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
Venue White City Stadium
Dates July 14, 1908 (semifinals)
July 15, 1908 (final)
Competitors 28 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) William Coales
Joe Deakin
Archie Robertson		  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) George Bonhag
John Eisele
Herbert Trube		  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Louis de Fleurac
Joseph Dreher
Paul Lizandier		  France

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.

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.

RankNameNationTimePoints
1William CoalesGreat Britain and Ireland15:05.61
Joe DeakinGreat Britain and Ireland15:05.62 (+1=3)
Archie RobertsonGreat Britain and Ireland15:05.63 (+1+2=6)
Harold A. WilsonGreat Britain and Ireland15:05.6X
5Pericle PaglianiItaly15:22.65
6Massimo CartasegnaItaly16:26.06 (+5=11)
7Arie VosbergenHolland17:15.87
8Willem WakkerHolland17:46.48 (+7=15)
DNFWilhelmus BraamsHollandN/A (+7+8=X)
DNFDorando PietriItalyN/A (+5+6=X)
DNFEmilio GiovanoliItalyX
DNFNorman HallowsGreat Britain and IrelandX
DNFEmilio LunghiItalyX

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.

RankNameNationTimePoints
1Jean BouinFrance14:53.01
2John EiseleUnited States14:55.02
3Herbert TrubeUnited States14:55.03 (+2=5)
4Louis Bonniot de FleuracFrance14:56.04 (+1=5)
5George BonhagUnited States14:56.45 (+2+3=10)
6John SvanbergSweden14:57.06
7Georg PetersonSweden15:14.47 (+6=13)
8Edward DahlSweden15:21.08 (+6+7=21)
9Axel WiegandtSweden15:33.0X
10Joseph DréherFrance15:37.210 (+1+4=15)
11Gayle DullUnited States15:37.4X
12Seth LandqvistSweden15:46.4X
13Alexandre FayollatFrance15:52.2X
14Paul LizandierFrance15:56.6X
DNSHarvey CohnUnited StatesX

Final

RankNameNationTimePoints
1Joe DeakinGreat Britain and Ireland14:39.61
2Archie RobertsonGreat Britain and Ireland14:41.02 (+1=3)
3William CoalesGreat Britain and Ireland14:41.63 (+1+2=6)
4John EiseleUnited States14:41.84
5Harold A. WilsonGreat Britain and Ireland14:57.0X
6George BonhagUnited States15:05.06 (+4=10)
7Norman HallowsGreat Britain and Ireland15:08.0X
8Louis Bonniot de FleuracFrance15:08.48
9Herb TrubeUnited States15:11.09 (+4+6=19)
10Gayle DullUnited States15:27.0X
11Joseph DréherFrance15:40.011 (+8=19)
12Harvey CohnUnited States15:40.2X
13Paul LizandierFrance16:03.013 (+8+11=32)
DNSJean BouinFranceX
DNSAlexandre FayollatFranceX

References

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