Men 5 Miles (8km) Athletics IV Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1908 - Saturday, 18th, July - Gold Medal: Emil Voigt, Great Britain
Finaltime
1. Emil VoigtGBR Great Britain25:11.2 OR
2. Edward OwenGBR Great Britain25:24.0
3. John SvanbergSWE Sweden25:37.2
4. Charles HefferonSaF South Africa25:44.0
5. Arthur RobertsonGBR Great Britain26:13.0
6. Frederick MeadowsCan Canada26:16.2
7. John E. FitzgeraldCan CanadaUnknown
8. Frederick BellarsUSA United StatesUnknown
9. Seth LandqvistSWE SwedenUnknown
-. James MurphyGBR Great BritainDNF
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

world Men 10000m History

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

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 1time
1. John SvanbergSWE Sweden25:46.2
2. Charles HefferonSaF South Africa26:05.0
3. George BlakeANZ AustralasiaUnknown
-. William CoalesGBR Great BritainDNF
-. Gaston RagueneauFRA FranceDNF
Intermediate times: 1 mile 4:52.0, 2 miles 10:02.8, 3 miles 15:10.4, 4 miles 20:29.
Heat 2time
1. Emil VoigtGBR Great Britain26:13.4
2. Frederick BellarsUSA United States26:45.0
3. Pericle PaglianiIta Italy26:56.4
4. Kjeld NielsenDEN Denmark27:04.8
-. Willem WakkerNED NetherlandsDNF
-. Georgios KoulouberdasGre GreeceDNF
-. Edward DahlSWE SwedenDNF
Intermediate times: 1 mile 5:06.2, 2 miles 10:40.0, 3 miles 16:06.0, 4 miles 21:16.
Heat 3time
1. Seth LandqvistSWE Sweden27:00.2
2. Edward CarrUSA United States27:24.4
3. Julius JørgensenDEN Denmark28:08.8
4. Charles HallUSA United States28:24.0
5. Paul NettelbeckGeR Germany28:31.6
-. Wilhelmus BraamsNED NetherlandsDNF
Intermediate times: 1 mile 5:07.6, 2 miles 10:32.6, 3 miles 15:53.4, 4 miles 21:26
Heat 4time
1. James MurphyGBR Great Britain25:59.2
2. Frederick MeadowsCan Canada26:16.2
3. Georg PetersonSWE Sweden26:50.4
4. Paul LizandierFRA France27:10.8
-. Joe DeakinGBR Great BritainDNF
-. John TaitCan CanadaDNF
-. Jacques KeyserNED NetherlandsDNF
Intermediate times: 1 mile 4:49.6, 2 miles 9:59.8, 3 miles 15:12.4, 4 miles 20:31.4.
Heat 5time
1. Arthur RobertsonGBR Great Britain25:50.2
2. John E. FitzgeraldCan Canada26:05.8
3. Samuel StevensonGBR Great Britain26:17.0
-. Axel WiegandtSWE SwedenDNF
-. Joseph LynchANZ AustralasiaDNF
-. Arie VosbergenNED NetherlandsDNF
-. Herbert TrubeUSA United StatesDNF
Intermediate times: 1 mile 4:52.8, 2 miles 10:02.6, 3 miles 15:18.4, 4 miles 20:37.
Heat 6time
1. Edward OwenGBR Great Britain26:12.0
2. William GalbraithCan Canada27:23.3
3. Arnošt NejedlýBOH Bohemia28:29.8
-. Antal LovasHUN HungaryDNF
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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