[7]

Results
RankArcherNationScore
William Dod Great Britain815
Reginald Brooks-King Great Britain768
Henry B. Richardson United States760
4John Penrose Great Britain709
5John Bridges Great Britain687
6Harold James Great Britain652
7Theodore Robinson Great Britain647
8Hugh Nesham Great Britain643
9John Keyworth Great Britain622
10Charles Keene Great Britain543
11Capel Pownall Great Britain532
12John Stopford Great Britain530
13Robert Backhouse Great Britain516
14Robert Heathcote Great Britain476
15Geoffrey Cornewall Great Britain430
16Henri Berton France425
17Eugène Richez France418
18Charles Coates Great Britain413
19Eugène Grisot France410
20Louis Vernet France385
21Richard Bagnall-Oakeley Great Britain374
22Louis-Albert Salingré France347
23Albert Dauchez France280
24Charles Quervel France241
25Édouard Beaudoin France215
26Gustave Cabaret France191
27Alfred Poupart France36 (DNF)

References
  1. Official Report, pp. 100–01.
  2. "Archery at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Double York Round". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. Official Report, p. 101.
  4. Official Report, p. 103.
  5. Official Report, p. 105.
  6. Official Report, p. 33.
  7. Official Report, pp. 413–14.

Sources
  • Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
  • De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Archery 1908". Accessed 8 April 2006. Available electronically at .
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