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'''Australasia''' was the name of a combined team from [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] that competed at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], United Kingdom. It was the fourth appearance of Australia, which had not missed any edition of the [[Summer Olympic Games]], and the first appearance of New Zealand. The two would compete together again as [[Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics]] before competing separately at every edition of the Summer Games since. In 1908 there were three New Zealanders, [[Harry Kerr (racewalker)|Harry Kerr]], [[Henry Murray (athlete)|Henry Murray]] and [[Albert Rowland]] (a fourth New Zealander, hurdler [[Arthur Halligan]], competed for [[Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics#Running|Great Britain]]);<ref name=Heidenstrom>Heidenstrom, P. (1992) ''Athletes of the Century.'' Wellington: GP Publications</ref> all other competitors were Australian. There were 30 competitors for Australasia who competed in 20 events in six sports.<ref>{{Cite sports-reference |title = Australasia at the 1908 London Summer Games |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ANZ/summer/1908/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050318/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ANZ/summer/1908/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 11 May 2017 }}</ref> A further two competitors, who were to compete in tennis, did not play as their nominations failed to reach the organisers.
'''Australasia''' was the name of a combined team from [[Australia]] and [[Dominion of New Zealand|New Zealand]] that competed at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], United Kingdom. It was the fourth appearance of Australia, which had not missed any edition of the [[Summer Olympic Games]], and the first appearance of New Zealand. The two would compete together again as [[Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics]] before competing separately at every edition of the Summer Games since. In 1908 there were three New Zealanders, [[Harry Kerr (racewalker)|Harry Kerr]], [[Henry Murray (athlete)|Henry Murray]] and [[Albert Rowland]] (a fourth New Zealander, hurdler [[Arthur Halligan]], competed for [[Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics#Running|Great Britain]]);<ref name=Heidenstrom>Heidenstrom, P. (1992) ''Athletes of the Century.'' Wellington: GP Publications</ref> all other competitors were Australian. There were 30 competitors for Australasia who competed in 20 events in six sports.<ref>{{Cite sports-reference |title = Australasia at the 1908 London Summer Games |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ANZ/summer/1908/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050318/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ANZ/summer/1908/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 11 May 2017 }}</ref> A further two competitors, who were to compete in tennis, did not play as their nominations failed to reach the organisers.


==Medallists==
==Medallists==
{{further information|1908 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 1908 Summer Olympics medal winners}}
{{further information|1908 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 1908 Summer Olympics medal winners}}


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==Athletics==
==Results by event==
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}

===Athletics===
{{main article|Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics}}


'''Track & road events'''
Australasia's best athletics result, and only medal, was [[Harry Kerr (racewalker)|Harry Kerr]]'s bronze medal in the 3500 metre walk.
{| class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

