Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team
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The men's team was one of two gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.
| Men's team gymnastics at the Games of the IV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | White City Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | July 14–16 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 254 from 8 nations | |||||||||
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Competition format
editEach team was composed of between 16 and 40 gymnasts, with a time limit of 30 minutes for the performance. Free gymnastics and hand apparati were allowed. There were three judges for each performance, each giving a score of up to 160 divided as follows: 40 points for "appearance and march of the competitors," 60 points for "precision of movement, style, etc.," and 60 points for "physiological and rational combination of the exercises executed."[1] The judges' scores were summed. A total of 480 points was possible.[2]
Results
edit| Place | Nation | Score |
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| 1 |  Sweden |
438 |
| 2 |  Norway |
425 |
| 3 |  Finland |
405 |
| 4 |  Denmark |
378 |
| 5 |  France |
319 |
| 6 |  Italy |
316 |
| 7 |  Netherlands |
297 |
| 8 |  Great Britain |
196 |
Team rosters
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References
edit- ^ Official Report, p. 488.
- ^ "Gymnastics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Team All-Around". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ This competitor is missing from the IOC medal database but is shown in the official report for this Games as V. E. Turi.
Sources
edit- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Gymnastics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 23 February 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2006.