Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team cross country

The men's team cross country event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the third and last appearance of this event. The competition was held on Saturday, July 12, 1924.

Men's team cross country
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
DateJuly 12
Competitors38 from 10 nations
Medalists
Liimatainen, Nurmi, Ville Ritola
Berg, Rastas, Sipilä
 Finland
Fager, Johnson, Studenroth
Booth, Gray, Henigan
 United States
Heuet, Lauvaux, Norland
Dolquès, Lausseigh, Marchal
 France

Six nations competed as they have at least three competitors participating in the individual cross country race.

Results

The first three runners for each nation to finish in the individual cross country race counted towards the team results. The placings and points were only given to the first three runners of the teams that had already three finishers. Their placings were summed, and the team with the lowest sum won.

PlaceTeamScoreTotal
Final
1 Finland (FIN)11
Paavo Nurmi1
Ville Ritola2
Heikki Liimatainen8
Väinö SipiläDNF
Eino RastasDNF
Eero BergDNF
2 United States (USA)14
Earl Johnson3
Arthur Studenroth5
August Fager6
James Henigan(11)
John GrayDNF
Verne BoothDNF
3 France (FRA)20
Henri Lauvaux4
Gaston Heuet7
Maurice Norland9
Robert MarchalDNF
André LausseighDNF
Lucien DolquèsDNF
 Spain (ESP)DNF
Fabián Velasco(13)
Miguel Peña(14)
José AndíaDNF
Jesús DiéguezDNF
Amador PalmaDNF
Miguel PalauDNF
 Great Britain (GBR)DNF
Ernie Harper(4)
Arthur SewellDNF
John BenhamDNF
Eddie WebsterDNF
Joseph WilliamsDNF
 Sweden (SWE)DNF
Edvin WideDNF
Sven ThuressonDNF
Sidon EbelingDNF
Gösta BergströmDNF

References

  • Olympic Report
  • sports-reference
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
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