The men's 3 miles team race was a unique event featured only at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

The world record for the 3 miles individual event at the time was 14:17 3⁄5.

The four British athletes finished the race hand-in-hand; official reports give them a joint first place in the heat though assigning points to the team as if they had placed first through fourth.

Neither Italy nor the Netherlands had three men finish the race, and thus they had no score and were unable to advance to the final.

The United States team finished with 10 points, France had 15, and Sweden had 21.