|-
{| class=wikitable
!rowspan=2|Athlete
! Event || Place || Athlete || Heats || Semifinals || Final
!rowspan=2|Event
|- bgcolor=black
!colspan=2|Heat
| || || || || ||
!colspan=2|Semifinal
|- align=center
!colspan=2|Final
|align=left| [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|Men's 800 metres]] ||| Semi-<br>finalist ||align=left| [[Harvey Sutton]] || bgcolor=lightgray| None held || Unknown <br> 4th, semifinal 8 ||bgcolor=lightgray| Did not advance
|-style=font-size:95%
|- align=center
!Time
|- bgcolor=black
!Rank
| || || || || ||
!Time
|- align=center
!Rank
|rowspan=2 align=left| [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|Men's 1500 metres]] || Semi-<br>finalist ||align=left| [[Joseph Lynch (athlete)|Joseph Lynch]] || Unknown <br> 5th, semifinal 2 ||rowspan=2 colspan=2 bgcolor=lightgray| Did not advance
!Time
|- align=center
!Rank
| — ||align=left| [[Charles Swain (athlete)|Charles Swain]] || Did not finish <br> —, semifinal 3
|-
|- bgcolor=black
|align=left|[[Harvey Sutton]]
| || || || || ||
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|- align=center
|2:00.0
|align=left| [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|Men's 110 metre hurdles]] || Heats ||align=left| [[Henry St Aubyn Murray]] || Unknown <br> 2nd, heat 1 ||colspan=2 bgcolor=lightgray| Did not advance
|3
|- bgcolor=black
|colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| || || || || ||
|colspan=2|did not advance
|- align=center
|-
|align=left| [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|Men's 400 metre hurdles]] || Heats ||align=left| Henry St Aubyn Murray || Unknown <br> 2nd, heat 3 ||colspan=2 bgcolor=lightgray| Did not advance
|align=left|[[Joseph Lynch (athlete)|Joseph Lynch]]
|- bgcolor=black
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
| || || || || ||
|Unknown
|- align=center
|5
|rowspan=2 align=left| [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 5 miles|Men's 5 miles]] || Semi-<br>finalist ||align=left| [[George Blake (athlete)|George Blake]] ||rowspan=2 bgcolor=lightgray| None held || Unknown <br> 3rd, semifinal 1 ||rowspan=2 bgcolor=lightgray| Did not advance
|colspan=2 {{N/A}}
|- align=center
|colspan=2|did not advance
| — ||align=left| Joseph Lynch || Did not finish <br> —, semifinal 5
|-
|- bgcolor=black
|align=left|[[Charles Swain (athlete)|Charles Swain]]
| || || || || ||
|colspan=2|did not finish
|- align=center
|colspan=2 {{N/A}}
|rowspan=3 align=left| [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Men's marathon]] ||rowspan=3| — ||align=left| [[Victor Aitken]] ||rowspan=3 colspan=2 bgcolor=lightgray| None held || Did not finish
|colspan=2|did not advance
|- align=center
|-
|align=left| George Blake || Did not finish
|align=left|[[George Blake (athlete)|George Blake]]
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 5 miles|5 miles]]
|align=left| Joseph Lynch || Did not finish
|Unknown
|- bgcolor=black
|3
| || || || || ||
|colspan=2 {{N/A}}
|- align=center
|colspan=2|did not advance
|rowspan=2 align=left| [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 3500 metres walk|Men's 3500 metre walk]] ||bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd ||align=left| [[Harry Kerr (racewalker)|Harry Kerr]] ||rowspan=2 bgcolor=lightgray| None held || 16:02.2 <br> 2nd, semifinal 1 || 15:43.4
|-
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Joseph Lynch (athlete)|Joseph Lynch]]
| 5th ||align=left| [[Albert Rowland]] || 16:08.6 <br> 3rd, semifinal 3 || 16:07.0
|colspan=2|did not finish
|- bgcolor=black
|colspan=2 {{N/A}}
| || || || || ||
|colspan=2|did not advance
|- align=center
|-
|rowspan=2 align=left| [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 miles walk|Men's 10 mile walk]] || 8th ||align=left| Harry Kerr ||rowspan=2 bgcolor=lightgray| None held || 1:18:40.2 <br> 3rd, semifinal 2 || Did not start
|align=left|[[Henry Murray (athlete)|Henry Murray]]
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]
| 11th ||align=left| Albert Rowland || 1:21:57.6 <br> 5th, semifinal 1 ||bgcolor=lightgray| Did not advance
|16.3
|- bgcolor=black
|2
| || || || || ||
|colspan=4|did not advance
|-
|align=left|[[Henry Murray (athlete)|Henry Murray]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|59.8
|2
|colspan=4|did not advance
|-
|align=left|[[Victor Aitken]]
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]]
|colspan=4 {{N/A}}
|colspan=2|did not finish
|-
|align=left|[[George Blake (athlete)|George Blake]]
|colspan=4 {{N/A}}
|colspan=2|did not finish
|-
|align=left|[[Joseph Lynch (athlete)|Joseph Lynch]]
|colspan=4 {{N/A}}
|colspan=2|did not finish
|-
|align=left|[[Harry Kerr (racewalker)|Harry Kerr]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 3500 metres walk|3500 m walk]]
|16:02.2
|2 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{N/A}}
|15:43.4
|{{bronze03}}
|-
|align=left|[[Albert Rowland]]
|16:08.6
|3 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{N/A}}
|16:07.0
|5
|-
|align=left|[[Harry Kerr (racewalker)|Harry Kerr]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 miles walk|10 miles walk]]
|1:18:40.2
|3 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{N/A}}
|colspan=2|did not start
|-
|align=left|[[Albert Rowland]]
|1:21:57.6
|5
|colspan=2 {{N/A}}
|colspan=2|did not advance
|}
|}


