Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres team race

The men's 3000 metres team event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. It was the second appearance of a 3000-metre team race event after the debut in 1912, but the fifth time that a team contest was arranged at the Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, August 21, 1920, and on Sunday, August 22, 1920.

Men's 3000 metres team race
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 21–22
Competitors31 from 6 nations
Medalists
Hal Brown, Arlie Schardt, Ivan Dresser
 United States
Joe Blewitt, Albert Hill, William Seagrove
 Great Britain
Eric Backman, Sven Lundgren, Edvin Wide
 Sweden

31 runners from six nations competed.

According to the International Olympic Committee medal database only the best three runners of each team were awarded with medals.

Results

Semifinals

Both semi-finals were held on Saturday, August 21, 1920.

Semifinal 1

Team result

PlaceTeamScoresQual.
123Total
1 Great Britain (GBR)24511Q
2 Sweden (SWE)13812Q
3 Italy (ITA)691025Q
4 Belgium (BEL)7111230

Individual race result

PlaceAthleteScore
1 Sven Lundgren (SWE)1
2 Duncan McPhee (GBR)2
3 John Zander (SWE)3
4 Joe Blewitt (GBR)4
5 William Seagrove (GBR)5
6 Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA)6
7 Julien Van Campenhout (BEL)7
8 Eric Backman (SWE)8
9 Augusto Maccario (ITA)9
10 Carlo Speroni (ITA)10
11 Edvin Wide (SWE)
12 Percy Hodge (GBR)
13 James Hatton (GBR)
14 Claude Otterbeen (BEL)11
15 Carlo Martinenghi (ITA)
16 Lucien Bangels (BEL)12
17 Josef Holsner (SWE)
18 François Vyncke (BEL)
19 Pierre Trullemans (BEL)
20 Henri Smets (BEL)

Semifinal 2

Team result:

PlaceTeamScoresQual.
123Total
1 France (FRA)1247Q
2 United States (USA)35614Q

Individual race result:

PlaceAthleteScore
1 Edmond Brossard (FRA)1
2 Armand Burtin (FRA)2
3 Hal Brown (USA)3
4 Gaston Heuet (FRA)4
5 Michael Devaney (USA)5
6 Ivan Dresser (USA)6
7 Lawrence Shields (USA)
8 Arlie Schardt (USA)
9 Lucien Duquesne (FRA)
10 René Vignaud (FRA)

Final

The final was held on Sunday, August 22, 1920.

Team result:

PlaceTeamScores
123Total
1 United States (USA)13610
2 Great Britain (GBR)57820
3 Sweden (SWE)2101224
4 France (FRA)4111530
5 Italy (ITA)9131436

Individual race result:

PlaceAthleteScore
1 Hal Brown (USA)1
2 Eric Backman (SWE)2
3 Arlie Schardt (USA)3
4 Armand Burtin (FRA)4
5 Joe Blewitt (GBR)5
6 Ivan Dresser (USA)6
7 Albert Hill (GBR)7
8 Lawrence Shields (USA)
9 William Seagrove (GBR)8
10 James Hatton (GBR)
11 Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA)9
12 Michael Devaney (USA)
13 Sven Lundgren (SWE)10
14 Gaston Heuet (FRA)11
15 Edvin Wide (SWE)12
16 Augusto Maccario (ITA)13
17 Carlo Speroni (ITA)14
18 Edmond Brossard (FRA)15
19 Carlo Martinenghi (ITA)
20 Josef Holsner (SWE)
21 Lucien Duquesne (FRA)
 Duncan McPhee (GBR)DNF
 René Vignaud (FRA)DNF

References

  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2007.
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