1908 in sports

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2.1 January to April
2.2 from May to August
2.3 from September to December

Events

Olympic games

April 27 to October 31: In London, the Games of the IV Olympiad will take place, where even competitions are held in figure skating.
April 27-June 21: The "Spring Games " of the Olympic Games are held. There will be competitions held in racquets (April 27 ), tennis hall (6th to May 14th) Jeu de Paume ( May 18 to 28 ) and Polo ( 18 and 21 June).
6 to 25 July: The so-called " Summer Games " of the Olympic Games are held, in which are roughly 2 /3 of the competitions held.
July 27-August 29: The " Nautical Games " of the Olympic Games are held. They include the sports of Sailing ( July 27 to 29 and August 11 to 12 ) Rowing ( 28 to 31 July ) and motorboat races ( 28-29. August).
October 19 to 31: In the so-called " Winter Games " there are competitions in the sports of boxing, figure skating, hockey, soccer, lacrosse, rugby and the final banquet.

28-29. October: As part of the Olympic Games and competitions are held for the first time in a winter sport, figure skating. The Swede Ulrich Salchow wins in the men in front of his countrymen Richard Johansson and Per Thorén. Winner of the once discharged special figures of men, the Russian Nikolai Alexandrovich Kolomenkin - Panin, who has previously filed an unsuccessful protest against Salchow.

Badminton

All England 1908
French Open 1908
Irish Open 1908
Scottish Open 1908

Football

April 5: The first official international match of the German national football team, the soccer match Switzerland - Germany 1908, ending with a 5-3 defeat to Switzerland.

Athletics

Athletics records

Sprint and middle distance running

May 30: Harold Wilson, UK, running the 1500 meters of the men in 3:59,8 min.
July 21: Mel Sheppard, United States, running the 800 meters of the men in 1:52,8 min.
August 23: Siina Simola, Finland, running the 100 meters of the Ladies in 13.9 s

Long-distance running and marathon

Hurdles

July 22: Charles Bacon, USA, the 400-meter hurdles of men running in 55 seconds.
JULY 25: Forrest Smithson, USA, the 110 meters hurdles of men ran in 15 seconds.
August 22: Charles Bacon, USA, the 400 -meter hurdles of the men running in 55 seconds.

Jumping events

Cycling

The Distanzradfahrt Wien-Berlin will be held after 1893 a second time. The winner is the German Hans Ludwig.
The Tour of Belgium is first held.

Wrestling

Wrestling World Championships 1908

Rowing

Cambridge defeated Oxford in the Boat Race.

Rugby

Home Nations Championship 1908, the Rugby Union

Chess

World Chess Championship 1908

Swimming

Swimming Records

Winter sports

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships 1908
European Figure Skating Championships 1908

Speed skating records

February 9: Johan Vikander, Finland, and Sigurd Mathisen, Norway, run on the same day the 500 meter speed skating in Davos respectively in 44.4 sec
February 9: Oscar Mathisen, Norway, running the 1500 meters in Davos in 2:20,8 min.

Club -ups

March 9: The football club Inter Milan is founded.

The workers' sports club SC Eagle Pankow is founded.

Born

January to April

08 January: Dutch Lauer, U.S. American football player († 1978)
JANUARY 13: Enrico Paoli, Italian chess player († 2005)
January 26: Gideon Ståhlberg, Swedish chess player († 1967)
JANUARY 29: Grete Heublein, German track and field athlete and Olympian († 1997)
January 31: Bill Cantrell, American race car driver († 1996)

February 08: Albert Scherrer, Swiss racing driver († 1986)
FEBRUARY 11: Württemberg Engelmann, U.S. American football player († 1979)
FEBRUARY 26: Jean -Pierre Wimille, French racing driver († 1949)

March 01: Fritz Riedel, German workers athletes and resistance fighter († 1944)
March 05: Ludwig Gold Brunner, German footballer († 1981)
March 06: Ollie Sansen, U.S. American football player († 1987)
MARCH 11: Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower († 1997)
MARCH 12: Kurt Stöpel, German cyclists ( † 1997)
MARCH 22: Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player († 1991)
MARCH 26: Hilde Sperling, German tennis player († 1981)
March 31: Ferry Dusika, Austrian racing driver († 1984)

