Jeu de paume at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Jeu de paume was an event contested at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the only time the Summer Olympic Games featured the sport as a medal event.

Men's singles jeu de paume
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueQueen's Club
DatesMay 18–23
Competitors11 from 2 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jay Gould II  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eustace Miles  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Neville Bulwer-Lytton  Great Britain
Gold medallist Jay Gould II, pictured in 1905 with racket.

In the Official Report of the 1908 Olympic Games, the sport is referred to as "Tennis (jeu de paume)", while tennis is referred to as "lawn tennis". The competition venue was the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London.

An outdoor version called longue paume was played at the 1900 Summer Olympics, though its medal status is disputed. Jeu de paume is sometimes referred to as being an exhibition sport at the 1924 Summer Olympics,[1] though this is unclear, as the French Federation of Longue Paume held its national longue paume championships during the Olympics.[2]

Participating nations

edit

Each nation could enter up to 12 players.[3] 11 players from 2 nations competed.

Medal table

edit

Sources:[4]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)1001
2  Great Britain (GBR)0112
Totals (2 entries)1113

Results

edit

Bracket

edit
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Gould (USA)
bye   Gould (USA) 6 6 6
  Pennell (GBR) 6 6 6   Pennell (GBR) 3 3 2
  Cazalet (GBR) 1 4 1   Gould (USA) 6 6 6
  Page (GBR)   Page (GBR) 1 0 0
bye   Page (GBR) 5 6 6 6
  Palmer (GBR)   Palmer (GBR) 6 4 5 1
bye   Gould (USA)   6 6 6
  Miles (GBR) 6 6 6   Miles (GBR)   5 4 4
  Sands (USA) 3 3 3   Miles (GBR) 6 6 6
  Noel (GBR) 6 6 6   Noel (GBR) 5 1 5
  Tatham (GBR) 2 3 3   Miles (GBR) 6 6 6 Bronze medal match
  Lytton (GBR)   Lytton (GBR) 4 1 3
bye   Lytton (GBR) 6 6 6   Lytton (GBR)   6 6 6
  Biedermann (GBR)   Biedermann (GBR) 5 1 2   Page (GBR) 2 4 4
bye

References

edit
  1. ^ Mackay, Duncan (2012-10-30). "Jeu de paume was an event contested at the 1908 Olympics in London". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  2. ^ "1900 : la longue paume aux Jeux Olympiques de Paris". Federation francaise de longue paume (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 40.
  4. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.