| Date | 14 July 1908 — 15:55 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | White City Stadium, London | |
| Format | Top 2 in each heat advanced to the final round. | |
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 | Competitors | NOC | Points | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Harvey Cohn | – | DNF | 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 | |||
| Paul Lizandier | 14 | 15:56.6 | 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 | |||
| Seth Landqvist | 12 | 15:46.4 | non-scoring |