Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team cross country

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Men's team cross country
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Venue Stockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 15, 1912
Competitors41 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hjalmar Andersson
John Eke
Josef Ternström
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Jalmari Eskola
Hannes Kolehmainen
Albin Stenroos
Flag of Russia.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Ernest Glover
Frederick Hibbins
Thomas Humphreys
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
1920  

The men's team cross country was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Monday, July 15, 1912.

Forty-one runners from six nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes. [1]

Results

The first three runners for each nation to finish in the individual cross country race counted towards the team results. Their placings were summed, and the team with the lowest sum won. Of the 10 nations that sent cross country runners, 6 had at least 3 runners (Austria, France, Germany, and South Africa were the four that did not; they have only one runner each). The United States had only 2 of its 5 runners finish, so did not make a valid team score.

PlaceTeamScoreTotal
Final
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)10
Hjalmar Andersson 2
John Eke 3
Josef Ternström 5
Brynolf Larsson 9
Johan Sundkvist 10
Klas Lundström 13
Bror Fock 17
Gustav Carlén 21
Edvin Hellgren DNF
John Klintberg DNF
Axel Lindahl DNF
Henrik Nordström DNF
2Flag of Russia.svg  Finland  (FIN)11
Hannes Kolehmainen 1
Jalmari Eskola 4
Albin Stenroos 6
Ville Kyrönen 7
Viljam Johansson11
Väinö Heikkilä25
Efraim HarjuDNF
Aarne Lindholm DNF
3Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)49
Frederick Hibbins 15
Ernest Glover 16
Thomas Humphreys 18
Joe Cottrill DNF
William Scott DNF
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)61
Olaf Hovdenak 19
Parelius Finnerud 20
Johannes Andersen 22
Nils Dahl DNF
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)63
Lauritz Christiansen14
Viggo Petersen23
Gerhard Topp26
Steen Rasmussen28
Holger BadenDNF
Fritz DanildDNF
Karl Julius JensenDNF
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
Harry Hellawell 12
Louis Scott 24
Tell Berna DNF
George Bonhag DNF
William Kramer DNF

References

  1. Official report, p. 61.