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 | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
| Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics  | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| 3000 m team race | men | |
| 3 km walk | 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.
Results
The first three runners for each nation to finish in this event were also counted towards the cross country team result.
| Place | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paavo Nurmi (FIN) | 27:15.0 |
| 2 |  Eric Backman (SWE) | 27:17.6 |
| 3 | Heikki Liimatainen (FIN) | 27:37.0 |
| 4 |  James Wilson (GBR) | 27:45.2 |
| 5 | Anton Hegarty (GBR) | 27:57.0 |
| 6 | Teodor Koskenniemi (FIN) | 27:57.2 |
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} Julien Van Campenhout (BEL) | 28:00.0 |
| 8 |  Gaston Heuet (FRA) | 28:10.0 |
| 9 |  Patrick Flynn (USA) | 28:12.0 |
| 10 | Gustaf Mattsson (SWE) | 28:16.0 |
| 11 | Hilding Ekman (SWE) | 28:17.0 |
| 12 | Alfred Nichols (GBR) | 28:20.0 |
| 13 | Werner Magnusson (SWE) | |
| 14 | Ilmari Vesamaa (FIN) | |
| 15 | Fred Faller (USA) | |
| 16 | Max Bohland (USA) | |
| 17 | Gustave Lauvaux (FRA) | |
| 18 | Eino Rastas (FIN) | |
| 19 | Christopher Vose (GBR) | |
| 20 |  Albert Andersen (DEN) | |
| 21 | Joseph Servella (FRA) | |
| 22 | Walter Freeman (GBR) | |
| 23 | Hannes Miettinen (FIN) | |
| 24 | Lars Hedwall (SWE) | |
| 25 | .svg.png){kind=small} Julio Domínguez (ESP) | |
| 26 | Larry Cummins (GBR) | |
| 27 | Henrik Sørensen (DEN) | |
| 28 | Jón Jónsen (DEN) | |
| 29 |  Tommy Town (CAN) | |
| 30 | Knut Alm (SWE) | |
| 31 | Edmond Brossard (FRA) | |
| 32 | Edmond Bimont (FRA) | |
| 33 | Henri Smets (BEL) | |
| 34 | Lewis Watson (USA) | |
| 35 | Julius Ebert (DEN) | |
| 36 | Aimé Proot (BEL) | |
| 37 | François Vyncke (BEL) | |
| 38 | .svg.png){kind=small} Alexandros Kranis (GRE) | |
| 39 | Panagiotis Trivoulidas (GRE) | |
| 40 | Bob Crawford (USA) | |
| 41 | Pierre Trullemans (BEL) | |
| 42 | Antoine Rivez (BEL) | |
| — |  Even Vengshoel (NOR) | DNF |
| Joseph Guillemot (FRA) | DNF | |
| Artur Nielsen (DEN) | DNF | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Len Richardson (RSA) | DNF | |
| Amisoli Patasoni (USA) | DNF |
References
- sports-reference.com
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2007.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/19/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.