Britain versus Denmark at White City Stadium, in the finals of the football event at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, 24th October 1908. Great...
One of the earliest Olympic dramas captured on photo was the marathon runner Dorando Pietri, of Italy, here reaching the tape in the race at the...
Athletes raise their national flags before the Royal Box, during the opening ceremony of the 1908 Summer Olympics at White City Stadium in London,...
British runner Wyndham Halswelle wins the men's 400-metre event of the 1908 Summer Olympics at White City Stadium in London, 23rd July 1908. The race...
Swedish athletes, wearing white trousers, white t-shirts and white caps, led by dignitaries in ceremonial uniform at the inaugural Parade of Nations...
King Edward VII arrives at the newly-built Great Stadium in Shepherd's Bush for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, 1908.
Sport, 1908 Olympic Games in London, Gymnastics, The team from Finland practicing their routine, The Finland team were the Bronze medal winners
Track and field athletics, women high jump: a Swedish athlete jumps across a rope, in the background the empty seats of the White City Stadium in...
Olympic Games, London, England 1908. The queen presents Johnny Hayes winner of the marathon race with medal.
American long-distance runners, Lewis Tewanima and Joseph Forshaw at Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, during the Marathon event at the London Olympic...
British archer William Dod competing in the 1908 Olympiad at White City, London. William Dod won the York Round with a score of 815 points.
Dorando Pietri of Italy, on the verge of collapse, is helped across the finish line in the Marathon event of the Olympic Games in London, 24th July...
General view showing figures on the field of play beside the swimming pool at White City Stadium, built for the 1908 Summer Olympics, with crowds of...
March-past at the opening ceremony during the 1908 Summer Olympics at White City Stadium in London, 27th April 1908.
The finish of the marathon, Olympic Games, London, 1908. Dorando Pietri of Italy, the first runner to enter the stadium, collapsed several times and...
Dorando Pietri finishing the first modern Olympic marathon, London, 1908. The marathon at the London Olympics of 1908 was run in ususually hot...
British swimmer Henry Taylor, who won the 400 metre race at the London Olympic Games at White City, with his trainer.
John Hayes of the USA in action during the Marathon event at the 1908 Olympic Games in London. Hayes won the gold medal in this event after the...
American marksman Walter W Winans is presented with his gold medal by Queen Alexandra won in the men's double-shot running deer event of the 1908...
American middle-distance runner James Sullivan receives his Olympic diploma during a ceremony which followed the men's 1,500 metres event of the 1908...
Winners of the 1908 Olympics in London: Hockey, N.I. Wood, L.C. Baillou, H.S. Freeman, A.F. Noble, E.W. Page, J.Y. Robinson, E. Green, R.G. Kidmore,...
Rector of the U.S.A. Wins the 3rd heat of the 100m semi final at the 1908 Olympics in London, London, England.
Dorando Pietri of Italy, on the verge of collapse, is helped across the finish line in the Marathon event of the 1908 Olympic Games in London. He was...
Competitors in the Marathon at the 1908 London Olympics enter Windsor Castle for the start of the race.
Dorando Pietri of Italy, on the verge of collapse, is helped across the finish line in the Marathon event of the Olympic Games in London, 24th July...
London 1908 Olympic Games One of the earliest Olympic dramas to be captured on film. Pietri Dorando collapses after crossing the finishing line in...
British swimmer Henry Taylor is carried in triumph, having won the gold medal in the 4×200 metres freestyle relay at the 1908 Summer Olympics in...
Members of the gold medal-winning British men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay swimming team at White City Stadium, London, 24th July 1908. Left to...
Olympic Games, London, England, Swimming, Great Britain's Henry Taylor who won gold medals in the 400 metres, 1500 metres and 4 x 200 metres relay
Britain's Henry Taylor wins the gold medal in the men's 1500 metres freestyle swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, 25th July 1908. He is...
Cover illustration of the Italian magazine La Domenica del Corriere featuring the Italian marathon runner Dorando Pietri during the Summer Olympic...
Sport, Football, 1908 Olympic Games, London, England, The Great Britain team, Amateur XI, winners of the Gold medal, and , Back row, L-R: G,H,Barlow,...
Olympic Games, London, England, Italian runner Dorando Pietri runs towards the tape in the Marathon of the 1908 Games, After the 26 miles miles from...
Olympic Games, London, England 1908- 1500 meter flat race finish Melvin Sheppard, 1st U.S.A. And Harold Wilson, 2nd Britain.
Olympic Games London, England 1908. 400 meters hurdles, last hurdle, Harry Hillman, UP.SE.A and Charles Bacon, UP.SE.A.
Olympic Games, London, England 1908. 400 meters final, Wyndham Halswelle, Britain and Carpenter, U.S.A.
British athlete Wyndham Halswelle crosses the finishing line of the re-run Olympic 400 Metres final at White City, 25th July 1908. Halswelle was the...
British cyclist Ben Jones, winner of the 5000 metre cycle race at the 1908 Olympics at White City, London.
Dorando Pietri of Italy watched by a large crowd in Harlesden during the Marathon at the 1908 London Olympics. Despite finishing first he was...
Vintage postcard featuring a view of the White City Stadium, site of many of the events of the Summer Olympic Games, from Flip-Flap, an amusement...
British athlete Benjamin Jones, winner of the 5000 metre cycles race, during the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, July 1908.
Timothy Ahearne competing in the Triple jump for Great Britain and Ireland in the 1908 Summer Olympics, London. Ahearne won the gold medal and set a...
Sport, 1908 Olympic Games, London, England, The Franco-British Exhibition Stadium, where, on May 14th 1908 the Prince and Princess of Wales formally...
Sport, 1908 Olympic Games, London, England, Swimming, A picture of William Foster of the British 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay team that won the...
Sport, 1908 Olympic Games, London, England, A general view of the Olympic Stadium showing the rather unusual sight of the open air swimming pool in...
Sport, 1908 Olympic Games in London, Shooting and Gymnastics, The Denmark Shooting and Gymnastics teams pose for a formal group
Sport, 1908 Olympic Games in London, Athletics, Mens 100 metres Final, The crowd watching, some waving their "boater" hats, as Reginald Walker, South...
18th July 1908, A programme cover for a banquet given in honour of the British Olympic swimmers by the Amateur Swimming Association at King's Hall,...
Olympic Games, London, England, Cycling, France's M, Schilles and A, Auffray who won the gold medal in the 2000 metre tandem race
Olympische Sommerspiele 6.5. In London. Der italienische Marathonläufer Dorando Pietri bricht vor dem Ziel zusammen. Er wird von voreiligen Helfern...