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Athletics — 5 miles, Men (discontinued)

Times held 3
Total participants 71
Total countries 15

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1904 5 miles (AAU Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1906 5 miles, Men Intercalated 28 12
1908 5 miles, Men Olympic 35 14

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Henry HawtreyGBR John SvanbergSWE Edward DahlSWE
1908 Emil VoigtGBR Eddie OwenGBR John SvanbergSWE

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Great Britain GBR 2 1 0 3
Sweden SWE 0 1 2 3

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Emil Voigt GBR 1 0 0 1
Henry Hawtrey GBR 1 0 0 1
John Svanberg SWE 0 1 1 2
Eddie Owen GBR 0 1 0 1
Edward Dahl SWE 0 0 1 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Australasia ANZ 1908 Summer Olympics George Blake 3 h1 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 1906 Intercalated Games George Blake 6 See all
Austria AUT 1906 Intercalated Games Felix Kwieton AC See all
Bohemia BOH 1908 Summer Olympics Arnošt Nejedlý 3 h6 r1/2 See all
Canada CAN 1908 Summer Olympics Fred Meadows 6 See all
Crete CRT 1906 Intercalated Games Evangelos Volanakis DNS See all
1906 Intercalated Games Michail Giannarakis DNS
Denmark DEN 1908 Summer Olympics Julius Jørgensen 3 h3 r1/2 See all
Egypt EGY 1906 Intercalated Games Arthur Pitt-Marson AC See all
France FRA 1908 Summer Olympics Paul Lizandier 4 h4 r1/2 See all
Germany GER 1908 Summer Olympics Paul Nettelbeck 5 h3 r1/2 See all
Great Britain GBR 1906 Intercalated Games Henry Hawtrey 1 Gold See all
1908 Summer Olympics Emil Voigt 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1906 Intercalated Games Dimitrios Stamou AC See all
1906 Intercalated Games Xenofon Milonakis AC
1906 Intercalated Games Ioannis Arvanitis AC
1906 Intercalated Games Dimitrios Kantzias AC
1906 Intercalated Games Ioannis Santorinaios AC
1906 Intercalated Games Alkiviadis Tzelepopoulos AC
1908 Summer Olympics Nikolaos Kouloumperdas AC h2 r1/2
Hungary HUN 1908 Summer Olympics Antal Lovas AC h6 r1/2 See all
Italy ITA 1906 Intercalated Games Pericle Pagliani 5 See all
Netherlands NED 1908 Summer Olympics Willem Wakker AC h2 r1/2 See all
1908 Summer Olympics Wilhelmus Braams AC h3 r1/2
1908 Summer Olympics Jacques Keyser AC h4 r1/2
Norway NOR 1906 Intercalated Games Fritz Skullerud DNF See all
South Africa RSA 1908 Summer Olympics Charles Hefferon 4 See all
Sweden SWE 1906 Intercalated Games John Svanberg 2 Silver See all