Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gymnast Event Score Rank
S. Walter Tysall Men 's all-around 312
Samuel Hodgetts Men 's all-around 266 6
Edward Potts Men 's all-around 252.5 9
George Bailey Men 's all-around 246 12
Franklin Dick Men 's all-around 233.5 16
Arthur Hodges Men 's all-around 252.5 16
William Watters Men 's all-around 225.5 23
James Graham Men 's all-around 225 24
Joseph Cook Men 's all-around 213 31
G. Meade Men 's all-around 205 37
E. Dyson Men 's all-around 195.5 42
Sidney Domville Men 's all-around 193.75 45
Robert Hanley Men 's all-around 193.5 46
John Watters Men 's all-around 187.5 48
William Fergus Men 's all-around 183.5 51
Edmund Aspinall Men 's all-around 177 56
C. H. Smith Men 's all-around 171.5 58
Oliver Bauscher Men 's all-around 149.5 73
A. V. Ford Men 's all-around 141.5 79
Leonard Hanson Men 's all-around 121 85
Results by event -- Gymnastics
Main article : Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed as the host nation of the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The British Olympic Association was the National Olympic Committee responsible for organizing the United Kingdom's representation. At the time British athletes competed under the team name United Kingdom. The British team comprised 676 competitors. A number of Irish athletes boycotted the games in protest at British refusals to grant Irish Home Rule. During the opening ceremony, American athletes did not dip their flag to the British royalty in support of the Irish boycott, a tradition the U.S. continues to this day. It was the fourth appearance of the country, which has not missed any of the Summer Olympic Games. The country finished in the Olympic table in first place for the first and only time in its history. The Men's field hockey on the 31st of October is the last time that Great Britain swept the medal podium at an Olympics, as of 2016.