Identified Athletes
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PC FRA 1924 OG Paris No. 444 - The Belgian M8+ crew (eliminated in the repercharge)
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PC FRA 1924 OG Paris No. 445 - The Canadian M8+ crew (silver medal winner)
M8+ result OG Paris 1924
!. USA (L. Carpenter, H. Kingsbury, D. Lindley, John Miller, J. Rockefeller,
F. Sheffield, B. Spock, A. Wilson, cox L. Stoddard) 6:33,4
2. CAN (A. Bell, R. Hunter, W. Langford, H. Little, J. Smith, W. Snyder,
N. Taylor, W.Wallace, cox I. Campbell) 6:49,0
This was the largest margin ever in an Olympic M8+ final.
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PC FRA 1924 OG Paris No. 446 - The USA M8+ crew, gold medal winner (PU 1924 to USA, praising the performance of this crew)
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PC FRA 1924 OG Paris No. 447 - The ARG M8+ crew (eliminated in the repercharge)
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PC FRA 1924 OG Paris No. 448 - The Italian M8+ crew (bronze medal winner)
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PC FRA 1951 ERC Macon - GBR M8+, European champion (first ERC gold medal for GBR)
Harry H. Almond (bow)*
David D. Macklin*
Nicholas B. M. Clack
John S. M. Jones
J. R. Dingle
William A. D. Windham*
James J. P. Crowden*
David M. Jennens (stroke)*
John F. K. Hinde (cox)*
* from Cambridge Boat Race crew 1951 -
PC FRA 1996 OG Atlanta - M4- crew FRA, silver medal winner
B. Verten, G. Bosquet,
D. Fauche, O. Moncelet
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PC FRA 2000 OG Sydney - LM4- Olympic champions Xavier Dorfman, Yves Hocdé, Jean-Christophe Bette & Laurent Porchier (FRA)
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PC FRA OG Atlanta 1996 - M4- silver medal crew FRA
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PC GBR (undated) °The First University Boat Race 1829°
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PC GBR 1905 - The Cambridge crew
PU 1905 March 25th Putney
(seven days before the Boat Race)
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PC GBR 1905 - The Cambridge crew with composition of crew and result of the 1905 Boat Race written on back (PU 1905)
Cambridge lost the race by 3 lengths -
PC GBR 1905 - The Oxford crew with composition of crew and result written on back (PU 1905)
Oxford won the race by 3 lengths -
PC GBR 1906 - The cambridge crew with composition of crew written on back and result on front
Cambridge won the race by 3,5 lenghts -
PC GBR 1907 - The Cambridge crew (Two different photos, cards both PU 1907)
Cambridge won the race by 4,5 lengths -
PC GBR 1907 - The Oxford crew (PU 1907)
Text on back: "This is the crew that lost
yesterday but they were my favourites"
Cambridge won by 4,5 lengths
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PC GBR 1908 Cambridge crew (PU 1908)
Cambridge won by 2.5 lengths
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PC GBR 1908 OG London - M1X gold medal winner Harry Blackstaffe (GBR) #Coll. JE#
The 40-year-old Blackstaffe was twice the age
of McCulloch (GBR), his opponent in the final.
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PC GBR 1908 OG London - The Norwegian M8+ posing at Henley Regatta course
PM Henley July 31st = day of finals
The Olympic Regatta had four events: M1X, M2-, M4- and M8+. Including the United Kingdom, seven
countries were represented, the others being Canada, Germany, Belgium, Norway, Holland and Hungary.
Only one foreign crew reached a final: The M8+ from Belgium. All four events were won by Great Britain.
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PC GBR 1908 OG London (at Henley) - Harry Blackstaffe GBR), M1X Olympic champion #Coll. JE#
The 40-year-old Blackstaffe was twice
the age of his opponent in the final
Alexander McCulloch (GBR) who had
won the Diamond Sculls at Henley Royal
Regatta several weeks before the Olympic
regatta.