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decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/330px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/440px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The <a href="/wiki/Union_Flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Flag">Union Flag</a> flew over South Africa before 1910</div></td></tr><tr style="font-weight: bold;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes" title="List of IOC country codes">IOC code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">RSA<br />(ZAF used at these Games)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee" title="National Olympic Committee">NOC</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_African_Sports_Confederation_and_Olympic_Committee" title="South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee">South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">in <span class="location"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Competitors</th><td class="infobox-data">14</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Flag bearer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Stupart" title="Doug Stupart">Doug Stupart</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics_medal_table" title="1908 Summer Olympics medal table">Medals</a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ranked 14th</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><dl style="position: relative; margin: 0; min-width: 14em; height: 3em; text-align: center; background: linear-gradient(to right, gold 25%, silver 25%, silver 50%, #c96 50%, #c96 75%, transparent 75%);"> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 0%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Gold</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 0%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">1</dd> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 25%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Silver</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 25%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">1</dd> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 50%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Bronze</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 50%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">0</dd> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 75%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Total</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 75%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">2</dd> </dl></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Summer Olympics appearances (<a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa at the Summer Olympics">overview</a>)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1904 Summer Olympics">1904</a></li><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1908</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1912 Summer Olympics">1912</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1920 Summer Olympics">1920</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1924 Summer Olympics">1924</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1928 Summer Olympics">1928</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1932 Summer Olympics">1932</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1936 Summer Olympics">1936</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1948 Summer Olympics">1948</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1956 Summer Olympics">1956</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a></li><li><span style="color:gray">1964–1988</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics">1996</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2000 Summer Olympics">2000</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2004 Summer Olympics">2004</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics">2008</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics">2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics">2024</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>South Africa competed at the <a href="/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics" title="1908 Summer Olympics">1908 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, United Kingdom. At the time, South Africa consisted of four separate British colonies — the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony" title="Cape Colony">Cape Colony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natal_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Natal Colony">Natal Colony</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Orange_River_Colony" title="Orange River Colony">Orange River Colony</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Transvaal_Colony" title="Transvaal Colony">Transvaal Colony</a>; they would form the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">Union of South Africa</a> in 1910. At the 1908 Olympics, the South African team competed under a flag described as "the <a href="/wiki/Red_Ensign" title="Red Ensign">Red Ensign</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Springbok" title="Springbok">springbok</a> in the corner."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hurdler <a href="/wiki/Doug_Stupart" title="Doug Stupart">Doug Stupart</a> carried the flag at the opening ceremony. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medalists">Medalists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Africa_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Medalists"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics</a></div> <p>South Africa was one of 5 nations to win at least one <a href="/wiki/Gold_medal" title="Gold medal">gold medal</a> in athletics, taking the gold medal in the short sprint. <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Walker_(sprinter)" title="Reggie Walker (sprinter)">Reggie Walker</a> was the 100 metres champion, setting a new Olympic record in the semifinals and matching it in the final. <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hefferon" title="Charles Hefferon">Charles Hefferon</a> added a <a href="/wiki/Silver_medal" title="Silver medal">silver medal</a> in the marathon. