Jeu de paume at the 1908 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Men's singles jeu de paume
Games:1908 Summer
Venue:Queen's Club
Dates:May 18–23
Competitors:11
Nations:2
Gold:Jay Gould II
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Eustace Miles
Silvernoc:GBR
Bronze:Neville Bulwer-Lytton
Bronzenoc:GBR

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.

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

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

Medal table

Sources:[4]

Results

Bracket

References

Notes and References

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