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

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's cross country

|games = 1912 Summer

|image = Hannes Kolehmainen, Hjalmar Andersson, John Eke 1912.jpg

|image_size = 280px

|caption = Hannes Kolehmainen, Hjalmar Andersson and John Eke

|venue = Stockholm Olympic Stadium

|date = July 15, 1912

|competitors = 45

|nations = 9

|longnames =

|gold = Hannes Kolehmainen

|goldNOC = FIN

|silver = Hjalmar Andersson

|silverNOC = SWE

|bronze = John Eke

|bronzeNOC = SWE

|prev =

|next = 1920

}}

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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/ATH/mens-cross-country-individual.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173629/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/ATH/mens-cross-country-individual.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Games: Men's Cross-Country, Individual |accessdate=30 January 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}} NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.Official report, p. 61.

Records

The course was about 12,000 metres long, and it was not revealed to competitors before the race started.{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Cross-Country, Individual, Men |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/56649 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=7 August 2023}} The world best for a comparable distance 7.5-mile run was as follows:

{{World Olympic Record

|world_athlete={{flagathlete|George Bonhag|USA}}

|world_mark=39:08 {{frac|4|5}} (7.5 mi)

|world_place=Woodside, Queens (Celtic Park)

|world_date=6 November 1909

|world_ref={{cite web |title=Spalding's official athletic almanac, 1912 |url=https://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/CTRN/1912%20Spalding%20Almanac.pdf |access-date=7 August 2023 |page=13}}

|olympic_athlete=N/A

|olympic_mark=

|olympic_place=

|olympic_date=

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Results

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

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! Place

AthleteTime
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| 1

align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Hannes Kolehmainen|FIN|1912 Summer}}45:11.6[https://web.archive.org/web/20080410231505/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1912/1912.pdf Official Report of the 1912 Olympic Games]. la84foundation.org
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| 2

align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Hjalmar Andersson|SWE|1912 Summer}}45:44.8
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| 3

align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|John Eke|SWE|1912 Summer}}46:37.6
4align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Jalmari Eskola|FIN|1912 Summer}}46:54.8
5align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Josef Ternström|SWE|1912 Summer}}47:07.1
6align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Albin Stenroos|FIN|1912 Summer}}47:23.4
7align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Ville Kyrönen|FIN|1912 Summer}}47:32.0
8align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Len Richardson|RSA|1912 Summer}}47:33.5
9align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Brynolf Larsson|SWE|1912 Summer}}47:37.4
10align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Johan Sundkvist|SWE|1912 Summer}}47:40.0
11align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Viljam Johansson|FIN|1912 Summer}}48:03.0
12align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Harry Hellawell|USA|1912 Summer}}48:12.0
13align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Klas Lundström|SWE|1912 Summer}}48:45.4
14align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Lauritz Christiansen|DEN|1912 Summer}}49:06.4
15align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Frederick Hibbins|GBR|1912 Summer}}49:18.2
16align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Ernest Glover|GBR|1912 Summer}}49:53.7
17align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Bror Fock|SWE|1912 Summer}}50:15.8
18align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Thomas Humphreys|GBR|1912 Summer}}50:28.0
19align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Olaf Hovdenak|NOR|1912 Summer}}50:40.8
20align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Parelius Finnerud|NOR|1912 Summer}}51:16.2
21align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Gustav Carlén|SWE|1912 Summer}}51:26.8
22align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Johannes Andersen|NOR|1912 Summer}}51:47.4
23align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Viggo Petersen|DEN|1912 Summer}}53:00.8
24align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Louis Scott|USA|1912 Summer}}53:51.4
25align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Väinö Heikkilä|FIN|1912 Summer}}54:08.0
26align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Gerhard Topp|DEN|1912 Summer}}54:24.9
27align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Gregor Vietz|GER|1912 Summer}}54:40.6
28align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Steen Rasmussen|DEN|1912 Summer}}55:27.0

There were 17 more competitors who did not finish the race.

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book |title=The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 |publisher=Wahlström & Widstrand |year=1913 |editor=Bergvall |editor-first=Erik |location=Stockholm |translator-last=Adams-Ray |translator-first=Edward |trans-title=}}
  • {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 9 January 2007|language=pl}}

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Cross country individual

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