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Jeu de paume at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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Venue
  
Queen's Club

Competitors
  
11 from 2 nations

Dates
  
May 18–23

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 United Kingdom, 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.

  •  Great Britain (9)
  •  United States (2)
  • References

    Jeu de paume at the 1908 Summer Olympics Wikipedia