Лёгкая атлетика на Олимпийских играх 1908 года

Athletics at the Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, England, 26 athletics events were contested, all for men only. A total of 79 medals (27 gold, 27 silver, 25 bronze) were awarded. Each nation was allowed to enter up to 12 competitors in most of the events. In the team races (the medley relay and the 3 mile team race), each nation entered one team. The medley relay was run by four athletes, with four alternates allowed. In the 3 mile team race, five athletes from each nation ran with only three counting. The competition was restricted to amateurs, and was held under the rules of the British Amateur Athletic Association.

100 metres 10.8 (10.9) (11.0) 200 metres 22.6 22.6 22.7400 metres 50.0none awardednone awarded800 metres 1:52.8 1:54.2 1:55.21500 metres 4:03.4 4:03.6 4:04.05 miles 25:11.2 25:24.0 25:37.2 Marathon 2:55:18.4 2:56:06.0 2:57:10.4110 metres hurdles 15.0 15.7 15.8400 metres hurdles 55.0 55.3 57.03200 metres steeplechase 10:47.8 10:48.4 11:00.8Medley relay William HamiltonNate CartmellJohn TaylorMel Sheppard3:29.4 Arthur HoffmannHans EickeOtto TrieloffHanns Braun3:32.4 Pál SimonFrigyes WiesnerJózsef NagyÖdön Bodor3:32.53 miles team race William Coales 14:41.6Joe Deakin 14:39.6Arthur Robertson 14:41.06 pts George Bonhag 15:05.0John Eisele 14:41.8Herbert Trube 15:11.019 pts Joseph Dreher 15:40.0Louis de Fleurac 14:56.0Paul Lizandier 15:56.632 pts3500 metres walk 14:55.0 15:07.4 15:43.410 miles walk 1:15:57.4 1:17:31.0 1:21:20.2Long jump 7.48 m 7.09 m 7.08 mTriple jump 14.92 m 14.76 m 14.39 mHigh jump 1.90 m 1.88 m none awarded Pole vault 3.71 m none awarded 3.58 m Standing long jump 3.33 m 3.235 m 3.23 mStanding high jump 1.57 m 1.55 m none awarded Shot put 14.21 m 13.62 m 13.18 mDiscus throw 40.89 m 40.70 m 39.45 mHammer throw 51.92 m 51.18 m 48.51 mJavelin throw 54.83 m 50.57 m 47.11 mGreek discus 37.99 m 37.32 m 36.48 mFreestyle javelin 54.44 m 51.36 m 49.73 m

The 1908 Games were the first to feature race walking, with two different events held. Two different forms of javelin throwing also appeared, introducing the new throwing apparatus to the programme. The 60 metre short sprint was dropped from the programme, as was the middle hurdle distance. Steeplechasing was done at 3200 metres instead of the 2500 metres that had been included at the previous two editions; the team race also had its distance shortened. A short track relay event was added. The multi discipline triathlon and decathlon events that had been held at the 1904 Games were both absent. An event featuring the discus, which had become a staple of Olympic athletics, was held in which throwers had to follow a very specific throwing style. Overall there was one more event on the 1908 programme than there had been in 1904.

446 athletes from 20 nations competed. Argentina and Turkey were the only two nations not to compete in athletics.