Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Women's double National round

The women's double National round was one of three archery events on the archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Arrows were shot in ends, or groups, of three. The archers shot a total of 144 arrows each over the two rounds of 72. The competition was held on Friday, 17 July and Saturday, 18 July, with one round each day. The archers had to contend with significant rain and wind on the first day and gusts of wind on the second.[1][2]

Women's double National round at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Gold medallist Queenie Newall in competition during the women's double National round.
Venue	White City Stadium
Dates	17–18 July
Competitors	25 from 1 nation
Medalists
Queenie Newall  Great Britain Lottie Dod  Great Britain Beatrice Hill-Lowe  Great Britain

1908 Highlight Film Women's Archery @ 1:43

Great Britain was the only nation to send female archers, ensuring that they swept this event. Queenie Newall, at 53 years of age, set a record for oldest female Olympic gold medallist that appears unlikely to be broken. Lottie Dod took second place, not quite matching her brother William Dod's gold medal finish in the men's York round.

NOCs were limited to 30 competitors each.[3] Twenty-five archers only from Great Britain competed.

Competition format

Each round consisted of 48 arrows at 60 yards (54.8 m) and 24 arrows at 50 yards (45.7 m). Three arrows were shot per end. Each hit was worth 9, 7, 5, 3, or 1 points depending on which ring was hit; an arrow touching two rings would count as hitting the higher value. Ties were broken first by number of hits, then by score at the longest range (60 yards), then by hits at the longest range.[4]

Results

Rank	Archer	Nation	Score	Hits
	Queenie Newall	Great Britain	688	132
	Lottie Dod	Great Britain	642	126
	Beatrice Hill-Lowe	Great Britain	618	118
4	Jessie Wadworth	Great Britain	605	122
5	Dora Honnywill	Great Britain	587	123
6	S. H. Armitage	Great Britain	582	112
7	V. W. H. Priestley-Foster	Great Britain	553	117
8	Lillian Wilson	Great Britain	534	112
9	Brenda Wadworth	Great Britain	522	123
10	M. Boddam-Whetham	Great Britain	510	114
11	Louisa Nott-Bower	Great Britain	503	109
12	Gertrude Appleyard	Great Britain	503	107
13	Norma Robertson	Great Britain	500	112
14	Margaret Weedon	Great Britain	498	104
15	Albertine Thackwell	Great Britain	484	104
16	Doris E. Day	Great Britain	483	109
17	Katherine Mudge	Great Britain	465	111
18	Ellen Babington	Great Britain	451	103
19	Christine Cadman	Great Britain	427	107
20	Martina Hyde	Great Britain	419	103
21	Sarah Leonard	Great Britain	410	92
22	Ina Wood	Great Britain	387	93
23	Janetta Vance	Great Britain	385	95
24	Emily Rushton	Great Britain	323	89
25	Hilda Williams	Great Britain	316	82

References

1. Official Report, pp. 100–01.
2. "Archery at the 1908 London Summer Games: Women's Double National Round". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
3. Official Report, p. 33.
4. Official Report, pp. 413–14.

Sources

• Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Archery 1908". Accessed 8 April 2006. Available electronically at .