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

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Men's cross country
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 15
Competitors45 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hannes Kolehmainen  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hjalmar Andersson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Eke  Sweden
1920 →
The Swedish competitors of the cross country race.

At the 1912 Summer Olympics, the men's individual cross country race was held as part of the athletics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Monday, July 15, 1912. Forty-five runners from nine nations competed.[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2]

Records

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The course was about 12,000 metres long, and it was not revealed to competitors before the race started.[3] The world best for a comparable distance 7.5-mile run was as follows:

World record  George Bonhag (USA) 39:08 45 (7.5 mi) Woodside, Queens (Celtic Park) 6 November 1909 [4]
Olympic record N/A

Results

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The first three runners for each nation to finish in this race were also counted towards the team results.

Place Athlete Time
1  Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) 45:11.6[5]
2  Hjalmar Andersson (SWE) 45:44.8
3  John Eke (SWE) 46:37.6
4  Jalmari Eskola (FIN) 46:54.8
5  Josef Ternström (SWE) 47:07.1
6  Albin Stenroos (FIN) 47:23.4
7  Ville Kyrönen (FIN) 47:32.0
8  Len Richardson (RSA) 47:33.5
9  Brynolf Larsson (SWE) 47:37.4
10  Johan Sundkvist (SWE) 47:40.0
11  Viljam Johansson (FIN) 48:03.0
12  Harry Hellawell (USA) 48:12.0
13  Klas Lundström (SWE) 48:45.4
14  Lauritz Christiansen (DEN) 49:06.4
15  Frederick Hibbins (GBR) 49:18.2
16  Ernest Glover (GBR) 49:53.7
17  Bror Fock (SWE) 50:15.8
18  Thomas Humphreys (GBR) 50:28.0
19  Olaf Hovdenak (NOR) 50:40.8
20  Parelius Finnerud (NOR) 51:16.2
21  Gustav Carlén (SWE) 51:26.8
22  Johannes Andersen (NOR) 51:47.4
23  Viggo Petersen (DEN) 53:00.8
24  Louis Scott (USA) 53:51.4
25  Väinö Heikkilä (FIN) 54:08.0
26  Gerhard Topp (DEN) 54:24.9
27  Gregor Vietz (GER) 54:40.6
28  Steen Rasmussen (DEN) 55:27.0
 Holger Baden (DEN) Did not finish
 Tell Berna (USA) Did not finish
 George Bonhag (USA) Did not finish
 Jean Bouin (FRA) Did not finish
 Joe Cottrill (GBR) Did not finish
 Nils Dahl (NOR) Did not finish
 Fritz Danild (DEN) Did not finish
 Efraim Harju (FIN) Did not finish
 Edvin Hellgren (SWE) Did not finish
 Karl Julius Jensen (DEN) Did not finish
 John Klintberg (SWE) Did not finish
 William Kramer (USA) Did not finish
 Axel Lindahl (SWE) Did not finish
 Aarne Lindholm (FIN) Did not finish
 Henrik Nordström (SWE) Did not finish
 Emmerich Rath (AUT) Did not finish
 William Scott (GBR) Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Games: Men's Cross-Country, Individual". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ Official report, p. 61.
  3. ^ "Olympedia – Cross-Country, Individual, Men". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Spalding's official athletic almanac, 1912" (PDF). p. 13. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  5. ^ Official Report of the 1912 Olympic Games. la84foundation.org

Further reading

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  • 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.