Ka kammala wannan magana: Shekaru huɗu bayan haka, sa'ad da yake ɗan shekara 19, ya sake samun lambar tagulla, a wannan karon a gasar
maza biyu York zagaye a gasar Olympics ta 1908. Wasannin farko na Richardson sun yi kyau, amma ba su yi kyau ba. Sakamakonsa na 343 ya sanya shi a matsayi na 5, maki 60 a bayan shugaban William Dod. A rabi na biyu na gasar, Richardson ya haskaka. Ya ɗauki girmamawa don mafi kyawun zagaye na gasar, tare da maki 417 (kawai maki 22 ƙasa da jimlar zagaye biyu na shekaru 4 da suka gabata), duk da samun ɗan ƙasa kaɗan a kan Dod, wanda ya harbi 412. Richardson ya bi Reginald Brooks-King da maki 1 kawai tare da kibiyoyi 3 da suka rage, kafin a ƙarshe ya gama a na uku tare da maki 760 zuwa Dod 815 da Brooks-King 768.