Images from The Illustrated london News - 1908 Olympic Games
The modern crown of wild olive:The medal and diploma design for the 1908 Olympic games in London
The White City stadium where the games were held, it was the biggest stadium in the world at the time
The beginning of the fourth modern Olympiad: The King opening the Olympic Games
The prize for the marathon race:The messenger bearing the news of the victory at Marathon
The United Kingdom team, the Australasian team, the Canadian team
Physical drill by Danish girls
The Swedish team, the South African team and the French team
A votive vase of modern Olympic competitors
The real Olympia: Relics of the great Greek Athletic games
The actual scene of the original Olympic Games
Olympia the temple of Hera within the Altis or sacred enclosure
Marks for the Marathon runners:
The Mile-Posts in the 26 mile course from Windsor to the Stadium in Sheperds Bush
The Olympic Bisley: Winners of the Gold medals for shooting the USA topped the medals
The drill that makes woman physically perfect
Danish Dianas: The sensation of the Olympic Games
On the left J.J. Hayes the american dry goods clerk who technically won the Marathon
on the right The Queen rewards the plucky marathon runner Dorando
Olympic Victors: Fifty-One World's winners
The Olympic prizes: The chief trophies
Vanquished victor and runners up in the marathon.
On this page appear the portraits of the first ten runners who
reached the stadium. Dorando (Italy) after a determined struggle against exhaustion,
breasted the tape first, but was disqualified, and Hayes (U.S.A.)was proclaimed victor.
Her majesty's sympathy was so much aroused by Dorando's pluck that she herself presented him
with a gold cup in memory of his wonderful attempt
Dorando Pietri - the Queens own prize winner
Dorando Pietri down for the third time: The Italian competitor's futile struggle towards the tape
The royal children's interest in the great run: The marathon race from Windsor to the stadium
and it's sensational finish!
(left is Dorando being helped across the line and right is Hayes the winner)
Dorando Pietri the confectioner hero back home in Carpi, Italy
Olympic games at the Prince's: Competitors in the great skating events