Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's individual cross country
Men's cross country at the Games of the V Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | July 15 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 45 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics | |
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Track events | |
100 m | men |
200 m | men |
400 m | men |
800 m | men |
1500 m | men |
5000 m | men |
10,000 m | men |
110 m hurdles | men |
4×100 m relay | men |
4×400 m relay | men |
3000 m team race | men |
10 km walk | men |
Road events | |
Marathon | men |
Field events | |
Long jump | men |
Triple jump | men |
High jump | men |
Pole vault | men |
Standing long jump | men |
Standing high jump | men |
Shot put | men |
Discus throw | men |
Hammer throw | men |
Javelin throw | men |
2-hand shot put | men |
2-hand discus | men |
2-hand javelin | men |
Combined events | |
Pentathlon | men |
Decathlon | men |
Cross-country events | |
Individual | men |
Team | men |
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]
Results[]
The first three runners for each nation to finish in this race were also counted towards the team results.
Place | Athlete | Time |
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1 | Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) | 45:11.6[3] |
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[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Official report, p. 61.
- ^ Official Report of the 1912 Olympic Games. la84foundation.org
Further reading[]
- Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 January 2007.
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