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Event</th> <th>Place</th> <th>Athlete</th> <th>Heats</th> <th>Semifinals</th> <th>Final </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="3" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metres" title="Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres">Men's 100 metres</a></td> <td bgcolor="gold">1st</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Walker_(sprinter)" title="Reggie Walker (sprinter)">Reggie Walker</a></td> <td>11.0 seconds <br /> 1st, heat 4</td> <td>10.8 seconds (<b>OR</b>) <br /> 1st, semifinal 1</td> <td>10.8 seconds (<b>=OR</b>) </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>Semi-<br />finalist</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Duffy_(athlete)" title="Edward Duffy (athlete)">Edward Duffy</a></td> <td>11.6 seconds <br /> 1st, heat 1</td> <td>Unknown <br /> 3rd, semifinal 3</td> <td bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>—</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Phillips_(athlete)" title="Herbert Phillips (athlete)">Herbert Phillips</a></td> <td>Did not finish <br /> —, heat 11</td> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metres" title="Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres">Men's 200 metres</a></td> <td>Heats</td> <td align="left">Edward Duffy</td> <td>Unknown <br /> 2nd, heat 2</td> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_110_metres_hurdles" title="Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles">Men's 110 metre hurdles</a></td> <td>Heats</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Stupart" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas Stupart">Douglas Stupart</a></td> <td>Unknown <br /> 3rd, heat 1</td> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_5_miles" title="Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 5 miles">Men's 5 miles</a></td> <td>4th</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hefferon" title="Charles Hefferon">Charles Hefferon</a></td> <td bgcolor="lightgray">None held</td> <td>Unknown <br /> 2nd, semifinal 1</td> <td>25:44.0 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="5" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_marathon" title="Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon">Men's marathon</a></td> <td bgcolor="silver">2nd</td> <td align="left">Charles Hefferon</td> <td rowspan="5" colspan="2" bgcolor="lightgray">None held</td> <td>2:56:06.0 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="4">—</td> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=J._N._Mitchell-Baker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="J. N. Mitchell-Baker (page does not exist)">J. N. Mitchell-Baker</a></td> <td>Did not finish </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._B._Mole&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. B. Mole (page does not exist)">A. B. Mole</a></td> <td>Did not start </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=C._E._Stevens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C. E. Stevens (page does not exist)">C. E. Stevens</a></td> <td>Did not start </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">Vincent</td> <td>Did not start </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Event</th> <th>Place</th> <th>Athlete</th> <th>Distance </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_triple_jump" title="Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump">Men's triple jump</a></td> <td>10th</td> <td align="left">Douglas Stupart</td> <td>13.40 metres </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cycling">Cycling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Africa_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cycling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cycling_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Event</th> <th>Place</th> <th>Cyclist</th> <th>Heats</th> <th>Semifinals</th> <th>Final </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="4" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Cycling_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_660_yards" title="Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 660 yards">Men's 660 yards</a></td> <td>Semi-<br />finalist</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Floris_Venter" title="Floris Venter">Floris Venter</a></td> <td>1:03.2 <br /> 1st, heat 10</td> <td>Unknown <br /> 4th, semifinal 2</td> <td bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="2">Heats</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/T._H._E._Passmore" class="mw-redirect" title="T. H. E. Passmore">T. H. E. Passmore</a></td> <td>Unknown <br /> 2nd, heat 9</td> <td rowspan="3" colspan="2" bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Philipus_Frylink" class="mw-redirect" title="Philipus Frylink">Philipus Frylink</a></td> <td>Unknown <br /> 3rd, heat 16 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>—</td> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Shore_(cyclist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank Shore (cyclist) (page does not exist)">Frank Shore</a></td> <td>Time limit exceeded <br /> —, heat 5 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="4" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Cycling_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_5000_metres" title="Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres">Men's 5000 metres</a></td> <td rowspan="4">Semi-<br />finalist</td> <td align="left">Philipus Frylink</td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="lightgray">None held</td> <td>Unknown <br /> 3rd, semifinal 3</td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">T. H. E. Passmore</td> <td>Unknown <br /> 4th, semifinal 4 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">Floris Venter</td> <td>Unknown <br /> 4-7, semifinal 7 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">Frank Shore</td> <td>Unknown <br /> 4-9, semifinal 5 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="3" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Cycling_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_20_kilometres" title="Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres">Men's 20 kilometres</a></td> <td rowspan="3">Semi-<br />finalist</td> <td align="left">Floris Venter</td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="lightgray">None held</td> <td>32:34.4 <br /> 3rd, semifinal 2</td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">T. H. E. Passmore</td> <td>32:39.4 <br /> 3rd, semifinal 4 