Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 5 miles
Rank Athlete Nation 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
Results -- First round
Landqvist led the entire way , gradually pulling away from the rest of the runners . Intermediate times : 1 mile 5:07.6 , 2 miles 10:32.6 , 3 miles 15:53.4 , 4 miles 21:26.2
The men's 5 miles race was held at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. It was discontinued after that in favour of the metric races of 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres. The competition was held on July 15, 1908, and July 18, 1908. 36 runners from 14 nations competed; seven from Great Britain, five from Sweden, four each from the United States, Canada and the Netherlands, two each from Denmark, France and Australasia, and one each from Hungary, South Africa, Greece, Germany, Bohemia and Italy. There were six preliminary heats, with the winner and the four runners-up with the best time advancing to the final.