Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair

Men's coxless pairs at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	River Thames
Dates	July 28–31
Competitors	8 from 3 nations
Medalists
Great Britain John Fenning, Gordon Thomson   Great Britain George Fairbairn, Philip Verdon   Canada Norway Jackes, Frederick Toms

Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Single sculls	men
Coxless pairs	men
Coxless fours	men
Eights	men

The men's coxless pairs was one of four rowing events on the Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. 4 pairs from 3 nations competed.

Standings

Place	Bow	Stroke	Nation
1	John Fenning	Gordon Thomson	Great Britain
2	George Fairbairn	Philip Verdon	Great Britain
3	Frederick Toms	Norway Jackes	Canada
	Martin Stahnke	Willy Düskow	Germany

Results

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place	Bow	Stroke	Nation	Time
1	John Fenning	Gordon Thomson	Great Britain	9:46.0
2	Frederick Toms	Norway Jackes	Canada	Unknown

Semifinal 2

Place	Bow	Stroke	Nation	Time
1	George Fairbairn	Philip Verdon	Great Britain	11:05.0
2	Martin Stahnke	Willy Düskow	Germany	Unknown

Final

Place	Bow	Stroke	Nation	Time
1	John Fenning	Gordon Thomson	Great Britain	9:41.0
2	George Fairbairn	Philip Verdon	Great Britain	Unknown

Sources

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Rowing 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 6 May 2006.