Final | time | 1. Emil Voigt | Great Britain | 25:11.2 OR | 2. Edward Owen | Great Britain | 25:24.0 | 3. John Svanberg | Sweden | 25:37.2 | 4. Charles Hefferon | South Africa | 25:44.0 | 5. Arthur Robertson | Great Britain | 26:13.0 | 6. Frederick Meadows | Canada | 26:16.2 | 7. John E. Fitzgerald | Canada | Unknown | 8. Frederick Bellars | United States | Unknown | 9. Seth Landqvist | Sweden | Unknown | -. James Murphy | Great Britain | DNF |
Intermediate times: | 1 mile: Edward Owen (GBR) 4:46.2 | 2 miles: Charles Hefferon (SAF) 9:54.2 | 3 miles: John Svanberg (SWE) 15:05.6 | 4 miles: John Svanberg (SWE) 20:19.2 |
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| Venue: White City Stadium - track of 536.45 metres=1⁄3 mile. | 36 competitors from 14 nations. | This event was held for the only time and in 1906. | World Record: 24:33.2 - Alfred Shrubb (GBR) - Stamford Bridge (GBR), May 1904 | Olympic Record 26:11.8 - Henry Hawtrey (GBR) - Athens (GRE), 1906 |
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Heats - Wednesday, 15th July | Winner of each of 8 Heats and Best 4 Runners-up (Charles Heffero (SAF), Frederick Bellars (USA), Frederick Meadows (Can) and John E. Fitzgerald (Can) ) advanced to Final. |
Heat 1 | time | 1. John Svanberg | Sweden | 25:46.2 | 2. Charles Hefferon | South Africa | 26:05.0 | 3. George Blake | Australasia | Unknown | -. William Coales | Great Britain | DNF | -. Gaston Ragueneau | France | DNF |
Intermediate times: 1 mile 4:52.0, 2 miles 10:02.8, 3 miles 15:10.4, 4 miles 20:29.
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Emil Voigt | Great Britain | 26:13.4 | 2. Frederick Bellars | United States | 26:45.0 | 3. Pericle Pagliani | Italy | 26:56.4 | 4. Kjeld Nielsen | Denmark | 27:04.8 | -. Willem Wakker | Netherlands | DNF | -. Georgios Koulouberdas | Greece | DNF | -. Edward Dahl | Sweden | DNF |
Intermediate times: 1 mile 5:06.2, 2 miles 10:40.0, 3 miles 16:06.0, 4 miles 21:16.
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Seth Landqvist | Sweden | 27:00.2 | 2. Edward Carr | United States | 27:24.4 | 3. Julius Jørgensen | Denmark | 28:08.8 | 4. Charles Hall | United States | 28:24.0 | 5. Paul Nettelbeck | Germany | 28:31.6 | -. Wilhelmus Braams | Netherlands | DNF |
Intermediate times: 1 mile 5:07.6, 2 miles 10:32.6, 3 miles 15:53.4, 4 miles 21:26
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Heat 4 | time | 1. James Murphy | Great Britain | 25:59.2 | 2. Frederick Meadows | Canada | 26:16.2 | 3. Georg Peterson | Sweden | 26:50.4 | 4. Paul Lizandier | France | 27:10.8 | -. Joe Deakin | Great Britain | DNF | -. John Tait | Canada | DNF | -. Jacques Keyser | Netherlands | DNF |
Intermediate times: 1 mile 4:49.6, 2 miles 9:59.8, 3 miles 15:12.4, 4 miles 20:31.4.
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Heat 5 | time | 1. Arthur Robertson | Great Britain | 25:50.2 | 2. John E. Fitzgerald | Canada | 26:05.8 | 3. Samuel Stevenson | Great Britain | 26:17.0 | -. Axel Wiegandt | Sweden | DNF | -. Joseph Lynch | Australasia | DNF | -. Arie Vosbergen | Netherlands | DNF | -. Herbert Trube | United States | DNF |
Intermediate times: 1 mile 4:52.8, 2 miles 10:02.6, 3 miles 15:18.4, 4 miles 20:37.
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Heat 6 | time | 1. Edward Owen | Great Britain | 26:12.0 | 2. William Galbraith | Canada | 27:23.3 | 3. Arnošt Nejedlý | Bohemia | 28:29.8 | -. Antal Lovas | Hungary | DNF |
Intermediate times: 1 mile 4:46.8, 2 miles 9:56.0, 3 miles 15:19.2, 4 miles 20:51.
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