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Games of the 4 Olympiad,1908
Begin:
1908-04-27
End:
1908-10-31
Nations:
22
Participants:
2008
Women:
37
Events:
110
City:
London, Great Britain
  • Rome and Milan - both Italy and Berlin, Germany were candidate cities and the 1908 Olympics were awarded to Rome, as Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the IOC President, had wished.
  • However, Vesuvius volcanic eruption in 1906 canceled Italian plans to stage Olympiad.
  • In the same 1906 year London, Great Britain was named the new host city.

London 1908 - Medal Table

56
51
38
23
12
12
8
6
11
5
5
9
3
5
6
3
4
2
3
3
10
2
3
3
2
2
0
1
5
2
1
2
0
1
1
3
0
3
0
0
2
3
0
0
2
0
0
1
Some facts about Games of the 4 Olympiad,1908

  • His Majesty The King Edward VII officially opened the Games of the 4 Olympiad at the new Olympic Stadium with a capacity of 68 thousand people that was built in the shortest terms.
  • First in the Programme of competition of the Summer Olympic games was included winter event - figure skating.
  • Winners of competitions recieved gold medals, the prize diploma and a bunch of oak leaves from Windsor Forest.
  • At a service in St.Paul's Cathedral on Jule, 19 Bishop Ethelbert Talbot of Philadelphia said famous phrase: "The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to participate..."

The 1908 Olympic Games
The 1908 Olympic Games

Poster and Medals