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
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| Venue | White City Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | July 14 (semifinals) July 15 (final) |
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| Competitors | 28 from 6 nations | |||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5 miles | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3200 m steeplechase | men | |
| Medley relay | men | |
| 3 mile team race | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 3500 m walk | men | |
| 10 mile walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Standing long jump | men | |
| Standing high jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| Greek discus | men | |
| Freestyle javelin | men | |
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 |
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| 1 | William 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 | Pericle Pagliani | Italy | 15:22.6 | 5 |
| 6 | Massimo Cartasegna | Italy | 16:26.0 | 6 (+5=11) |
| 7 | Arie Vosbergen | Holland | 17:15.8 | 7 |
| 8 | Willem Wakker | Holland | 17:46.4 | 8 (+7=15) |
| DNF | Wilhelmus Braams | Holland | N/A (+7+8=X) | |
| DNF | Dorando Pietri | Italy | N/A (+5+6=X) | |
| DNF | Emilio 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 |
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| 1 | Jean 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 | Louis Bonniot de Fleurac | France | 14:56.0 | 4 (+1=5) |
| 5 | George Bonhag | United States | 14:56.4 | 5 (+2+3=10) |
| 6 | John Svanberg | Sweden | 14:57.0 | 6 |
| 7 | Georg Peterson | Sweden | 15:14.4 | 7 (+6=13) |
| 8 | Edward Dahl | Sweden | 15:21.0 | 8 (+6+7=21) |
| 9 | Axel Wiegandt | Sweden | 15:33.0 | X |
| 10 | Joseph Dréher | France | 15:37.2 | 10 (+1+4=15) |
| 11 | Gayle Dull | United States | 15:37.4 | X |
| 12 | Seth Landqvist | Sweden | 15:46.4 | X |
| 13 | Alexandre Fayollat | France | 15:52.2 | X |
| 14 | Paul Lizandier | France | 15:56.6 | X |
| DNS | Harvey Cohn | United States | X |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Points |
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| 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 | William 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 | George Bonhag | United States | 15:05.0 | 6 (+4=10) |
| 7 | Norman Hallows | Great Britain and Ireland | 15:08.0 | X |
| 8 | Louis Bonniot de Fleurac | France | 15:08.4 | 8 |
| 9 | Herb Trube | United States | 15:11.0 | 9 (+4+6=19) |
| 10 | Gayle Dull | United States | 15:27.0 | X |
| 11 | Joseph Dréher | France | 15:40.0 | 11 (+8=19) |
| 12 | Harvey Cohn | United States | 15:40.2 | X |
| 13 | Paul Lizandier | France | 16:03.0 | 13 (+8+11=32) |
| DNS | Jean Bouin | France | X | |
| DNS | Alexandre Fayollat | France | X |
References
- Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's 3 mile, Team. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-03-22.
