Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Rackets at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venues	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Dates	April 27-May 1
Competitors	7 from 1 nation

Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Singles		men
Doubles		men

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two rackets events were contested. Only British players participated in the competitions.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Evan Noel (GBR)	Henry Leaf (GBR)	John Jacob Astor (GBR)
			Henry Brougham (GBR)
Men's doubles	Vane Pennell and John Jacob Astor (GBR)	Edmund Bury and Cecil Browning (GBR)	Evan Noel and Henry Leaf (GBR)

Participating nations

A total of seven rackets players from only one nation competed at the London Games:

• Great Britain (7)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	2	2	3	7

See also

• List of Olympic venues in discontinued events

References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• 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.