'''Field events'''
{| class=wikitable
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
! Event || Place || Athlete || Height
|-
|- bgcolor=black
!rowspan=2|Athlete
| || || ||
!rowspan=2|Event
|- align=center
!colspan=2|Final
|align=left| [[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's standing high jump|Men's standing high jump]] || 19–23 ||align=left| [[Ernest Hutcheon]] || Unknown
|-style=font-size:95%
|- bgcolor=black
!Distance
| || || ||
!Position
|-
|align=left|[[Ernest Hutcheon]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's standing high jump|Men's standing high jump]]
|Unknown
|19-23
|}
|}


===Boxing===
==Boxing==
{{main article|Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics}}


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Australasia had one boxer in 1908, the middleweight [[Snowy Baker]]. He took the silver medal, and was the only non-British boxer to win a bout.

{| class=wikitable
! Weight <br> class || Place || Boxer || Round <br> of 16 || Quarter-<br>finals || Semi-<br>finals || Final
|- bgcolor=black
| || || || || || ||
|- align=center
|align=left| [[Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Middleweight|Middleweight]] <br> Up to 158 pounds ||bgcolor=silver| 2nd ||align=left| [[Snowy Baker]] || Defeated [[William Dees|Dees]] <br> KO, 2nd round || Defeated [[William Childs (boxer)|William Childs]] <br> 2–0 decision || Defeated [[William Philo|Philo]] <br> KO, 1st round || Lost to [[Johnny Douglas|Douglas]] <br> 2–1 decision
|- bgcolor=black
| || || || || || ||
|}

{| class=wikitable
! Opponent nation || Wins || Losses || Percent
|- align=center
|align=left| [[Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] || 3 || 1 || .750
|-
|colspan=4 bgcolor=lightgray|
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
! Total || 3 || 1 || .750
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Snowy Baker]]'''
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Middleweight|Middleweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[William J. Dees|Dees]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br />'''W''' {{Abbr|KO|Knockout}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[William Child (boxer)|Child]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br />'''W'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[William Philo|Philo]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br />'''W'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Johnny Douglas|Douglas]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1-2
|{{silver02}}
|}
|}


===Diving===
==Diving==
{{main article|Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics}}


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
Baker, the silver medal-winning middleweight boxer, also dove in the springboard event, placing 22nd of 23 overall.
|-

!rowspan=2|Athlete
{| class=wikitable
!rowspan=2|Event
! Event || Place || Diver || Preliminary <br> groups || Semi-<br>finals || Final
!colspan=2|Preliminary Round
|- bgcolor=black
!colspan=2|Semifinal
| || || || || ||
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
|- align=center
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Snowy Baker]]
|align=left| [[Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard|Men's 3 metre springboard]] || 22nd ||align=left| [[Snowy Baker]] || 61.30 points <br> 6th, group 4 ||colspan=2 bgcolor=lightgray| Did not advance
|align=left|[[Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]
|- bgcolor=black
|61.3
| || || || || ||
|6
|colspan=4|did not advance
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 15:20, 5 July 2024

Australasia at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Australasian Olympic Flag
IOC codeANZ
in London, United Kingdom
27 April – 31 October 1908
Competitors30 in 6 sports
Flag bearerHenry St Aubyn Murray
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Australien (1896–1904, 1920–)
 Neuseeland (1920–)

Australasia was the name of a combined team from Australia and New Zealand that competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. It was the fourth appearance of Australia, which had not missed any edition of the Summer Olympic Games, and the first appearance of New Zealand. The two would compete together again as Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics before competing separately at every edition of the Summer Games since. In 1908 there were three New Zealanders, Harry Kerr, Henry Murray and Albert Rowland (a fourth New Zealander, hurdler Arthur Halligan, competed for Great Britain);[1] all other competitors were Australian. There were 30 competitors for Australasia who competed in 20 events in six sports.[2] A further two competitors, who were to compete in tennis, did not play as their nominations failed to reach the organisers.

