Men 3 Miiles Teams Race Athletics IV Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1908 - Wednesday, 15th July - Gold Medal: Great Britain
Final
points
score
1. Great Britain
GBR
6
1+2+3
Joe Deakin, Archie Robertson, William Coales
2. United States
USA
19
4+6+9
John Eisele, George Bonhag, Herbert Trube
3. France
FRA
32
8+11+13
Louis de Fleurac, Joseph Dreher, Paul Lizandier
Individual
time
1. Joe Deakin
Great Britain
14:39.6
2. Archie Robertson
Great Britain
14:41.0
3. William Coales
Great Britain
14:41.6
4. John Eisele
United States
14:41.8
5. Harold A. Wilson
Great Britain
14:57.0
6. George Bonhag
United States
15:05.0
7. Norman Hallows
Great Britain
15:08.0
8. Louis Bonniot de Fleurac
France
15:08.4
9. Herb Trube
United States
15:11.0
10.Gayle Dull
United States
15:27.0
11.Joseph Dréher
France
15:40.0
12.Harvey Cohn
United States
15:40.2
13.Paul Lizandier
France
16:03.0
-. Jean Bouin
France
DNS
-. Alexandre Fayollat
France
DNS
Venue: White City Stadium - track of 536.45 metres=1⁄3 mile.
28 competitors from 6 nations.
This event was held for the only time.
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.
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.
The four British athletes in Heat 1 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 Netherlands had three men finish the race, and thus they had no score and were unable to advance to the final.
GBR
USA
FRA
ITA
NED
Italy
SWE
