page_title: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 3200 metres steeplechase
section_title: Final
hierarchical_section_title: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 3200 metres steeplechase / Results / Final
caption_attribution_description: English: 3200 metre steeplechase final at the 1908 Summer Olympics
context_page_description: The men's 3,200 metres steeplechase was held for the only time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The competition was held on July 17, 1908 and July 18, 1908. The races were held on a track of 536.45 metres=​¹⁄₃ mile in circumference. There were six heats of the first round, with the winners of those heats competing in the final.
  24 runners from 6 nations competed; eleven from Great Britain, eight from the United States, two from Canada, two from France, one from Hungary, and one from Italy. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.
context_section_description: The final was held on Saturday, July 18, 1908.
  Holdaway was the first to lead, but did not do so for long. Galbraith and Russell were the leaders for most of the first half of the race, until Galbraith fell back and Eisele joined Russell at the front. After the bell, Robertson passed Eisele and nearly caught Russell, trailing by only two yards when the two crossed the finish line.
caption: Arthur Russell finishing first in front of Archie Robertson.
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