| Host City: London, Great Britain |
Format: Five men ran for each team with three to count. Scoring decided on a point-for-place system. |
| Date Started: July 14, 1908 |
Format: Top two in each heat advanced to the final. |
| Date Finished: July 15, 1908 |
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| (Competitors: 28; Countries: 6) |
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Venue(s): White City Stadium, London
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| The first heat was won by Britain, with four tying for first in 15:05.6 – Deakin, Robertson, Coales and Harold Wilson. Neither Italy nor Holland had enough athletes finishing to qualify. The other heat was faster, and won by 19 year-old Jean Bouin (FRA) in 14:53.0, ahead of Eisele and Trube (both 14:55). In the final the British athletes took turns taking the lead, Robertson taking the lead initially and Deakin at the front after a mile in 4:42.6, with only Eisele staying with the Britons. Two miles was passed in 9:44.8, and Deakin eventually broke away in the last lap. The winning margin of 1.4 seconds belies the description given in the Sporting Life that Deakin won by 30y (10 was closer to the mark). Bouin celebrated his heat win by getting drunk, and ended up in a police cell for the night. He started the final, but the night before caught up with him, and he did not finish. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| 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. |
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Results |
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| 3 mile Team |
Men |
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Final |
15 July |
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Mark |
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Team |
Country |
NOC |
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Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
6 points |
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Joe Deakin [1/14:39.6], “Archie” Robertson [2/14:41.0], Bill Coales [3/14:41.6] |
Great Britain |
GBR |
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[1-2-3] |
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19 points |
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John Eisele [4], George Bonhag [6], Herbert Trube [9]) |
United States |
USA |
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[4-6-9] |
| 3 |
32 points |
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Louis de Fleurac [8], Joseph Dreher [11], Paul Lizandier [13] |
France |
FRA |
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[8-11-13] |
DETAILS:
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Points |
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| 1 |
Joe Deakin |
Great Britain and Ireland |
14:39.6 |
1 |
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Archie Robertson |
Great Britain and Ireland |
14:41.0 |
2 (+1=3) |
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William Coales |
Great Britain and Ireland |
14:41.6 |
3 (+1+2=6) |
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John Eisele |
United States |
14:41.8 |
4 |
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Harold A. Wilson |
Great Britain and Ireland |
14:57.0 |
X |
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George Bonhag |
United States |
15:05.0 |
6 (+4=10) |
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Norman Hallows |
Great Britain and Ireland |
15:08.0 |
X |
| 8 |
Louis Bonniot de Fleurac |
France |
15:08.4 |
8 |
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Herb Trube |
United States |
15:11.0 |
9 (+4+6=19) |
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Gayle Dull |
United States |
15:27.0 |
X |
| 11 |
Joseph Dréher |
France |
15:40.0 |
11 (+8=19) |
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Harvey Cohn |
United States |
15:40.2 |
X |
| 13 |
Paul Lizandier |
France |
16:03.0 |
13 (+8+11=32) |
| DNS |
Jean Bouin |
France |
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X |
| DNS |
Alexandre Fayollat |
France |
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X |
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| 3 mile Team |
Men |
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Round One Heat One |
14 July |
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| 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. |
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NOC |
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Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
6 points |
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Great Britain |
GBR |
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[1-2-3] |
| 2 |
DNF |
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Italy |
ITA |
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| 3 |
DNF |
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Netherlands |
NED |
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DETAILS:
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Points |
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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 |
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Pericle Pagliani |
Italy |
15:22.6 |
5 |
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Massimo Cartasegna |
Italy |
16:26.0 |
6 (+5=11) |
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Arie Vosbergen |
Holland |
17:15.8 |
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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 |
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Men |
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Round One Heat Two |
14 July |
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| 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. |
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Mark |
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Country |
NOC |
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Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
10 points |
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United States |
USA |
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| 2 |
15 points |
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France |
FRA |
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| 3 |
21 points |
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Sweden |
SWE |
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DETAILS:
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Points |
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Jean Bouin |
France |
14:53.0 |
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John Eisele |
United States |
14:55.0 |
2 |
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Herbert Trube |
United States |
14:55.0 |
3 (+2=5) |
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Louis Bonniot de Fleurac |
France |
14:56.0 |
4 (+1=5) |
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George Bonhag |
United States |
14:56.4 |
5 (+2+3=10) |
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John Svanberg |
Sweden |
14:57.0 |
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Georg Peterson |
Sweden |
15:14.4 |
7 (+6=13) |
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Edward Dahl |
Sweden |
15:21.0 |
8 (+6+7=21) |
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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 |
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