| Final Ranking | time | | 1. Kenneth McArthur |  South Africa | 2:36:54.8 OR | | 2. Christian Gitsham | South Africa | 2:37:52.0 | | 3. Gaston Strobino |  United States | 2:38:42.4 | | 4. Andrew Sockalexis | United States | 2:42:07.9 | | 5. James Duffy |  Canada | 2:42:18.8 | | 6. Sigfrid Jacobsson |  Sweden | 2:43:24.9 | | 7. John Gallagher | United States | 2:44:19.4 | | 8. Joseph Erxleben | United States | 2:45:47.2 | | 9. Richard Piggott | United States | 2:46:40.7 | | 10.Joseph Forshaw | United States | 2:49:49.4 | | 11.Fabre Édouard | Canada | 2:50:36.2 | | 12.Clarence DeMar | United States | 2:50:46.6 | | 13.Renon Boissière |  France | 2:51:06.6 | | 14.Henry Green | Great Britain | 2:52:11.4 | | 15.William Forsyth | Canada | 2:52:23.0 | | 16.Lewis Tewanima | United States | 2:52:41.4 | | 17.Harry Smith | United States | 2:52:53.8 | | 18.Thomas Lilley | United States | 2:59:35.4 | | 19.Arthur Townsend | Great Britain | 3:00:05.0 | | 20.Felix Kwieton |  Austria | 3:00:48.0 | | 21.Frederick Lord | Great Britain | 3:01:39.2 | | 22.Jacob Westberg | Sweden | 3:02:05.2 | | 23.Axel Simonsen |  Norway | 3:04:59.4 | | 24.Carl Andersson | Sweden | 3:06:13.0 | | 25.Edgar Lloyd | Great Britain | 3:09:25.0 | | 26.Iraklis Sakellaropoulos |  Greece | 3:11:37.0 | | 27.Hjalmar Dahlberg | Sweden | 3:13:32.2 | | 28.Ivar Lundberg | Sweden | 3:16:35.2 | | 29.Johannes Christensen |  Denmark | 3:21:57.4 | | 30.Olaf Lodal | Denmark | 3:21:57.6 | | 31.Ödön Kárpáti |  Hungary | 3:25:21.6 | | 32.Calle Nilsson | Sweden | 3:26:56.4 | | 33.Emmerich Rath | Austria | 3:27:03.8 | | 34.Otto Osen | Norway | 3:36:35.2 | | 35.Elmar Reimann |  Russia | Unknown | | -. Alexis Ahlgren | Sweden | DNF | | -. Henry Barrett | Great Britain | DNF | | -. James Beale | Great Britain | DNF | | -. Thure Bergvall | Sweden | DNF | | -. James Corkery | Canada | DNF | | -. Oscar Fonbæk | Norway | DNF | | -. Septimus Francom | Great Britain | DNF | | -. William Grüner | Sweden | DNF | | -. David Guttman | Sweden | DNF | | -. Karl Hack |  Austria | DNF | | -. Bohumil Honzátko |  Bohrmia | DNF | | -. Aarne Kallberg |  Finland | DNF | | -. Shizo Kanakuri |  Japan | DNF | | Finished" 54 years later " | | -. Andrejs Kapmals | Russia | DNF | | -. Tim Kellaway | Great Britain | DNF | | -. Tatu Kolehmainen | Finland | DNF | | -. Andrejs Krūkliņš | Russia | DNF | | -. Francisco Lázaro |  Portugal | DNF | | Died of Electrolyte imbalance | | -. Ivan Lönnberg | Sweden | DNF | | -. Louis Pauteux | France | DNF | | -. Vladimír Penc | Bohrmia | DNF | | -. Stuart Poulter |  Australasia | DNF | | -. Nikolajs Rasso | Russia | DNF | | -. John Reynolds | United States | DNF | | -. Henrik Ripszám |  Hungary | DNF | | -. Francesco Ruggero |  Italy | DNF | | -. Michael J. Ryan | United States | DNF | | -. František Slavík | Bohrmia | DNF | | -. Carlo Speroni | Italy | DNF | | -. Arthur St. Norman | South Africa | DNF | | -. Dragutin Tomašević |  Serbia | DNF | | -. Gustaf Törnros | Sweden | DNF | | -. Aleksandrs Upmals | Russia | DNF | | -. Ben Allel | France | DNS | | -. Jean Capelle | France | DNS | | -. Mathias de Carvalho | Portugal | DNS | | -. Nino Cazzaniga | Italy | DNS | | -. Orlando Cesaroni | Italy | DNS | | -. Nikolay Khorkov | Russia | DNS | | -. Paul Coulond | France | DNS | | -. Charles Davenport | Great Britain | DNS | | -. George Day | Great Britain | DNS | | -. Alex Decoteau | Canada | DNS | | -. Ahmed Djebelia | France | DNS | | -. George Goulding | Canada | DNS | | -. Gaston Heuet | France | DNS | | -. Joseph Keeper | Canada | DNS | | -. Alexandre Kracheninin | Russia | DNS | | -. Jean Lespielle | France | DNS | | -. Henry Lewis | Great Britain | DNS | | -. Henry Lorgnat | France | DNS | | -. Edmond Neyrinck | France | DNS | | -. Mikhail Nikolsky | Russia | DNS | | -. Alfred Nilsen | Norway | DNS | | -. Ole Olsen | Norway | DNS | | -. Jacob Pedersen | Norway | DNS | | -. Samuel Raynes | Great Britain | DNS | | -. Leonard Richardson | South Africa | DNS | | -. Joseph Zaitsev | Russia | DNS | | -. Alphonso Sanchez |  Chile | DNS | | -. John Tait | Canada | DNS | | -. Živko Nastić | Serbia | DNS | | -. René Wilde | Russia | DNS |
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| | | Start and Finish: Stockholm Olympic Stadion 20,000. | | Start at: 13:48 Temperature 24 C. | | 68 competitors from 19 nations. |
| World record: Thure Johansson, Sweden 2:51:23.6 Stockholm, Sweden 31 August 1909 | | Olympic Record: Johnny Hayes, United States 2:55:18.4 London, United Kingdom 24 July 1908 |
The distance was nearly two kilometres shorter. Nevertheless, Kenneth McArthur's winning time is registered as an Olympic record.
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