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">Frank Shore</td> <td>33:40.0 <br /> 2nd, semifinal 3 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Cycling_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_kilometres" title="Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kilometres">Men's 100 kilometres</a></td> <td>—</td> <td align="left">T. H. E. Passmore</td> <td bgcolor="lightgray">None held</td> <td>Did not finish <br /> —, semifinal 2</td> <td bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="3" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Cycling_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_sprint" title="Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint">Men's sprint</a></td> <td>Semi-<br />finalist</td> <td align="left">Floris Venter</td> <td>1:33.2 <br /> 1st, heat 2</td> <td>Unknown <br /> 3rd, semifinal 1</td> <td bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>Heats</td> <td align="left">Philipus Frylink</td> <td>Unknown <br /> 2nd, heat 8</td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2" bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>—</td> <td align="left">Frank Shore</td> <td>Time limit exceeded <br /> —, heat 16 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Cycling_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tandem" title="Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem">Men's tandem</a></td> <td>Heats</td> <td align="left">Philipus Frylink <br /> Floris Venter</td> <td>Unknown <br /> 2nd, heat 5</td> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="lightgray">Did not finish </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fencing">Fencing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Africa_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fencing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fencing_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Event</th> <th>Place</th> <th>Fencer</th> <th>First <br /> round</th> <th>Second <br /> round</th> <th>Semi-<br />final</th> <th>Final </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fencing_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e" title="Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's épée">Men's épée</a></td> <td>First <br /> round</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Gates_(fencer)" title="Walter Gates (fencer)">Walter Gates</a></td> <td>3-5 (6th in B)</td> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fencing_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_sabre" title="Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre">Men's sabre</a></td> <td>First <br /> round</td> <td align="left">Walter Gates</td> <td>0-5 (6th in H)</td> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tennis">Tennis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Africa_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tennis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tennis_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Event</th> <th>Place</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Round <br /> of 64</th> <th>Round <br /> of 32</th> <th>Round <br /> of 16</th> <th>Quarter-<br />finals</th> <th>Semi-<br />finals</th> <th>Final </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="3" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tennis_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's singles">Men's singles</a></td> <td>4th</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/John_Richardson_(tennis)" title="John Richardson (tennis)">John Richardson</a></td> <td>Bye</td> <td>Bye</td> <td>Defeated <a href="/wiki/James_Foulkes" class="mw-redirect" title="James Foulkes">Foulkes</a></td> <td>Defeated <a href="/wiki/Claude_Russell-Brown" title="Claude Russell-Brown">Brown</a></td> <td>Lost to <a href="/wiki/Otto_Froitzheim" title="Otto Froitzheim">Froitzheim</a></td> <td bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="2">16th</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Gauntlett" class="mw-redirect" title="Vincent Gauntlett">Vincent Gauntlett</a></td> <td>Bye</td> <td>Lost to <a href="/wiki/Josiah_Ritchie" class="mw-redirect" title="Josiah Ritchie">Ritchie</a></td> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2" bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Kitson" title="Harold Kitson">Harold Kitson</a></td> <td>Bye</td> <td>Lost to <a href="/wiki/George_Caridia" title="George Caridia">Caridia</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tennis_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_doubles" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles">Men's doubles</a></td> <td>4th</td> <td align="left">Vincent Gauntlett <br /> Harold Kitson</td> <td bgcolor="lightgray">None held</td> <td>Bye</td> <td>Defeated <br /> <a href="/wiki/Bohuslav_Hyk%C5%A1" title="Bohuslav Hykš">Hykš</a>/<a href="/wiki/David_Sl%C3%ADva" title="David Slíva">Slíva</a></td> <td>Defeated <br /> <a href="/wiki/Otto_Froitzheim" title="Otto Froitzheim">Froitzheim</a>/<a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Schomburgk" title="Heinrich Schomburgk">Schomburgk</a></td> <td>Lost to <br /> <a href="/wiki/Clement_Cazalet" title="Clement Cazalet">Cazalet</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_Dixon_(tennis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Dixon (tennis)">Dixon</a></td> <td bgcolor="lightgray">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="black"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Opponent nation</th> <th>Wins</th> <th>Losses</th> <th>Percent </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Bohemia_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Bohemia at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Bohemia</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.000 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Canada</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.000 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Germany</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>.500 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Great Britain</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>.000 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" bgcolor="lightgray"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>4</th> <th>4</th> <th>.500 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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