Medallists

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Further information: 1908 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1908 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Australia national rugby union team
 Rugby union October 26
 Silver Snowy Baker (AUS) Boxing Middleweight October 27
 Silver Frank Beaurepaire (AUS) Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle July 16
 Bronze Harry Kerr (NZL) Athletics Men's 3500 m walk July 14
 Bronze Frank Beaurepaire (AUS) Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle July 25

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Track & road events

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Zeit Rank Zeit Rank Zeit Rank
Harvey Sutton 800 m 2:00.0 3 — did not advance
Joseph Lynch 1500 m Unknown 5 — did not advance
Charles Swain did not finish — did not advance
George Blake 5 miles Unknown 3 — did not advance
Joseph Lynch did not finish — did not advance
Henry Murray 110 m hurdles 16.3 2 did not advance
Henry Murray 400 m hurdles 59.8 2 did not advance
Victor Aitken Marathon — did not finish
George Blake — did not finish
Joseph Lynch — did not finish
Harry Kerr 3500 m walk 16:02.2 2 Q — 15:43.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Albert Rowland 16:08.6 3 Q — 16:07.0 5
Harry Kerr 10 miles walk 1:18:40.2 3 Q — did not start
Albert Rowland 1:21:57.6 5 — did not advance

Field events

Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Ernest Hutcheon Men's standing high jump Unknown 19-23

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Snowy Baker Middleweight  Dees (GBR)
W KO 		 Child (GBR)
W 		 Philo (GBR)
W 		 Douglas (GBR)
L 1-2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Preliminary Round Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Snowy Baker 3 m springboard 61.3 6 did not advance

Rugby

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Main article: Rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Australasia won the only rugby union match played in 1908 against Great Britain, earning the gold medal. The Australasian representative was the Australia national team.

1908 Olympic Gold Final: Australasia v Great Britain
Event Place Players Final
Men's rugby union 1st Phil Carmichael, Charles Russell, Daniel Carroll, John Hickey, Francis Bede-Smith,
Chris McKivat, Arthur McCabe, Thomas Griffen, John "Jumbo" Barnett, Patrick McCue,
Sydney Middleton, Tom Richards, Malcolm McArthur, Charles McMurtrie, Bob Craig		 Won vs.
Great Britain
32–3

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Shooter Score
Men's stationary target small-bore rifle 16th William Hill 354
Men's moving target small-bore rifle — William Hill Did not finish
Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle 18th William Hill 36

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Swimmer Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 100 metre freestyle Semi-
finalist		 Frank Beaurepaire 1:11.6
1st, heat 3		 Unknown
4th, semifinal 1		 Did not advance
Heats Theo Tartakover Unknown
2nd, heat 1		 Did not advance
Edward Cooke Unknown
3–4, heat 6
Men's 400 metre freestyle 2nd Frank Beaurepaire 5:49.2
1st, heat 4		 5:44.0
1st, semifinal 1		 5:44.2
Semi-
finalist		 Theo Tartakover 6:35.0
1st, heat 3		 Did not start
—, semifinal 1		 Did not advance
Heats Frank Springfield 5:57.4
2nd, heat 6		 Did not advance
Men's 1500 metre freestyle 3rd Frank Beaurepaire 23:45.8
1st, heat 2		 23:25.4
2nd, semifinal 1		 22:56.2
Heats Frederick Springfield 24:52.4
2nd, heat 4		 Did not advance
Men's 200 metre breaststroke — Edward Cooke Did not finish
—, heat 5		 Did not advance
Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 4th Frank Beaurepaire
Frederick Springfield
Snowy Baker
Theo Tartakover		 None held 11:35.0
1st, semifinal 1		 Unknown

Tennis

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Les Poidevin and Anthony Wilding (who were partners in the 1906 Davis Cup preliminary round at Newport) were nominated for the Australasian team by the Australasian Lawn Tennis Association, but their nominations failed to reach the organisers. So the pair watched the "small, impoverished and out of place" Australasian contingent alongside the "tailored splendour" of some European teams. Although many leading tennis players bypassed the Olympic tournament (which followed almost immediately after Wimbledon) and his goal had been Wimbledon, Wilding regretted the missed opportunity and endorsed his mother's summing up of the administrative bungling: "seems very careless of them & very annoying".[3]

References

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  1. ^ Heidenstrom, P. (1992) Athletes of the Century. Wellington: GP Publications
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Australasia at the 1908 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. ^ Richardson, Len; Richardson, Shelley (2005). Anthony Wilding, A Sporting Life. Canterbury: Canterbury University Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-877257-01-8.
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Sources

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  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2006.
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