| Men's singles rackets at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Queen's Club | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 27–29 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 6 from 1 nation | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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| Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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| Singles | men |
| Doubles | men |
The men's singles competition was one of two rackets events held as part of the Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.
While nations could enter up to 12 players,[1] only Great Britain had players enter or compete: ten players entered, but only six ultimately competed.
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Transcription
Results
Bracket
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
 Noel (GBR)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Browning (GBR)
| 1 | Noel (GBR)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pennell (GBR)
| Pennell (GBR)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | Noel (GBR)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Astor (GBR)
| w/o [2] | Astor (GBR) 
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Foster (GBR)
| Astor (GBR)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
Noel (GBR) 
| w/o [6] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leaf (GBR)
| Leaf (GBR) 
| ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Leaf (GBR)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Browning (GBR)
| - [3] | bye [4] | |||||||||||||||||
| Baerlein (GBR)
| - | Leaf (GBR)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bury (GBR)
| Brougham (GBR)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | Bury (GBR)
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Brougham (GBR)
| Brougham (GBR)
| w/o [5] | |||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Cook 1908, p. 36.
- ^ Foster failed to appear for the match.
- ^ Browning and Baerlein both withdrew after the draw: the match was scratched.
- ^ Leaf was drawn against the winner of the match between Freddie Browning and Baerlein, but both withdrew.
- ^ Bury withdrew to prepare for the doubles competition.
- ^ The final was scratched and Noel was awarded the gold medal as Leaf was unable to compete due to breaking his hand in the doubles competition.
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Racquets 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 3 May 2006.
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