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

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Men's individual cross country
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
1924 individual cross country race. The left trio is Edvin Wide, Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
DateJuly 12
Competitors38 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ville Ritola
 Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Earl Johnson
 United States
← 1920

The men's individual 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. Thirty-eight runners from ten nations competed.[1]

Results

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The first three runners for each nation to finish this event also counted towards the cross country team result.

The course was 10,650 metres (6.62 mi) in length.[2]

The course was unusually difficult, including stone paths that were covered in knee-high thistles and weeds. This, combined with extreme weather conditions of over 40 °C and noxious fumes emitted from a power plant near the course, resulted in only 15 of the 38 starters crossing the finish line.[3] After the event, both the Red Cross and local police spent hours searching for runners who had passed out on the course.[3]

Place Athlete Time
1  Paavo Nurmi (FIN) 32:54.8
2  Ville Ritola (FIN) 34:19.4
3  Earl Johnson (USA) 35:21.0
4  Ernie Harper (GBR) 35:45.4
5  Henri Lauvaux (FRA) 36:44.8
6  Arthur Studenroth (USA) 36:45.4
7  Carlo Martinenghi (ITA) 37:01.0
8  August Fager (USA) 37:40.6
9  Len Richardson (RSA) 37:46.0
10  Gaston Heuet (FRA) 37:52.0
11  James Henigan (USA) 38:00.0
12  Heikki Liimatainen (FIN) 38:18.0
13  Fabián Velasco (ESP) 39:07.6
14  Miguel Peña (ESP) 41:34.0
15  Maurice Norland (FRA) 41:48.3
 José Andía (ESP) DNF
 Arthur Sewell (GBR) DNF
 John Gray (USA) DNF
 Robert Marchal (FRA) DNF
 Edvin Wide (SWE) DNF
 Väinö Sipilä (FIN) DNF
 Sven Thuresson (SWE) DNF
 John Benham (GBR) DNF
 Verne Booth (USA) DNF
 John Ryan (IRL) DNF
 Sidon Ebeling (SWE) DNF
 Gösta Bergström (SWE) DNF
 Eino Rastas (FIN) DNF
 André Lauseig (FRA) DNF
 Jesús Diéguez (ESP) DNF
 Carlo Speroni (ITA) DNF
 Amador Palma (ESP) DNF
 Eero Berg (FIN) DNF
 Eddie Webster (GBR) DNF
 Lucien Dolquès (FRA) DNF
 Joseph Williams (GBR) DNF
 Alfredo Gomes (BRA) DNF
 Miguel Palau (ESP) DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Games: Men's Cross-Country, Individual". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ Hutchinson, Andrew Boyd (7 January 2020). "The 1924 Olympic Cross Country Course — Colombes, France". Medium.
  3. ^ a b Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of The Olympics. United States: Penguin Books. p. 118. ISBN 0140066322.
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