Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's individual cross country
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]
| Men's individual cross country at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir | |||||||||
| Date | July 12 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 10 nations | |||||||||
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Results edit
The first three runners for each nation to finish this event also counted towards the cross country team result.
The course was 10,650m 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 fifteen 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]
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ Hutchinson, Andrew Boyd (7 January 2020). "The 1924 Olympic Cross Country Course — Colombes, France". Medium.
- ^ a b Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of The Olympics. United States: Penguin Books. p. 118. ISBN 0140066322.
External links edit
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.