Olympic Champions - London, England

Athletics

Event: 100m Winner: Reginald Walker Country: SAF
Event: 200m Winner: Robert Kerr Country: CAN
Event: 400m Winner: Wyndham Halswelle Country: GBR
Event: 800m Winner: Melvin Sheppard Country: USA
Event: 1500m Winner: Melvin Sheppard Country: USA
Event: Marathon Winner: John Hayes Country: USA
Event: 110 Hurdles Winner: Forrest Smithson Country: USA
Event: 400m Hurdles Winner: Charles Bacon Country: USA
Event: 3000m Steeplechase Winner: Arthur Russell Country: GBR
Event: 4x400m Winner: USA
Event: High Jump Winner: Harry Porter Country: USA
Event: Pole Vault Winner: Edward Cooke Country: USA
Event: Long Jump Winner: Francis Irons Country: USA
Event: Triple Jump Winner: Timothy Ahearne Country: GBR-IRL
Event: Shotput Winner: Ralph Rose Country: USA
Event: Discus Winner: Martin Sheridan Country: USA
Event: Hammer Winner: John Managan Country: USA
Event: Javelin Winner: Erik Lemming Country: SWE
Event: Freestyle Javelin Winner: Erik Lemming Country: SWE
Event: 5 miles Winner: Emil Voigt Country: GBR
Event: 3 miles Team Winner: Great Britain
Event: Standing Hight Jump Winner: Ray Ewry Country: USA
Event: Standing Long Jump Winner: Ray Ewry Country: USA
Event: Discus, Ancient Style Winner: Martin Sheridan Country: USA
Event: Tug-of-War Winner: GBR
Event: 3500m Walk Winner: George Larner Country: GBR
Event: 10 mile walk Winner: George Larner Country: GBR

Swimming

Event: 100m Freestyle Winner: Charles Daniels Country: USA
Event: 400 Freestyle Winner: Henry Taylor Country: GBR
Event: 1500m Freestyle Winner: Henry Taylor Country: GBR
Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: Arno Bieberstein Country: GER
Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: Fredrick Holman Country: GBR
Event: 4x200mFreestyle Relay Winner: GBR
Event: Springboard Diving Winner: Albert Zurner Country: GER
Event: Platform Winner: Hjalmar Johansson Country: SWE

Water Polo

Winner: Great Britain

Boxing

Event: Bantamweight Winner: A. Henry Thomas Country: GBR
Event: Featherweight Winner: Richard Gunn Country: GBR
Event: Lightweight Winner: Federick Grace Country: GBR
Event: Middleweight Winner: John Douglas Country: GBR
Event: Heavyweight Winner: Albert L. Oldham Country: GBR

Greco Roman Wrestling

Event: Lightweight Winner: Enrico Porro Country: ITA
Event: Middleweight Winner: Frithiof Martensson Country: SWE
Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Verner Weckman Country: FIN
Event: Heavyweight Winner: Richard Weisz Country: HUN

Freestyle Wrestling

Event: Bantamweight Winner: George Mehnert Country: USA
Event: Featherweight Winner: George Dole Country: USA
Event: Lightweight Winner: George de Relwskow Country: GBR
Event: Middleweight Winner: Stanley Bacon Country: GBR
Event: Heavyweight Winner: George Con OÕKelly Country: GBR/IRL

Men Fencing

Event: Epee Individual Winner: Gaston Alibert Country: FRA
Event: Epee team Winner: FRA
Event: Sabre Individual Winner: Jeno Fuchs Country: HUN
Event: Sabre Team Winner: HUN Rowing
Event: Single Sculls Winner: Harry Blackstaffe Country: GBR
Event: Coxless pairs Winner: Great Britain
Event: Coxless Fours Winner: Great Britain
Event: Eights Winner: GBR

Yachting

Event: 6m Winner: GBR
Event: 7m Winner: GBR
Event: 8m Winner: GBR
Event: 12m Winner: GBR

