Jeu de paume at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Jeu de paume was an event contested at the 1908 Summer Olympics. This was the only Summer Olympic Games to contain this sport as a medal event. An outdoor version called longue paume was a demonstration sport at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Real tennis, as jeu de paume is called in the UK, was an exhibition event at the 1924 Summer Olympics. In the Official Report of the 1908 Olympic Games, the sport is referred to as "Tennis (jeu de paume)" while tennis is named "lawn tennis."

The competition venue was the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London.

Participating nations

11 players from 2 nations competed.

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Medal table

Results

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Bracket

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RD1 = First round
RD2 = Quarterfinals
RD3 = Semifinals
RD4 = Final

References

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* (Excerpt available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1908.pdf] )

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