Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two gymnastics events were contested. No nation was successful in winning more than one medal.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's all-around, Individual	Alberto Braglia Italy	Walter Tysall Great Britain	Louis Ségura France
Men's all-around, Team	Sweden (SWE) Gösta Åsbrink Carl Bertilsson Hjalmar Cedercrona Andreas Cervin Rudolf Degermark Carl Folcker Sven Forssman Erik Granfelt Carl Hårleman Nils Hellsten Gunnar Höjer Arvid Holmberg Carl Holmberg Oswald Holmberg Hugo Jahnke John Jarlén Gustaf Johnsson Rolf Johnsson Nils von Kantzow Sven Landberg Olle Lanner Axel Ljung Osvald Moberg Carl Martin Norberg Erik Norberg Tor Norberg Axel Norling Daniel Norling Gösta Olson Leonard Peterson Sven Rosén Gustaf Rosenquist Axel Sjöblom Birger Sörvik Haakon Sörvik Karl Johan Svensson Karl Gustaf Vinqvist Nils Widforss	Norway (NOR) Arthur Amundsen Carl Albert Andersen Otto Authén Hermann Bohne Trygve Bøyesen Oskar Bye Conrad Carlsrud Sverre Grøner Harald Halvorsen Harald Hansen Petter Hol Eugen Ingebretsen Ole Iversen Per Mathias Jespersen Sigge Johannessen Nicolai Kiær Carl Klæth Thor Larsen Rolf Lefdahl Hans Lem Anders Moen Frithjof Olsen Carl Alfred Pedersen Paul Pedersen Sigvard Sivertsen John Skrataas Harald Smedvik Andreas Strand Olaf Syvertsen Thomas Thorstensen	Finland (FIN) Eino Forsström Otto Granström Johan Kemp Iivari Kyykoski Heikki Lehmusto John Lindroth Yrjö Linko Edvard Linna Matti Markkanen Kaarlo Mikkolainen Veli Nieminen Kaarlo Kustaa Paasia Arvi Pohjanpää Aarne Pohjonen Eino Railio Heikki Riipinen Arno Saarinen Einar Werner Sahlstein Aarne Salovaara Karl Sandelin Elis Sipilä Viktor Smeds Kaarlo Soinio Kurt Enoch Stenberg Väinö Tiiri Magnus Wegelius

Participating nations

A total of 327 gymnasts from 14 nations competed at the London Games:

Belgium (2)
Bohemia (2)
Canada (2)
Denmark (24)
Finland (31)
France (60)
Germany (11)
Great Britain (65)
Hungary (6)
Italy (32)
Netherlands (23)
Norway (30)
Sweden (38)
Turkey (1)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
1	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
3	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
3	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
5	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
5	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1

Sources

Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
De Wael, Herman (2001). "Gymnastics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 2 May 2006.

Events at the 1908 Summer Olympics (London)

Archery Athletics Boxing Cycle polo (unofficial) Cycling Diving Fencing Figure skating Football Gymnastics Field hockey Jeu de paume Lacrosse Polo Rackets Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting Swimming Tennis Tug of war Water motorsports Water polo Wrestling

Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics

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List of medalists men women List of venues

Coordinates: 51°30′49″N 0°13′39″E / 51.5136°N 0.2274°E / 51.5136; 0.2274

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