Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 miles team race

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.

Men's 3 miles team race
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueWhite City Stadium
DatesJuly 14, 1908 (semifinals)
July 15, 1908 (final)
Competitors28 from 6 nations
Medalists
William Coales
Joe Deakin
Archie Robertson
 Great Britain
George Bonhag
John Eisele
Herbert Trube
 United States
Louis de Fleurac
Joseph Dreher
Paul Lizandier
 France

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.

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 received 1+2+3=6 points. Neither Italy nor the Netherlands had three men finish the race, and thus they had no score and were unable to advance to the final.

Individual standings
RankNameNationTimePoints
1William Coales Great Britain15:05.61
Joe Deakin Great Britain15:05.62
Archie Robertson Great Britain15:05.63
Harold A. Wilson Great Britain15:05.6
5Pericle Pagliani Italy15:22.65
6Massimo Cartasegna Italy16:26.06
7Arie Vosbergen Netherlands17:15.87
8Willem Wakker Netherlands17:46.48
Wilhelmus Braams NetherlandsDNF
Dorando Pietri ItalyDNF
Emilio Giovanoli ItalyDNF
Norman Hallows Great BritainDNF
Emilio Lunghi ItalyDNF
Team standings
RankNationAthletesScoreNotes
Ind.Team
1 Great BritainWilliam Coales16Q
Joe Deakin2
Archie Robertson3
 ItalyPericle Pagliani5
Massimo Cartasegna6
No third finisher
 NetherlandsArie Vosbergen7
Willem Wakker8
No third finisher

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.

Individual standings
RankNameNationTimePoints
1Jean Bouin France14:53.01
2John Eisele United States14:55.02
3Herbert Trube United States14:55.03
4Louis Bonniot de Fleurac France14:56.04
5George Bonhag United States14:56.45
6John Svanberg Sweden14:57.06
7Georg Peterson Sweden15:14.47
8Edward Dahl Sweden15:21.08
9Axel Wiegandt Sweden15:33.0
10Joseph Dréher France15:37.210
11Gayle Dull United States15:37.4
12Seth Landqvist Sweden15:46.4
13Alexandre Fayollat France15:52.2
14Paul Lizandier France15:56.6
Harvey Cohn United StatesDNS
Team standings
RankNationAthletesScoreNotes
Ind.Team
1 United StatesJohn Eisele210Q
Herbert Trube3
George Bonhag5
2 FranceJean Bouin115Q
Louis Bonniot de Fleurac4
Joseph Dréher10
3 SwedenJohn Svanberg621
Georg Peterson7
Edward Dahl8

Final

Individual standings
RankNameNationTimePoints
1Joe Deakin Great Britain14:39.61
2Archie Robertson Great Britain14:41.02
3William Coales Great Britain14:41.63
4John Eisele United States14:41.84
5Harold A. Wilson Great Britain14:57.0
6George Bonhag United States15:05.06
7Norman Hallows Great Britain15:08.0
8Louis Bonniot de Fleurac France15:08.48
9Herb Trube United States15:11.09
10Gayle Dull United States15:27.0
11Joseph Dréher France15:40.011
12Harvey Cohn United States15:40.2
13Paul Lizandier France16:03.013
Jean Bouin FranceDNS
Alexandre Fayollat FranceDNS
Team standings
RankNationAthletesScore
Ind.Team
 Great BritainJoe Deakin16
Archie Robertson2
William Coales3
 United StatesJohn Eisele419
George Bonhag6
Herb Trube9
 FranceLouis Bonniot de Fleurac832
Joseph Dréher11
Paul Lizandier13

References

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's 3 mile, Team". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
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