Date | 14 – 15 July 1908 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | White City Stadium, London | |
Participants | 28 from 6 countries | |
Format | Five men ran for each team with three to count. Scoring decided on a point-for-place system. |
Great Britain was the only team to finish three runners in the first heat and in the second heat, the United States and France eliminated Sweden. In the final, the British runners filled the first three places to give them the victory with the minimum score of 6 points (1+2+3). The British runners took turns in the lead in the final. Joe Deakin pulled away on the final lap to win the race individually. His time was officially given as 14:39.6, with a margin of 1.4 seconds, but descriptions of the race actually mention that he finished 30 yards in front of Arthur Robertson, so the margin was likely much larger. France’s Jean Bouin did not finish the final after getting drunk the night before to celebrate his victory in the heats of this event.
Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | R1 | Final | ||||||
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1 | – | Great Britain | ![]() | 6 (1 h1) | 6 (1) | Gold | |||||
Joe Deakin • Arthur Robertson • William Coales • Harold Wilson • Norman Hallows | |||||||||||
2 | – | United States | ![]() | 10 (1 h2) | 19 (2) | Silver | |||||
John Eisele • George Bonhag • Herb Trube • Gayle Dull • Harvey Cohn | |||||||||||
3 | – | France | ![]() | 15 (2 h2) | 32 (3) | Bronze | |||||
Louis Bonniot de Fleurac • Joseph Dréher • Paul Lizandier • Jean Bouin • Alexandre Fayollat | |||||||||||
3 h2 r1/2 | – | Sweden | ![]() | 21 (3 h2) | – | ||||||
John Svanberg • Georg Peterson • Edward Dahl • Axel Wiegandt • Seth Landqvist | |||||||||||
– | Italy | ![]() | – (DNF h1) | – | |||||||
Pericle Pagliani • Massimo Cartesegna • Emilio Giovanoli • Dorando Pietri • Emilio Lunghi | |||||||||||
– | Netherlands | ![]() | – (DNF h1) | – | |||||||
Arie Vosbergen • Willem Wakker • Wilhelmus Braams |
Top two in each heat advanced to the final.
Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Points | Time | ||||
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1 | – | Great Britain | ![]() | 6 | – | ||||
– | Harold Wilson | 1 | 15:05.6 | ||||||
– | Arthur Robertson | 2 | 15:05.6 | ||||||
– | William Coales | 3 | 15:05.6 | ||||||
– | Joe Deakin | 4 | 15:05.6 | ||||||
– | Norman Hallows | – | DNF | non-scoring | non-scoring | ||||
– | Italy | ![]() | – | – | |||||
– | Pericle Pagliani | 5 | 15:22.6 | ||||||
– | Massimo Cartesegna | 6 | 16:26.0 | ||||||
– | Emilio Giovanoli | – | DNF | ||||||
– | Dorando Pietri | – | DNF | ||||||
– | Emilio Lunghi | – | DNF | ||||||
– | Netherlands | ![]() | – | – | |||||
– | Arie Vosbergen | 7 | 17:15.8 | ||||||
– | Willem Wakker | 8 | 17:46.4 | ||||||
– | Wilhelmus Braams | – | DNF |
Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Points | Time | ||||
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1 | – | United States | ![]() | 10 | – | ||||
– | John Eisele | 2 | 14:55.0 | ||||||
– | Herb Trube | 3 | 14:55.0 | ||||||
– | George Bonhag | 5 | 14:56.4 | ||||||
– | Gayle Dull | 11 | 15:37.4 | non-scoring | non-scoring | ||||
– | Harvey Cohn | – | DNF | non-scoring | non-scoring | ||||
2 | – | France | ![]() | 15 | – | ||||
– | Jean Bouin | 1 | 14:53.0 | ||||||
– | Louis Bonniot de Fleurac | 4 | 14:56.0 | ||||||
– | Joseph Dréher | 10 | 15:37.2 | ||||||
– | Alexandre Fayollat | 13 | 15:52.2 | non-scoring | non-scoring | ||||
– | Paul Lizandier | 14 | 15:56.6 | non-scoring | non-scoring | ||||
3 | – | Sweden | ![]() | 21 | – | ||||
– | John Svanberg | 6 | 14:57.0 | ||||||
– | Georg Peterson | 7 | 15:14.4 | ||||||
– | Edward Dahl | 8 | 15:21.0 | ||||||
– | Axel Wiegandt | 9 | 15:33.0 | non-scoring | non-scoring | ||||
– | Seth Landqvist | 12 | 15:46.4 | non-scoring | non-scoring |
Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Points | Time | ||||
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1 | – | Great Britain | ![]() | 6 | – | ||||
– | Joe Deakin | 1 | 14:39.6 | ||||||
– | Arthur Robertson | 2 | 14:41.0 | ||||||
– | William Coales | 3 | 14:41.6 | ||||||
– | Harold Wilson | 5 | 14:57.0 | non-scoring | non-scoring | ||||
– | Norman Hallows | 7 | 15:08.0 | non-scoring | non-scoring | ||||
2 | – | United States | ![]() | 19 | – | ||||
– | John Eisele | 4 | 14:41.8 | ||||||
– | George Bonhag | 6 | 15:05.0 | ||||||
– | Herb Trube | 9 | 15:11.0 | ||||||
– | Gayle Dull | 10 | 15:40.0 | non-scoring | non-scoring | ||||
– | Harvey Cohn | 12 | 15:40.2 | non-scoring | non-scoring | ||||
3 | – | France | ![]() | 32 | – | ||||
– | Louis Bonniot de Fleurac | 8 | 15:08.4 | ||||||
– | Joseph Dréher | 11 | 15:40.0 | ||||||
– | Paul Lizandier | 13 | 16:03.0 | ||||||
– | Jean Bouin | – | DNF | non-scoring | non-scoring |