The men's team was one of two gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.
Competition format
Each 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."Official Report, p. 488. The judges' scores were summed. A total of 480 points was possible.
Results
Place Nation Score 1 438 2 425 3 405 4 378 5 319 6 316 7 297 8 196
Team rosters
Sweden
Gösta Åsbrink Carl Bertilsson Hjalmar Cedercrona Andreas Cervin Rudolf Degermark Carl Folcker Sven Forssman Erik Granfelt Carl Hårleman Nils Hellsten Gunnar Höjer Arvid Holmberg Carl Holmberg Oswald Holmberg Hugo Jahnke John Jarlén Gustaf Johnsson (later Weidel) Rolf Johnsson Nils von Kantzow Sven Landberg Olle Lanner Axel Ljung Osvald Moberg Carl Martin Norberg Erik Norberg Tor Norberg Axel Norling Daniel Norling Gösta Olson Leonard Peterson Sven Rosén Gustaf Rosenquist Axel Sjöblom Birger Sörvik Haakon Sörvik Karl Johan Svensson Karl Gustaf Vinqvist Nils Widforss
Norway
Arthur Amundsen Carl Albert Andersen Otto Authén Hermann Bohne Trygve Bøyesen Oskar Bye Conrad Carlsrud Sverre Grøner Harald Halvorsen Harald Hansen Petter Hol Eugen Ingebretsen Ole Iversen Per Mathias Jespersen Sigurd Johannessen Nicolai Kiær Carl Klæth Thor Larsen Rolf Lefdahl Hans Lem Anders Moen Frithjof Olsen Carl Alfred Pedersen Paul Pedersen Sigvard Sivertsen John Skrataas Harald Smedvik Andreas Strand Olaf Syvertsen Thomas Thorstensen
Finland
Eino Forsström Otto Granström Johan Kemp Iivari Kyykoski Heikki Lehmusto John Lindroth Yrjö Linko Edvard Linna Matti Markkanen Kalle Mikkolainen Veli Nieminen Kalle Kustaa Paasia Arvi Pohjanpää Aarne Pohjonen Eino Railio Ale Riipinen Arno Saarinen Einar Sahlstein Aarne Salovaara Torsten Sandelin Elis Sipilä Viktor Smeds Kaarlo Soinio Kurt Stenberg Väinö TiiriThis competitor is missing from the IOC medal database but is shown in the official report for this Games as V. E. Turi. Magnus Wegelius
Denmark
Carl Andersen Hans Bredmose Jens Chievitz Arvor Hansen Christian Hansen Ingvardt Hansen Einar Hermann Knud Holm Poul Holm Oluf Husted-Nielsen Charles Jensen Gorm Jensen Hendrik Johansen Harald Klem Robert Madsen Vigo Madsen Lukas Nielsen Oluf Olsson Niels Petersen Nicolai Philipsen Hendrik Rasmussen Viktor Rasmussen Marius Thuesen Niels Turin Nielsen
France
Léon Bogart Albert Borizée Henri de Breyne Nicolas Constant Charles Courtois Louis Delattre Antoine Delescluse Louis Delescluse Georges Demarle Joseph Derou Charles Desmarcheliers Camille Desmarcheliers Édmond Dharancy Georges Donnet Émile Duhamel A. Duponcheel Paul Durin Alphonse Eggremont G. Guiot L. Hennebicq Henri Hubert Désiré Hudelo E. Labitte L. Lestienne Raimond Lis Victor Magnier G. Nys Joseph Parent Louis Pappe Victor Polidori Gustave Pottier Antoine Pinoy Louis Sandray Édouard Schmoll Émile Steffe E. Vercruysse Hugo Vergin Ernest Vicogne Jules Walmée G. Warlouzer
Italy
Alfredo Accorsi Nemo Agodi Umberto Agliorini Adriano Andreani Vincenzo Blo Flaminio Bottoni Bruto Buozzi Giovanni Bonati Pietro Borsetti Adamo Bozzani Gastone Calabresi Carlo Celada Tito Collevati Antonio Cotichini Guido Cristofori Stanislao Di Chiara Giovanni Gasperini Amedeo Marchi Carlo Marchiandi Ettore Massari Roberto Nardini Gaetano Preti Decio Pavani Gino Ravenna Massimo Ridolfi Gustavo Taddia Giannetto Termanini Ugo Savonuzzi Gioacchino Vaccari
Netherlands
Cornelus Becker Michel Biet Reinier Blom Jan de Boer Jan Bolt Emanuel Brouwer Constantijn van Daalen Johann Flemer Johannes Göckel Isidore Goudeket Dirk Janssen Jan Jacob Kieft Salomon Konijn Herman van Leeuwen Abraham Mok Abraham de Oliveira Johannes Posthumus Johan Schmitt Jonas Slier Johannes Stikkelman Hendricus Thijsen Gerardus Wesling
Great Britain
Percy Baker Robert Bonney Henry Cattley Mellor Clay Edward Clough James Cotterell William Cowhig G. C. Cullen Frank Denby Herbert Drury W. Fitt Harry Gill Arthur Harley Albert Hawkins William Hoare J. A. Horridge Henry Huskinson J. W. Jones E. Justice N. J. Keighley Robert Laycock Robert McGaw J. McPhail W. Manning W. G. Merrifield Charles Oldaker G. Parrott E. Parsons Edward Richardson Irven Robertshaw George Ross David Scott J. F. Simpson Walter Skeeles Joshua Speight Herbert Stell Charles Sederman William Titt Charles Vigurs Enos Walton H. Waterman Edgar Watkins John Whitaker F. Whitehead
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