Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's team cross country

The men's team cross country event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. It was the second appearance of this event. The competition was held on Monday, August 23, 1920.

Men's team cross country
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DateAugust 23
Competitors24 from 8 nations
Medalists
Teodor Koskenniemi, Heikki Liimatainen, Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Anton Hegarty, Alfred Nichols, James Wilson
 Great Britain
Eric Backman, Hilding Ekman, Gustaf Mattsson
 Sweden

Eight nations competed as they have at least three competitors participating in the individual cross country race.

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.

PlaceTeamScoreTotal
Final
1 Finland (FIN)10
Paavo Nurmi1
Heikki Liimatainen3
Teodor Koskenniemi6
Ilmari Vesamaa14
Eino Rastas18
Hannes Miettinen23
2 Great Britain (GBR)21
James Wilson4
Anton Hegarty5
Alfred Nichols12
Christopher Vose19
Walter Freeman22
Larry Cummins26
3 Sweden (SWE)23
Eric Backman2
Gustaf Mattsson10
Hilding Ekman11
Werner Magnusson13
Lars Hedwall24
Knut Alm30
4 United States (USA)36
Patrick Flynn9
Fred Faller13
Max Bohland14
Lewis Watson34
Bob Crawford40
Amisoli PatasoniDNF
5 France (FRA)40
Gaston Heuet8
Gustave Lauvaux15
Joseph Servella17
Edmond Brossard31
Edmond Bimont32
Joseph GuillemotDNF
6 Belgium (BEL)48
Julien Van Campenhout7
Henri Smets20
Aimé Proot21
François Vyncke37
Pierre Trullemans41
Antoine Rivez42
7 Denmark (DEN)53
Albert Andersen16
Henrik Sørensen18
Jón Jónsen19
Julius Ebert35
Artur NielsenDNF

References

  • sports-reference.com
  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2007.
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