April 03: Anna Sipos, Hungarian table tennis player († 1972)
April 05: Heinz Vopel, German cyclists ( † 1959)
07 April: Günther Groenhoff, German glider pioneer († 1932)
APRIL 11: Robert O'Brien, American race car driver († 1987)
APRIL 24: Inga Gentzel, Swedish track and field athlete and Olympian († 1991)
APRIL 27: Carlo Felice Trossi, Italian racing driver († 1949)
APRIL 28: Ethel Catherwood, Canadian athlete († 1987)

May to August

May 4: Wolrad Eberle, German athlete († 1949)
MAY 12: Alejandro Scopelli Casanova, Argentine- Italian footballer and football manager († 1987)
MAY 15: Emil Joseph Diemer, German chess player († 1990)
MAY 17: Pierre Louis -Dreyfus, a French banker and racing driver († 2011)
MAY 19: Percy Williams, Canadian athlete († 1982)
MAY 22: Gustav Jaenecke, German ice hockey and tennis players († 1985)

June 5: Franco Rol, Italian racing driver († 1977)
June 6: Giovanni Bracco, Italian racing driver († 1968)
June 6: Rudolf Gramlich, German footballer († 1988)
JUNE 10: Karl Gussner, German footballer († unknown)
JUNE 11: Karl Hein, German athlete († 1982)
JUNE 16: Hans Jakob, German footballer († 1994)
JUNE 18: Karl Hohmann, German footballer († 1974)
June 29: Fritz Feierabend, Swiss Bobsportler († 1978)
June 29: Erik Lundqvist, Swedish javelin thrower († 1963)

August 6: Helen Jacobs, American tennis player († 1997)
August 8: Lloyd Burdick, U.S. American football player († 1945)
August 10: Lauri Lehtinen, Finnish track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1973)
August 20: Beattie Feathers, U.S. American football player and coach († 1979)
August 22: Erwin Thiesies, German rugby international and seventeen times as coach GDR champion rugby († 1993)
AUGUST 23: Josef Bugala, Austrian footballer († 1999)
August 24: Louis Wenz, German footballer († 1968)
August 31: Herbert Dill, German track and field athlete and Olympian († 1944)

September to December

06 September: Max Danz, German sports official († 2000)
07 September: Paul Brown, U.S. American football coach († 1991)
SEPTEMBER 13: Carlos Peucelle, Argentine soccer player and coach († 1990)
SEPTEMBER 21: George Simpson, American track and field athlete and Olympian († 1961)
September 29: Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist († 1967)

October 08: Viacheslav Ragozin, Soviet chess player († 1962)
17 October: Walter Bäumer, German motorcycle and automobile racing driver († 1941)
October 17: Jan van Hout, Dutch cyclist and resistance fighter († 1945)

03 November: Bronko Nagurski, Canadian American football player († 1990)
08 November: Ragnar Sunnqvist, Swedish motorcycle racer († 1954)
NOVEMBER 15: Carlo Abarth, Austrian racing driver and tuner († 1979)
NOVEMBER 17: Pietro Sernagiotto, Brazilian- Italian footballer († 1957)
November 21: Salo Flohr, Czechoslovak- Soviet chess master († 1983)
NOVEMBER 25: Gustavo Marzi, Italian fencer († 1966)

06 December: Miklós Szabó, Hungarian middle distance runner († 2000)
December 07: John Doeg, American tennis player († 1978)
09 December: Sigmund Haringer, German footballer († 1975)
December 10: Marino 'Mario ' Evaristo, Argentine footballer († 1998)
DECEMBER 18: Hans Scheele, German athlete († 1941)
December 22: Paula Mollenhauer, German athlete († 1988)
26th December: Ralph Hill, American athlete († 1994)

Died

January 6: George Dixon, Canadian boxer, first black world champion in history (* 1870)
JANUARY 25: Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess master (* 1850)

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