Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's individual cross country
| Men's individual cross country at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 23 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 47 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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men | |
|---|---|
| 10 km walk | men |
| Road events | |
| Marathon | men |
| Field events | |
| Long jump | men |
| Triple jump | men |
| High jump | men |
| Pole vault | men |
| Shot put | men |
| Discus throw | men |
| Hammer throw | men |
| Javelin throw | men |
| 56 lb weight throw | men |
| Combined events | |
| Pentathlon | men |
| Decathlon | men |
| Cross-country events | |
| Individual | men |
| Team | men |
The men's individual 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. Forty-seven runners from 12 nations competed.[1]
Records
The course was about 8 kilometers long, shorter than the previous Olympic cross-country race and a distance still widely competed in at the collegiate level.[1] The records for 8-kilometer cross country race individual times were as follows:
| World record | ||||
| Olympic record | N/A |
Results
The first three runners for each nation to finish in this event were also counted towards the cross country team result.
References
- ^ a b "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Games: Men's Cross-Country, Individual". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
External links
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2007.