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, 1912 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 45 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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]
Records
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 4⁄5 (7.5 mi) | Woodside, Queens (Celtic Park) | 6 November 1909 | [4] |
| Olympic record | N/A |
Results
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 |
There were 17 more competitors who did not finish the race.
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.
- ^ "Olympedia – Cross-Country, Individual, Men". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Spalding's official athletic almanac, 1912" (PDF). p. 13. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ Official Report of the 1912 Olympic Games. la84foundation.org
Further reading
- Bergvall, Erik, ed. (1913). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Translated by Adams-Ray, Edward. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 January 2007.