| Host City: Stockholm, Sweden |
Format: circa 12,000 metres. Two laps with a start and finish inthe Olympic Stadium. The runners ran ¼ lap in the Stadium, returned to the Stadium later and ran anotehr ½ lap, and eventually finished with ¾ lap inside the Stadium. |
| Date Started: July 15, 1912 |
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| Date Finished: July 15, 1912 |
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| (Competitors: 46; Countries: 10) |
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Venue(s): Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| Sweden and Britain loaded the event entering 12 runners for the host nation and nine British runners, with the top three runners from each nation scoring. The team race turned out to be the closest battle imaginable, as Sweden won gold by just one point from Finland, but the smaller nation went home with the individual gold medal, as Kolehmainen added to his tally of two titles, with a victory by more than half a minute over Andersson and Eke. The course started in the stadium and then went out to a 4000m loop, covered twice before the runners returned to the stadium. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| This was the first time that a cross-country event was held on the Olympic program, although it would also be conducted in 1920 and 1924. The course was not reveale to the participants prior to the start, but was marked just before the race began with red ribbons. It was very hilly, through the forest with steep inclines and descents, and many natural obstacles. The British and Continental runners were not used to this kind of terrain and the race was dominated by the Swedes and Finns. |
| The international cross-country championship had been won 1911 by Jean Bouin, who would also win in 1912-1913. But Hannes Kolehmainen had already won the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at Stockholm, and when he elected to run the cross-country, he had to be favored. Kolehmainen won easily by over 30 seconds. Two Swedes, Hjalmar Andersson and John Eke, won the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Bouin ran in this race, but did not finish. |
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Results |
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| Cross-Country Individual |
Men |
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Final |
15 July |
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Hannes Kolehmainen, Hjalmar Andersson and John Eke |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
45.11.6 |
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Hannes Kolehmainen |
Finland |
FIN |
22 |
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| 2 |
45.44.8 |
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Hjalmar Andersson |
Sweden |
SWE |
22 |
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| 3 |
46.37.6 |
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John Eke |
Sweden |
SWE |
26 |
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| 4 |
46.54.8 |
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Lauri Eskola |
Finland |
FIN |
25 |
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| 5 |
47.07.7 |
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Josef Ternström |
Sweden |
SWE |
23 |
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| 6 |
47.23.4 |
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Albin Stenroos |
Finland |
FIN |
23 |
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| 7 |
47.32.0 |
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Ville Kyrönen |
Finland |
FIN |
21 |
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| 8 |
47.33.5 |
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Len Richardson |
South Africa |
RSA |
30 |
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| 9 |
47.37.4 |
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Brynolf Larsson |
Sweden |
SWE |
26 |
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| 10 |
47.40.0 |
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Johan Sundkvist |
Sweden |
SWE |
22 |
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| 11 |
48.03.0 |
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Viljam Johansson |
Finland |
FIN |
25 |
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| 12 |
48.12.0 |
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Harry Hellawell |
United States |
USA |
23 |
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| 13 |
48.45.4 |
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Klas Lundström |
Sweden |
SWE |
23 |
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| 14 |
49.06.4 |
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Lauritz Christiansen |
Denmark |
DEN |
19 |
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| 15 |
49.18.2 |
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Frederick Hibbins |
Great Britain |
GBR |
22 |
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| 16 |
49.53.7 |
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Ernest Glover |
Great Britain |
GBR |
21 |
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| 17 |
50.15.8 |
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Bror Fock |
Sweden |
SWE |
24 |
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| 18 |
50.28.0 |
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Thomas Humphreys |
Great Britain |
GBR |
21 |
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| 19 |
50.40.8 |
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Olaf Hovdenak |
Norway |
NOR |
20 |
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| 20 |
51.16.2 |
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Parelius Finnerud |
Norway |
NOR |
23 |
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| 21 |
51.26.8 |
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Gustaf Carlén |
Sweden |
SWE |
21 |
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| 22 |
51.47.4 |
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Johannes Andersen |
Norway |
NOR |
23 |
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| 23 |
53.00.8 |
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Viggo Pedersen |
Denmark |
DEN |
23 |
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| 24 |
53.51.4 |
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Louis Scott |
United States |
USA |
22 |
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| 25 |
54.08.0 |
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Väinö Heikkilä |
Finland |
FIN |
24 |
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| 26 |
54.24.9 |
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Gerhard Topp |
Denmark |
DEN |
19 |
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| 27 |
54.40.6 |
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Gregor Vietz |
Germany |
GER |
21 |
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| 28 |
55.27.0 |
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Steen Rasmussen |
Denmark |
DEN |
23 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Emmerich Rath |
Austria |
AUT |
28 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Holger Baden |
Denmark |
DEN |
20 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Fritz Danild |
Denmark |
DEN |
18 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Karl Julius Jensen |
Denmark |
DEN |
24 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Efraim Harju |
Finland |
FIN |
22 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Aarne Lindholm |
Finland |
FIN |
23 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Jean Bouin |
France |
FRA |
23 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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William Cottrill |
Great Britain |
GBR |
23 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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William Scott |
Great Britain |
GBR |
26 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Nils Dahl |
Norway |
NOR |
29 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Edvin Hellgren |
Sweden |
SWE |
23 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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John Klintberg |
Sweden |
SWE |
27 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Axel Lindahl |
Sweden |
SWE |
26 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Henrik Nordström |
Sweden |
SWE |
21 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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George Bonhag |
United States |
USA |
30 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Tell Berna |
United States |
USA |
20 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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William Kramer |
United States |
USA |
28 |
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