Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Men's football at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||
Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||
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Dates | October 19–20 (quarterfinals) October 22 (semifinals) October 23 (bronze match) October 24 (final) | ||||||
Competitors | 72 from 5 nations | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, an official football tournament between national representative selections was contested for the first time: football at the two previous games had been played between club teams. Eight teams entered (including two from France), although Hungary and Bohemia withdrew before the start. Denmark's Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen set a record by scoring 10 goals in a 17-1 win against France. Great Britain won the gold. Among those representing the Danish team was the famous mathematician Harald Bohr.
Venue
The matches were held at White City Stadium in London.
Medal table
Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
— | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tournament | Great Britain | Denmark | Netherlands |
Squads
- Main article: Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads
Final tournament
Quarter-finals
19 October 1908 |
Denmark | 9–0 | France B |
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N. Middelboe 10', 49' Wolfhagen 15', 17', 67', 72' Bohr 25', 47' S. Nielsen 78' |
Report |
20 October 1908 |
Great Britain | 12–1 | Sweden |
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Stapley 15', ??' Woodward ??', ??' Berry ??' Chapman ??' Purnell ??', ??', ??', ??' Hawkes ??', ??' |
Report | Bergström 65' |
Semi-finals
22 October 1908 |
Denmark | 17–1 | France |
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S. Nielsen 3', 4', 6', 39', 46', 48', 52', 64', 66', 76' Lindgren 18', 37' Wolfhagen 60', 72', 82', 89' N. Middelboe 68' |
Report | Sartorius 16' |
Bronze medal match
The French were so shocked by their humiliating 17-1 defeat against Denmark that they declined to play for the bronze medal; therefore, the Netherlands played Sweden for third place.[1]
Gold medal match
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 11 goals
- Sophus Nielsen (Denmark)
- 8 goals
- Vilhelm Wolfhagen (Denmark)
- 6 goals
- Harold Stapley (Great Britain)
- 4 goals
- Clyde Purnell (Great Britain)
- 3 goals
- Nils Middelboe (Denmark)
- Vivian Woodward (Great Britain)
- 2 goals
- Harald Bohr (Denmark)
- August Lindgren (Denmark)
- Frederick Chapman (Great Britain)
- Robert Hawkes (Great Britain)
- 1 goal
- Émile Sartorius (France)
- Arthur Berry (Great Britain)
- Jops Reeman (Netherlands)
- Edu Snethlage (Netherlands)
- Gustaf Bergström (Sweden)
Goalkeeping
Place | Name | Nation | Goals allowed | Games | GAA |
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1 | Horace Bailey | Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 0.33 |
2 | Ludvig Drescher | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 1.00 |
3 | Reinier Beeuwkes | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 2.00 |
4 | Oskar Bengtsson | Sweden | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
5 | Fernand Desrousseaux | France B | 9 | 1 | 9.00 |
6 | Maurice Tillette | France | 17 | 1 | 17.00 |
Sources
- ↑ IFFHS
- ↑ The official report states that the score was 2-1. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf "Holland and Sweden also played for the consolation stakes, and Holland scored two goals to one from Sweden, who were rather unlucky in not getting a second."
- ↑ "Netherlands 2 Sweden 0 (Match summary)". www.footballdatabase.eu. 23 October 1908. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Football 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 2 May 2006.
- Reyes, Macario (2001). "IV. Olympiad London 1908 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 May 2006.
- "Olympic Tournament, 1908 London". IFFHS. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Association football at the 1908 Summer Olympics. |
- Olympic Football Tournament London 1908, FIFA.com
- IFFHS (archive)
- Games of the IV. Olympiad on RSSSF
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