Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's individual cross country

Men's individual cross country at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
1924 individual cross country race. The left trio is Edvin Wide, Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Date	July 12, 1924
Competitors	38 from 10 nations
Medalists
Paavo Nurmi   Finland Ville Ritola   Finland Earl Johnson   United States
←  1920

The men's individual cross country event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the third and last appearance of this event. The competition was held on Saturday, July 12, 1924. Thirty-eight runners from ten nations competed. ^[1]

Results

The first three runners for each nation to finish this event also counted towards the cross country team result.

The course was 10,650 metres (6.62 mi) in length. ^[2]

The course was unusually difficult, including stone paths that were covered in knee-high thistles and weeds. This, combined with extreme weather conditions of over 40 °C and noxious fumes emitted from a power plant near the course, resulted in only 15 of the 38 starters crossing the finish line. ^[3] After the event, both the Red Cross and local police spent hours searching for runners who had passed out on the course. ^[3]

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Paavo Nurmi  (FIN)	32:54.8
2	Ville Ritola  (FIN)	34:19.4
3	Earl Johnson  (USA)	35:21.0
4	Ernie Harper  (GBR)	35:45.4
5	Henri Lauvaux  (FRA)	36:44.8
6	Arthur Studenroth  (USA)	36:45.4
7	Carlo Martinenghi  (ITA)	37:01.0
8	August Fager  (USA)	37:40.6
9	Len Richardson (RSA)	37:46.0
10	Gaston Heuet  (FRA)	37:52.0
11	James Henigan  (USA)	38:00.0
12	Heikki Liimatainen  (FIN)	38:18.0
13	Fabián Velasco  (ESP)	39:07.6
14	Miguel Peña  (ESP)	41:34.0
15	Maurice Norland  (FRA)	41:48.3
—	José Andía  (ESP)	DNF
	Arthur Sewell  (GBR)	DNF
	John Gray  (USA)	DNF
	Robert Marchal  (FRA)	DNF
	Edvin Wide  (SWE)	DNF
	Väinö Sipilä  (FIN)	DNF
	Sven Thuresson  (SWE)	DNF
	John Benham  (GBR)	DNF
	Verne Booth  (USA)	DNF
	John Ryan  (IRL)	DNF
	Sidon Ebeling  (SWE)	DNF
	Gösta Bergström  (SWE)	DNF
	Eino Rastas  (FIN)	DNF
	André Lauseig  (FRA)	DNF
	Jesús Diéguez  (ESP)	DNF
	Carlo Speroni  (ITA)	DNF
	Amador Palma  (ESP)	DNF
	Eero Berg  (FIN)	DNF
	Eddie Webster  (GBR)	DNF
	Lucien Dolquès  (FRA)	DNF
	Joseph Williams  (GBR)	DNF
	Alfredo Gomes  (BRA)	DNF
	Miguel Palau  (ESP)	DNF

References

1. "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Games: Men's Cross-Country, Individual". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. Hutchinson, Andrew Boyd (7 January 2020). "The 1924 Olympic Cross Country Course — Colombes, France". Medium.
3. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of The Olympics. United States: Penguin Books. p. 118. ISBN   0140066322.

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.