Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
Appearance
Men's singles rackets at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Queen's Club | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | April 27–29 | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 6 from 1 nation | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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Singles | men |
Doubles | men |
The men's singles competition was one of two rackets events held as part of the Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.
While nations could enter up to 12 players,[1] only Great Britain had players enter or compete: ten players entered, but only six ultimately competed.
Results[edit]
Bracket[edit]
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
bye | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | w/o [2] | ![]() ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
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bye | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | w/o [6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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bye | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | - [3] | bye [4] | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | - | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | ![]() ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
bye | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | ![]() | w/o [5] | |||||||||||||||||
bye |
References[edit]
- ^ Cook 1908, p. 36.
- ^ Foster failed to appear for the match.
- ^ Browning and Baerlein both withdrew after the draw: the match was scratched.
- ^ Leaf was drawn against the winner of the match between Freddie Browning and Baerlein, but both withdrew.
- ^ Bury withdrew to prepare for the doubles competition.
- ^ The final was scratched and Noel was awarded the gold medal as Leaf was unable to compete due to breaking his hand in the doubles competition.
- 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.