| Host City: Stockholm, Sweden |
Format: circa 12,000 metres. Point-for-place scoring from the individual event, with the top three finishers for each team counting in the team scoring. |
| Date Started: July 15, 1912 |
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| Date Finished: July 15, 1912 |
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| (Competitors: 42; Countries: 6; Finalists: 35/5) |
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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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| The team cross-country title was determined by using the scores of the top three finishers from each team competing in the individual cross-country event. At the international cross-country meet, England would won the championship from 1903-1914, but this event was basically contested by the British Isles nations and France. |
| Although Hannes Kolehmainen won the race, Sweden’s finishes of 2nd, 3rd, and 5th narrowly brought Sweden the gold medal over Finland. Great Britain was a distant third. |
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Results |
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| Cross-Country Team |
Men |
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Final |
15 July |
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| The first three runners for each nation to finish in the individual cross country race counted towards the team results. Their placings were summed, and the team with the lowest sum won. Of the 10 nations that sent cross country runners, 6 had at least 3 runners (Austria, France, Germany, and South Africa were the four that did not; they have only one runner each). The United States had only 2 of its 5 runners finish, so did not make a valid team score. |
| Rank |
Mark |
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Team |
Country |
NOC |
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Records |
Notes |
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10 |
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Hjalmar Andersson [2], John Eke [3], Josef Ternström [5] |
Sweden |
SWE |
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[2-3-5] |
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11 |
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Hannes Kolehmainen [1], Jalmari Eskola [4], Albin Stenroos [6] |
Finland |
FIN |
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[1-4-6] |
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49 |
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Frederick Hibbins [15], Ernest Glover [16], Thomas Humphreys [18] |
Great Britain |
GBR |
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[15-16-18] |
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61 |
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Olav Hovdenak, Parelius Finnerud, Johannes Andersen |
Norway |
NOR |
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[19-20-22] |
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63 |
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Lauritz Christiansen, Viggo Pedersen, Gerhard Topp |
Denmark |
DEN |
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[14-23-26] |
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DNF |
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United States |
USA |
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Sweden 
Finland 
Great Britain 
Norway 
Denmark 
United States 
