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Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's double York round

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Men's double York round
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Gold medalist William Dod in competition during the men's double York round.
VenueWhite City Stadium
Dates17–18 July
Competitors27 from 3 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) William Dod  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Reginald Brooks-King  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henry B. Richardson  United States
← 1904

The men's double York round was one of three archery events on the archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Arrows were shot in ends, or groups, of three. The archers shot a total of 288 arrows each over the two rounds of 144. The competition was held on Friday, 17 July and Saturday, 18 July, with one round each day. The archers had to contend with significant rain and wind on the first day and gusts of wind on the second.[1][2]

William Dod won the competition to best his sister Lottie Dod's result; she won the silver medal in the women's competition. Dod's victory was "pretty clear" by the end of the 80-yard portion of the second round, with him having established a significant lead with only 24 arrows left at 60 yards.[3] The United States' only archer won a bronze medal in this competition, preventing Great Britain from sweeping this event as they did the women's competition and France did the Continental-style event. Henry B. Richardson had the best single-round score of the competition (417 in the second round) but had been well behind the leaders after the first round.[4] Despite starting the second day 50 points behind Reginald Brooks-King, Richardson nearly caught the other man for second place with 3 arrows remaining (down only 1 point, 749 to 748) before Brooks-King pulled away again on the last end, 19–12, for a "close and exciting finish."[3] Ten French archers competed in the York round, though none did better than 16th place.

Twenty-seven archers from three nations competed. Five additional archers (4 from France, 1 from the United States) entered but did not start.[5] NOCs were limited to 30 competitors each, though none came close to this maximum.[6]

Background

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This was the second and final appearance of the event, which was previously held in 1904.[7]

Dod was not favoured.[7] Reginald Brooks-King had won five British national titles since 1900 (1900, 1902, 1903, 1906, and 1908), with John Penrose, John Bridges, Eyre Hussey (not competing at the London Games), and Hugh Nesham each taking one of the remaining four.[7]

Competition format

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Each round consisted of 72 arrows at 100 yards (91 m), 48 arrows at 80 yards (73 m), and 24 arrows at 60 yards (55 m). Three arrows were shot per end. Each hit was worth 9, 7, 5, 3, or 1 points depending on which ring was hit; an arrow touching two rings would count as hitting the higher value. Ties were broken first by number of hits, then by score at the longest range (100 yards), then by hits at the longest range.[8]

Schedule

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The double York round event was held on the first two days of the archery schedule, along with the women's double National round.[9]

Legend
F Final
Event 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July
Men's double York round F
Men's Continental style F
Women's double National round F

Results

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Rank Archer Nation Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) William Dod  Great Britain 815
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Reginald Brooks-King  Great Britain 768
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henry B. Richardson  United States 760
4 John Penrose  Great Britain 709
5 John Bridges  Great Britain 687
6 Harold James  Great Britain 652
7 Theodore Robinson  Great Britain 647
8 Hugh Nesham  Great Britain 643
9 John Keyworth  Great Britain 622
10 Charles Keene  Great Britain 543
11 Capel Pownall  Great Britain 532
12 John Stopford  Great Britain 530
13 Robert Backhouse  Great Britain 516
14 Robert Heathcote  Great Britain 476
15 Geoffrey Cornewall  Great Britain 430
16 Henri Berton  France 425
17 Eugène Richez  France 418
18 Charles Coates  Great Britain 413
19 Eugène Grisot  France 410
20 Louis Vernet  France 385
21 Richard Bagnall-Oakeley  Great Britain 374
22 Louis-Albert Salingré  France 347
23 Albert Dauchez  France 280
24 Charles Quervel  France 241
25 Édouard Beaudoin  France 215
26 Gustave Cabaret  France 191
27 Alfred Poupart  France 36 (DNF)

References

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  1. ^ Official Report, pp. 100–01.
  2. ^ "Archery at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Double York Round". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b Official Report, p. 101.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 103.
  5. ^ Official Report, p. 105.
  6. ^ Official Report, p. 33.
  7. ^ a b c "Double York Round, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  8. ^ Official Report, pp. 413–14.
  9. ^ "Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

Sources

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  • Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
  • De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Archery 1908". Accessed 8 April 2006. Available electronically at [1] Archived 29 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine.