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...
London 1908 Olympic Games One of the earliest Olympic dramas to be captured on film. Pietri Dorando collapses after crossing the finishing line in...
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...
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...
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...
Unspecified Danish gymnasts on the balance beam at the 1908 Summer Olympics at White City Stadium in London, England, July 1908. The 1908 Games saw...
Queen Alexandra presenting Italian athlete Dorando Pietri with a special Gold Cup after he was disqualified from the Marathon at the 1908 London...
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...
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...
Competitors in the Marathon at the 1908 London Olympics enter Windsor Castle for the start of 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...
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...
March-past at the opening ceremony during the 1908 Summer Olympics at White City Stadium in London, 27th April 1908.
London 1908 Olympic GamesDorando Pietri receives a consolation gold cup from Queen Alexandra after his disqualification in the 1908 London Olympic...
Olympics Games 1908 13th July 1908 the finsh of the 120 yard dash during the Olympic Games held in London's White City Stadium.
British cyclist Ben Jones, winner of the 5000 metre cycle race at the 1908 Olympics at White City, London.
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.
Reginald Baker of Australia who lost to John Douglas of Great Britain in the Middleweight contest at the 1908 London Olympics. Baker was one of...
Dorando Pietri of Italy watched by a large crowd in Harlesden during the Marathon at the 1908 London Olympics. Despite finishing first he was...
British athlete Benjamin Jones, winner of the 5000 metre cycles race, during the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, July 1908.
Athletes raise their national flags before the Royal Box, during the opening ceremony of the 1908 Summer Olympics at White City Stadium in London,...
Dorando Pietri crossing the line first in the marathon at the London Olympics, July 24 England, photograph by Fiorilli, from L'Illustrazione...
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...
The finish of the marathon, Olympic Games, London, 1908. Dorando Pietri of Italy, the first runner to enter the stadium, collapsed several times and...
Allan Bengtsson of Sweden competing in the high jump with a western roll at the 1908 Olympic Games, London, 23rd July 1908.
The start of the Marathon at Windsor Castle during the Olympic Games, the race finished at the Olympic stadium in Shepherds Bush, London.
London 1908 Olympic Games 1908 Start of the 10 mile walk at the White City Stadium in London. Won by George Larner of GBR in 1:15:57. 4.
British swimmer Paul Radmilovic , British swimmer William Foster , British swimmer John Derbyshire , British swimmer Henry Taylor , and their British...
British artist and noblewoman Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland , Constance Lewis, Duchess of Westminster , and Ettie Grenfell, Baroness Desborough...
The US and Italian flags being raised following the men's marathon event of the 1908 Summer Olympics, at White City Stadium, London, 24th July 1908....
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...
King Edward VII arrives at the newly-built Great Stadium in Shepherd's Bush for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, 1908.
American long-distance runners, Lewis Tewanima and Joseph Forshaw at Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, during the Marathon event at the London Olympic...
American athlete Charles Bacon wins the 400 metres hurdles at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, UK.
Vintage postcard featuring Johnny Hayes of the United States running in the marathon during the Summer Olympic Games in London on 28th July 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,...
American athlete, John Taylor during a training period at the London Olympic games. He is the first African American Olympic gold medalist.
Marathon runners in Thames Street, Windsor during London's Summer Olympic Games on 24th July 1908. The event was won by American Johnny Hayes after...
The start of the Marathon at Windsor Castle at the Olympic Games in 1908, which finished at the Olympic stadium in Shepherds Bush, London.
Spectators form a testudo as they shelter beneath umbrellas as rain falls on the 1908 Summer Olympics at White City Stadium in London, England, 1908....
Vintage postcard featuring the American runner Johnny Hayes, the official marathon winner, after the Italian Dorando Pietri was disqualified during...
The captains of the Swedish and English tug-of-war teams shake hands at Crystal Palace, during the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, July 1908.
The arrival of Dorando Pietri in the marathon, London Olympics, illustration by Achille Beltrame from La Domenica del Corriere, August 2-9, 1908.
Johnny Hayes wins the marathon. Second over the line he was declared the winner after Dorando Pietri was disqualified in the marathon during the 4th...
Sport, 1908 Olympic Games in London, Athletics, pic: 24th July 1908, Mens Marathon, Italy's Pietri Dorando falls for the third time in the stadium...
Sport, Athletics, Olympic Games, London, The Marathon, pic: Friday 24th July 1908, Competitors gather with race officials on the East Terrace of...
Olympic Games, London, England 1908. The queen presents Johnny Hayes winner of the marathon race with medal.
Female gymnast from the Danish team warming up on the pommel horse at the Olympic Games held in London in 1908.
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...
Powder compact is displayed at an exhibition of memorabilia celebrating the Olympic Games since 1908 at the British Library on July 24, 2012 in...
The City of London Police tug of war team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, July 1908. The winning team comprised Irish tug of war...
American athlete Nathaniel Cartmell wearing white shirts and a striped t-shirt, during the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, 1908. Cartmell...
British athlete George Larner is applauded as he wins the Men's 10-mile walk event at the 1908 Summer Olympics, held at White City Stadium in London,...
