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

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.

Men's team cross country
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 15, 1912
Competitors41 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hjalmar Andersson
John Eke
Josef Ternström
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jalmari Eskola
Hannes Kolehmainen
Albin Stenroos
 Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ernest Glover
Frederick Hibbins
Thomas Humphreys
 Great Britain
1920 →

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

Results

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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

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  1. ^ Official report, p. 61.
  • 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.
  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 January 2007.