Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 5 miles
- Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 5 miles
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 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 from the United States, four from Canada, four from the Netherlands, two from Denmark, two from France, two from Australasia, one from Hungary, one from South Africa, one from Greece, one from Germany, one from Bohemia, and one from Italy.
There were six preliminary heats, with the winner and the four runners-ups with the best time advancing to the final.
Medallists
First round, heat 2Voigt broke away from the pack at about four miles.
Intermediate times: 1 mile 5:06.2, 2 miles 10:40.0, 3 miles 16:06.0, 4 miles 21:16.0
First round, heat 5Fitzgerald, Robertson, and Stevenson were close together for the first mile, then Robertson broke away. This left Fitzgerald and Stevenson to fight over second place.
Intermediate times: 1 mile 4:52.8, 2 miles 10:02.6, 3 miles 15:18.4, 4 miles 20:37.4
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