Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres team race

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Men's 3000 metres team race
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Olympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 21–22
Competitors31 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hal Brown, Arlie Schardt, Ivan Dresser, Lawrence Shields, Michael Devaney
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Joe Blewitt, Albert Hill, William Seagrove, Percy Hodge, Duncan McPhee, James Hatton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Eric Backman, Sven Lundgren, Edvin Wide, John Zander, Josef Holsner
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1912
1924  

The men's 3000 metres team event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. [1] It was the second appearance of a 3000-metre team race event after the debut in 1912, but the fifth time that a team contest was arranged at the Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, August 21, 1920, and on Sunday, August 22, 1920. 31 runners from six nations competed.

Records

The world record in the individual 3000 metres was 8:33.2 by John Zander. Zander's multiple world records in the event eclipsed the 8:36.8 mark from the 1912 Olympic team race, which at the time was a world record.

World recordFlag of Sweden.svg  John Zander  (SWE)8:33.2 Stockholm 7 August 1918 [2]
Olympic recordFlag of Russia.svg  Johannes Kolehmainen  (FIN)8:36.8 Stockholm 12 July 1912 [3]

In the second heat, Edmond Brossard set a new Olympic record of 8:35.6.

Results

Semifinals

Both semi-finals were held on Saturday, August 21, 1920.

Semifinal 1

Team result

PlaceTeamScoresQual.
123Total
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)24511Q
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)13812Q
3Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy  (ITA)691025Q
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)7111230

Individual race result

PlaceAthleteScore
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sven Lundgren  (SWE)1
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Duncan McPhee  (GBR)2
3Flag of Sweden.svg  John Zander  (SWE)3
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Joe Blewitt  (GBR)4
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Seagrove  (GBR)5
6Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Ernesto Ambrosini  (ITA)6
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Julien Van Campenhout  (BEL)7
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Eric Backman  (SWE)8
9Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Augusto Maccario  (ITA)9
10Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Carlo Speroni  (ITA)10
11Flag of Sweden.svg  Edvin Wide  (SWE)
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Percy Hodge  (GBR)
13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  James Hatton  (GBR)
14Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joseph Otterbeen  (BEL)11
15Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Carlo Martinenghi  (ITA)
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lucien Bangels  (BEL)12
17Flag of Sweden.svg  Josef Holsner  (SWE)
18Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  François Vyncke  (BEL)
19Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Pierre Trullemans  (BEL)
20Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Henri Smets  (BEL)

Semifinal 2

Team result:

PlaceTeamScoresQual.
123Total
1Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1247Q
2US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)35614Q

Individual race result:

PlaceAthleteScoreTime
1Flag of France.svg  Edmond Brossard  (FRA)18:35.6 [4] OR
2Flag of France.svg  Armand Burtin  (FRA)28:36.4e
3US flag 48 stars.svg  Hal Brown  (USA)3
4Flag of France.svg  Gaston Heuet  (FRA)4
5US flag 48 stars.svg  Michael Devaney  (USA)5
6US flag 48 stars.svg  Ivan Dresser  (USA)6
7US flag 48 stars.svg  Lawrence Shields  (USA)
8US flag 48 stars.svg  Arlie Schardt  (USA)
9Flag of France.svg  Lucien Duquesne  (FRA)
10Flag of France.svg  René Vignaud  (FRA)

Final

The final was held on Sunday, August 22, 1920.

Team result:

PlaceTeamScores
123Total
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)13610
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)57820
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)2101224
4Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)4111530
5Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy  (ITA)9131436

Individual race result:

PlaceAthleteScoreTime
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Hal Brown  (USA)18:45.4 [5]
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Eric Backman  (SWE)28:45.5e
3US flag 48 stars.svg  Arlie Schardt  (USA)38:46.4e
4Flag of France.svg  Armand Burtin  (FRA)48:47.3e
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Joe Blewitt  (GBR)5
6US flag 48 stars.svg  Ivan Dresser  (USA)6
7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Albert Hill  (GBR)7
8US flag 48 stars.svg  Lawrence Shields  (USA)
9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Seagrove  (GBR)8
10Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  James Hatton  (GBR)
11Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Ernesto Ambrosini  (ITA)9
12US flag 48 stars.svg  Michael Devaney  (USA)
13Flag of Sweden.svg  Sven Lundgren  (SWE)10
14Flag of France.svg  Gaston Heuet  (FRA)11
15Flag of Sweden.svg  Edvin Wide  (SWE)12
16Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Augusto Maccario  (ITA)13
17Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Carlo Speroni  (ITA)14
18Flag of France.svg  Edmond Brossard  (FRA)15
19Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Carlo Martinenghi  (ITA)
20Flag of Sweden.svg  Josef Holsner  (SWE)
21Flag of France.svg  Lucien Duquesne  (FRA)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Duncan McPhee  (GBR)DNF
Flag of France.svg  René Vignaud  (FRA)DNF

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