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

Men's team cross country at the Games of the V Olympiad
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Date	July 15, 1912
Competitors	41 from 6 nations
Medalists
Hjalmar Andersson John Eke Josef Ternström   Sweden Jalmari Eskola Hannes Kolehmainen Albin Stenroos   Finland Ernest Glover Frederick Hibbins Thomas Humphreys   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.

Place	Team	Score	Total
Final
1	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
2	Finland  (FIN)		11
	Hannes Kolehmainen	1
	Jalmari Eskola	4
	Albin Stenroos	6
	Ville Kyrönen	7
	Viljam Johansson	11
	Väinö Heikkilä	25
	Efraim Harju	DNF
	Aarne Lindholm	DNF
3	Great Britain  (GBR)		49
	Frederick Hibbins	15
	Ernest Glover	16
	Thomas Humphreys	18
	Joe Cottrill	DNF
	William Scott	DNF
4	Norway  (NOR)		61
	Olaf Hovdenak	19
	Parelius Finnerud	20
	Johannes Andersen	22
	Nils Dahl	DNF
5	Denmark  (DEN)		63
	Lauritz Christiansen	14
	Viggo Petersen	23
	Gerhard Topp	26
	Steen Rasmussen	28
	Holger Baden	DNF
	Fritz Danild	DNF
	Karl Julius Jensen	DNF
—	United States  (USA)		—
	Harry Hellawell	12
	Louis Scott	24
	Tell Berna	DNF
	George Bonhag	DNF
	William Kramer	DNF

References

1. Official report, p. 61.

• Bergvall, Erik, ed. (1913). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Translated by Adams-Ray, Edward. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Cross-Country, Team". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 January 2007.