| | Event type

3 miles, Team, Men

Date	14 – 15 July 1908
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
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	6 (1 h1)	6 (1)	Gold
		Joe Deakin • Arthur Robertson • William Coales • Harold Wilson • Norman Hallows
2	–	United States	USA	10 (1 h2)	19 (2)	Silver
		John Eisele • George Bonhag • Herb Trube • Gayle Dull • Harvey Cohn
3	–	France	FRA	15 (2 h2)	32 (3)	Bronze
		Louis Bonniot de Fleurac • Joseph Dréher • Paul Lizandier • Jean Bouin • Alexandre Fayollat
3 h2 r1/2	–	Sweden	SWE	21 (3 h2)	–
		John Svanberg • Georg Peterson • Edward Dahl • Axel Wiegandt • Seth Landqvist
DNF	–	Italy	ITA	– (DNF h1)	–
		Pericle Pagliani • Massimo Cartesegna • Emilio Giovanoli • Dorando Pietri • Emilio Lunghi
DNF	–	Netherlands	NED	– (DNF h1)	–
		Arie Vosbergen • Willem Wakker • Wilhelmus Braams

Round One (14 July 1908 — 15:55)

Top two in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Points	Time
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	6	–	Q
	–	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
DNF	–	Italy	ITA	–	–
	–	Pericle Pagliani		5	15:22.6
	–	Massimo Cartesegna		6	16:26.0
	–	Emilio Giovanoli		–	DNF
	–	Dorando Pietri		–	DNF
	–	Emilio Lunghi		–	DNF
DNF	–	Netherlands	NED	–	–
	–	Arie Vosbergen		7	17:15.8
	–	Willem Wakker		8	17:46.4
	–	Wilhelmus Braams		–	DNF

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Points	Time
1	–	United States	USA	10	–	Q
	–	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	FRA	15	–	Q
	–	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	SWE	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

Final (15 July 1908 — 11:30)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Points	Time
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	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	USA	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	FRA	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