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

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]

Men's cross country
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 15
Competitors45 from 9 nations
Medalists
Hannes Kolehmainen  Finland
Hjalmar Andersson  Sweden
John Eke  Sweden
Athletics at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
4×100 m relaymen
4×400 m relaymen
3000 m team racemen
10 km walkmen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmen
Pole vaultmen
Standing long jumpmen
Standing high jumpmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmen
2-hand shot putmen
2-hand discusmen
2-hand javelinmen
Combined events
Pentathlonmen
Decathlonmen
Cross-country events
Individualmen
Teammen
The Swedish competitors of the cross country race.

Results

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

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)45:11.6[2]
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
  1. "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.
  2. 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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