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Team All-Around, Men

Date14 – 16 July 1908 — 14:30-16:45
StatusOlympic
LocationWhite City Stadium, London
Participants255 from 8 countries
FormatVoluntary mass exercises of teams between 16 and 40 gymnasts. Time limit for exercise 30 minutes. Team possible 480 points.

This event was somewhat like a scored gymnastics team exhibition, as teams could consist of between 16 and 40 gymnasts who performed voluntary mass exercises for up to 30 minutes. Despite that, the Great Britain roster contains 46 names. However, extensive research has failed to establish how many actually competed. It is further felt that some of the listed athletes were actually officials, who may well have competed and officiated at the same time.

Teams could score up to a maximum of 480 points. In this era there was a battle over the best system of gymnastics to be used to promote health. The two main systems were the German turnverein system promoted originally by Johannes Guts-Muths and Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, and the Swedish system of calisthenics and exercises, which was founded by Pehr Henrik Ling and was much less rigidly formatted. The 1908 team all-around was performed using the Swedish system and it is not surprising that Sweden won the gold medal, nor that their Scandinavian neighbors, Norway and Finland won the silver and bronze medal.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCTP
1SwedenSWE438Gold
Gösta ÅsbrinkCarl BertilssonHjalmar CedercronaAndreas CervinRudolf DegermarkCarl FolckerSven ForssmanErik GranfeltCarl HårlemanNils HellstenGunnar HöjerOswald HolmbergCarl HolmbergArvid HolmbergHugo JahnkeJohan JarlénGustaf JohnssonRolf JohnssonSven LandbergOlle LannerAxel LjungOsvald MobergTor NorbergErik NorbergCarl Martin NorbergAxel NorlingDaniel NorlingGustaf OlsonLeonard PetersonSven RosénGustaf RosenquistAxel SjöblomHaakon SörvikBirger SörvikKarl-Johan SvenssonKarl-Gustaf VingqvistNils, Baron von KantzowNils Widforss
2NorwayNOR425Silver
Arthur AmundsenCarl Albert AndersenOtto AuthénHermann BohneTrygve BøyesenOskar ByeConrad CarlsrudSverre GrønerHarald HalvorsenHarald HansenPeter HolEugen IngebretsenOle IversenPer JespersenSigurd JohannessenNicolai KiærCarl KlæthThor LarsenRolf LefdahlHans LemAnders MoenFrithjof OlsenPaul PedersenCarl Alfred PedersenSigvard SivertsenJohn SkrataasHarald SmedvikAndreas StrandOlaf SyvertsenThomas Thorstensen
3FinlandFIN405Bronze
Eino ForsströmOtto GranströmJohan KempIivari KyykoskiHeikki LehmustoJohn LindrothYrjö LinkoEdvard LinnaMatti MarkkanenKalle MikkolainenVeli NieminenKalle Kustaa PaasiaArvi PohjanpääAarne PohjonenEino RailioAle RiipinenArno SaarinenEinar SahlsteinAarne SalovaaraTorsten SandelinElis SipiläViktor SmedsKaarlo SoinioKurt StenbergVäinö TiiriMagnus Wegelius
4DenmarkDEN378
Carl C. AndersenHans BredmoseJens ChievitzIngvardt HansenChristian HansenArvor HansenEinar HermannPoul HolmKnud HolmOluf Husted-NielsenGorm JensenCharles JensenHendrik JohansenHarald KlemRobert MadsenVigo Meulengracht MadsenLukas NielsenOluf OlssonNiels PetersenNicolai PhilipsenViktor RasmussenHenrik RasmussenMarius ThuesenNiels Turin
5FranceFRA319
Léon BogartAlbert BorizéeNicolas ConstantCharles CourtoisHenri DebreyneLouis DelattreLouis DelescluseAlfred DelescluseGeorges DemarleJoseph DerouCharles DesmarcheliersCamille DesmarcheliersÉdmond DharancyGeorges DonnetÉmile DuhamelAlbert DuponchellePaul DurinAlphonse EggremontGeorges GuiotLéon HennebicqueHubert HubertDésiré HudeloEdmond LabitteLouis LéstienneRaimond LisVictor MagnierGeorges NysLouis PoppeJoseph ParentAlphonse PinoyVictor PolidoriGustave PottierLouis SandrayÉdouard SchmollÉmile SteffeÉmile VercruysseHugo VerginErnest VicogneJules WalméeGustave Warlouzet
6ItalyITA316
Alfredo AccorsiUmberto AglioriniNemo AgodiAdriano AndreaniVincenzo BloGiovanni BonatiPietro BorsettiFlaminio BottoniAdamo BozzaniBruto BuozziGastone CalabresiCarlo CeladaTito CollevatiAntonio CotichiniGuido CristoforiStanislao Di ChiaraGiovanni GasperiniAmedeo MarchiCarlo MarchiandiEttore MassariRoberto NardiniDecio PavaniGaetano PretiGino RavennaMassimo RidolfiUgo SavonuzziGustavo TaddiaGiannetto TermaniniGioacchino Vaccari
7NetherlandsNED297
Cornelus BeckerMichel BietReinier BlomJan BoltEmanuel BrouwerJan de BoerAbraham d'OliveiraJohann FlemerJohannes GöckelIsidore GoudeketDirk JanssenJan KieftSalomon KonijnAbraham MokJohannes PosthumusJohan SchmittJonas SlierJohannes StikkelmanHendricus ThijsenConstantijn van DaalenHerman van LeeuwenGerardus Wesling
8Great BritainGBR196
Percy BakerWilliam BarrellBob BonneyHenry CattleyMellor ClayEdward CloughJames CotterellWilliam CowhigGeorge CullenFrank DenbyBert DruryW. FittHarry GillArthur HarleyAlbert HawkinsWalter HoareJ. A. HorridgeHenry HuskinsonJ. W. JonesEdward JusticeNorman TathamRobert LaycockW. ManningRobert McGawJohn McPhailW. G. MerrifieldCharles OldakerTom ParkinG. ParrottE. ParsonsEdward RichardsonIrven RobertshawGeorge RossDavid ScottJ. F. SimpsonWalter SkeelesJoshua SpeightBertie StellCharles SedermanWilliam TittCharles VigursEnos WaltonH. WatermanEdgar WatkinsJohn WhitakerF. Whitaker