The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

H,.\.l'TER IX. ATHLETICS. ROGRAMME. 1. 100 metres Flat (109 ·3 yards). 2. 200 metres Flat (218·6 yards). 3. 400 metres Flat (43 p yard'). 4-. 800 metres Flat (874-·4- yards). 5. 1,500 metres Flat ( 1,639·5 yards). 6 IIO metres Hurdle (120·2 yardg). 7. 400 metres Hurdle (43 p yards). 8. 3,200 metres Steeplechase (3,-197 ·6 yards). 9. S miles Run (8 kilometres). 10. IO miles Walk (16 kilometres). 11. Marathon Race (25 miles) (40 hloml!lrcs). 12. Standing Broad Jump. 13. Standing High Jump. :q. Running Broad Jump. 15. Running High Ju111p. 16. Hop, Step and Jump. t 7. Pole Jump. t 8. Throwing the Hammer, 19. Putting the Weight. 20. Tug of War (Teams of eight. 2 r. Three·mile Team Race (4-·8 kilometres). iti\'e to run, three to count. 22. 3,500 metres Walk (3,825 yards). 2 3. Discus. I. Free style. II. As at ,.\thern;. 24. Javelin. I. Free style. II. With tlw Javelin held in tlw middle. 25. Relay Race, 1,600 metres (1,749·8 yards). (Teams of four, with four reserves), 2 at 200 metres (218·726 yards) 1 at 400 metres (437'452 yards), 1 at 800 metres (874·904 yards).