Cycling

Event: 2000m Tandem Winner: France
Event: 4000m Team Pursuit Winner: Great Britain
Event: One Lap Race Winner: Victor L. Johnson Country: GBR
Event: 5000m track Winner: Benjamin Jones Country: GBR
Event: 20km Track Winner: Charles B. Kingsbury Country: GBR
Event: 100km Track Winner: Charles H. Barlett Country: GBR

Shooting

Event: Free Rifle, 3 position Winner: Albert Helgerud Country: NOR
Event: Free Rifle Individual Winner: Jerry Millner Country: GBR
Event: Free Rifle Team Winner: Norway
Event: Small-Bore rifle Winner: A.A. Carnell Country: GBR
Event: Small-Bore Rifle Individual Moving Target Winner: J.F. Fleming Country: GBR
Event: Disappearing Target Winner: William Styles Country: GBR
Event: Miniature Rifle Team Winner: Great Bitain
Event: Pistol Rapid Fire Winner: Paul Van Asbroeck Country: BEL
Event: Clay Pigeon Shooting Team Winner: Great Britain
Event: Military Rifle Team Winner: USA
Event: Running Deer Shooting( Single Shot) Individual Winner: Oscar Swahn Country: SWE
Event: Running Deer Shooting(Single Shot) Team Winner: Sweden
Event: Running Deer Shooting( Double Shot) Individual Winner: Walter Winans Country: USA
Event: Revolver Team Winner: USA
Event: Mixed Shooting Winner: Walter Henry Ewing Country: CAN

Mens Archery

Event: York Round Winner: William Dod Country: GBR
Event: Contintial Style Winner: E.G. Grisot Country: FRA

Womens Archery

Event: National Round Winner: Queenie F. Newall Country: GBR

Mens Gymnastics

Event: Individual All aroundCompetition Winner: Alberto Braglia Country: ITA
Event: Team All around Competition Winner: SWE Football Winner: GBR Field Hockey Winner: GBR

Tennis

Event: MenÕs singles Winner: Josiah Ritchie Country: GBR
Event: MenÕs singles(indoors) Winner: Arthur Gore Country: GBR
Event: MenÕs doubles Winner: GBR
Event: WomenÕs singles Winner: Dorothy Chambers Country: GBR
Event: WomenÕs singles (indoors) Winner: Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith Jeu de Paume Winner: USA Lacrosse Winner: CAN

Motor Boating

Event: Open Winner: FRA
Event: 8m Winner: GBR
Event: Under 60Õ Winner: GBR Polo Winner: GBR Rackets
Event: MenÕs single Winner: MenÕs singles Country: GBR
Event: MenÕs doubles Winner: GBR Rugby Winner: AUS

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
RUTHERFORD, Lord ERNEST, Great Britain, Victoria University, Manchester, b. 1871 (in Nelson, New Zealand), d. 1937: "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances"

Literature
EUCKEN, RUDOLF CHRISTOPH, Germany, b. 1846, d. 1926: "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life"

Peace
The prize was divided equally between: ARNOLDSON, KLAS PONTUS, Sweden, b. 1844, d. 1916: Writer. Former Member of the Swedish Parliament. Founder of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League. BAJER, FREDRIK, Denmark, b. 1837, d. 1922: Member of the Danish Parliament. Honorary President of the Permanent International Peace Bureau, Berne.

Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: METCHNIKOFF, ELIE, Russia, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, b. 1845, d. 1916; and EHRLICH, PAUL, Germany, Gšttingen University and Kšnigliches Institut fŸr experimentelle Therapie (Royal Institute for Experimental Therapy), Frankfurt-on-the-Main, b. 1854, d. 1915: "in recognition of their work on immunity"

Physics
LIPPMANN, GABRIEL, France, Sorbonne University, Paris, b. 1845 (in Hollerich, Luxembourg), d. 1921: "for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference"