Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 miles team race

Men's 3 miles team race
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue White City Stadium
Dates July 14 (semifinals)
July 15 (final)
Competitors 28 from 6 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Athletics at the
1908 Summer Olympics
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The men's 3 miles team race was a unique event featured only at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In the team race, each competing nation sent five athletes. For each heat, the top three athletes from each nation had their placings counted as part of the team score, though good performances by the other two could also help the team by worsening the scores of other teams. Team scores were arrived at by adding the rankings of the top three runners from the team, with low scores being desirable. Thus, a team that took the first three places in a heat would receive 1+2+3=6 points, the best possible score.

Contents

Results

First round

There were two heats in the first round, with three teams competing in each. The top two teams from each heat advanced to the final.

First round, heat 1

The four British athletes finished the race hand-in-hand; official reports give them a joint first place in the heat though assigning points to the team as if they had placed first through fourth. Thus, Great Britain and Ireland received 1+2+3=6 points. Neither Italy nor Holland had three men finish the race, and thus they had no score and were unable to advance to the final.

Rank Name Nation Time Points
1 W. Coales Great Britain and Ireland 15:05.6 1
Joe Deakin Great Britain and Ireland 15:05.6 2 (+1=3)
Archie Robertson Great Britain and Ireland 15:05.6 3 (+1+2=6)
Harold A. Wilson Great Britain and Ireland 15:05.6 X
5 P. Pagliani Italy 15:22.6 5
6 M. Cartasegna Italy 16:26.0 6 (+5=11)
7 A. C. H. Vosbergen Holland 17:15.8 7
8 W. W. Wakker Holland 17:46.4 8 (+7=15)
DNF W. T. Braams Holland N/A (+7+8=X)
DNF P. Dorando Italy N/A (+5+6=X)
DNF E. Giovanoli Italy X
DNF Norman Hallows Great Britain and Ireland X
DNF Emilio Lunghi Italy X

First round, heat 2

The United States team finished with 10 points, France had 15, and Sweden had 21. The top six runners finished in proximity, but the fact that three of the runners were American ensured the top spot to the United States.

Rank Name Nation Time Points
1 J. Bouin France 14:53.0 1
2 John Eisele United States 14:55.0 2
3 Herbert Trube United States 14:55.0 3 (+2=5)
4 L. de B. de Fleurac France 14:56.0 4 (+1=5)
5 G. V. Bonhag United States 14:56.4 5 (+2+3=10)
6 J. F. Svanberg Sweden 14:57.0 6
7 J. G. Peterson Sweden 15:14.4 7 (+6=13)
8 E. M. Dahl Sweden 15:21.0 8 (+6+7=21)
9 A. J. A. Wiegant Sweden 15:33.0 X
10 J. Dreher France 15:37.2 10 (+1+4=15)
11 G. A. Dull United States 15:37.4 X
12 S. L. Landqvist Sweden 15:46.4 X
13 A. Fayollat France 15:52.2 X
14 Paul Lizandier France 15:56.6 X
DNS H. W. Conn United States X

Final

Rank Name Nation Time Points
1 Joe Deakin Great Britain and Ireland 14:39.6 1
2 Archie Robertson Great Britain and Ireland 14:41.0 2 (+1=3)
3 W. Coales Great Britain and Ireland 14:41.6 3 (+1+2=6)
4 John Eisele United States 14:41.8 4
5 Harold A. Wilson Great Britain and Ireland 14:57.0 X
6 G. V. Bonhag United States 15:05.0 6 (+4=10)
7 Norman Hallows Great Britain and Ireland 15:08.0 X
8 L. de B. de Fleurac France 15:08.4 8
9 H. L. Trube United States 15:11.0 9 (+4+6=19)
10 G. A. Dull United States 15:27.0 X
11 J. Dreher France 15:40.0 11 (+8=19)
12 H. W. Conn United States 15:40.2 X
13 P. Lijandier France 16:03.0 13 (+8+11=32)
DNS J. Bouin France X
DNS A. Fayollat France X