In 1908, King Edward VII reigned supreme over England, the ball dropped in New York City's Times Square for the first time to usher in the new year and John Philip Sousa's "The Fairest of the Fair," a march, was a hit tune. The year also marked the first time London hosted the Summer Olympics.
Looking back on the 1908 Summer Games, it's interesting to see what the winning times and distances were then that produced track and field gold medals.
Athletics competition gets under way on Friday at Olympic Stadium, including Koji Murofushi's hammer throw preliminary qualifying. Murofushi won the gold a few months before his 37th birthday last summer at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in South Korea after nabbing the gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics.