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] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2]

Men's cross country at the Games of the V Olympiad
Hannes Kolehmainen, Hjalmar Andersson and John Eke
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Date	July 15
Competitors	45 from 9 nations
Medalists
Hannes Kolehmainen  Finland Hjalmar Andersson  Sweden John Eke  Sweden

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.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	45:11.6[3]
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, p. 61.
3. 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.