The 1908 Olympic Games

<p> The 1908 Olympic Games were controversial. There was almost constant bickering among the American team and the British officials. Because of the controversies the 1908 Olympics have been termed The Battle of Shepherd's Bush referring to the site of the Olympic Stadium. Reports of the 1908 Olympics have been rare and do not for instance contain full results for archery track and field athletics football (soccer) gymnastics motorboating and shooting. A great deal of new information has been discovered by the authors and this work gives complete results for all events.</p><p> The information presented is based primarily on 1908 sources. For the first time definitive word on the sites dates events competitors and nations as well as the event results are available for all of the 1908 Olympic events including boxing cycling diving fencing field hockey lacrosse polo raquets swimming lawn tennis tug-of-war weightlifting wrestling and yachting among other sports. A series of appendices include rarely seen information about the many controversies surrounding the Games.</p>