Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 5 miles

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The men's 5 miles race was held at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. It was discontinued after that in favor of the metric races of 5,000 and 10,000 metres.

There were six preliminary heats, with the top two runners in each advancing to the final.

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[edit] Medallists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Emil Voigt,
Great Britain and Ireland		 Edward Owen,
Great Britain and Ireland		 Johan Svanberg,
Sweden

[edit] Results

[edit] First round

[edit] First round, heat 1

Ragueneau retired in the first quarter-mile. Coales dropped out after about four miles. Hefferon lead for about half the race before Svanberg passed him.

Rank Name Nation Time
1 J. F. Svanberg Sweden 25:46.2
2 C. Hefferon South Africa
3 G. B. Blake Australasia
DNF W. Coales Great Britain and Ireland
DNF A. G. Ragueneau France

[edit] First round, heat 2

Voigt broke away from the pack at about four miles.

Rank Name Nation Time
1 E. R. Voigt Great Britain and Ireland 26:13.4
2 F. G. Bellars United States
3 P. Pagliani Italy
4 K. Nielsen Denmark
DNF W. W. Wakker Holland
DNF G. Koulouberdas Greece
DNF E. M. Dahl Sweden

[edit] First round, heat 3

Landqvist lead the entire way, gradually pulling away from the rest of the runners.

Rank Name Nation Time
1 S. L. Landqvist Sweden 27:00.2
2 E. P. Carr United States
3 J. F. Jorgensen Denmark
4 C. L. Hall United States
5 P. Nettlebeck Germany
DNF W. T. Braams Holland

[edit] First round, heat 4

Murphy was in the lead for the entirety of the race.

Rank Name Nation Time
1 J. Murphy Great Britain and Ireland 25:59.2
2 F. Meadows Canada
3 J. G. Petersson Sweden
4 P. Lijandier France
DNF J. E. Deakin Great Britain and Ireland
DNF J. Tait Canada
DNF J. de Keyser Holland

[edit] First round, heat 5

Fitzgerald, Robertson, and Stevenson were close together for the first mile, then Robertson broke away. This left Fitzgerald and Stevenson to fight over second place.

Rank Name Nation Time
1 A. J. Robertson Great Britain and Ireland 25:50.2
2 J. F. Fitzgerald Canada
3 S. Stevenson Great Britain and Ireland
DNF J. M. Lynch Australasia
DNF A. C. H. Vosbergen Holland

[edit] First round, heat 6

Owen had the largest margin of victory in the preliminary heats, defeating Galbraith by a full lap of the track.

Rank Name Nation Time
1 E. Owen Great Britain and Ireland 26:12.0
2 W. Galbraith Canada
3 I. Nejedky Bohemia
DNF A. Lovas Hungary

[edit] Final

Fitzgerald, Murphy, Owen, Svanberg, Hefferon, and Voigt lead during the final race of the 5 miles. Owen crossed the one mile mark first, at 4:46.2. Hefferon was leading at the two and three mile marks, at times of 9:54.2 and 15:05.6. After four miles, Svanberg was in front, having finished 80% of the race in 20:19.2. In the last two laps, Voigt sprinted to the lead which he kept until the end of the contest.

Rank Name Nation Time
1 E. R. Voigt Great Britain and Ireland 25:11.2
2 E. Owen Great Britain and Ireland 25:24.0
3 J. F. Svanberg Sweden 25:37.2
4 C. Hefferon South Africa 25:44.0
5 A. J. Robertson Great Britain and Ireland 26:13.0
6 F. Meadows Canada
7 J. F. Fitzgerald Canada
8 F. G. Bellars United States
9 S. L. Landqvist Sweden
DNF J. Murphy Great Britain and Ireland
DNS E. P. Carr United States
DNS W. Galbraith Canada


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