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Men's 3000 metres team race at the Games of the V Olympiad
Crossing the finish line in the final
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 12 (semifinals) July 13 (final)
Competitors	24 from 5 nations
Medalists
Tell Berna, George Bonhag, Abel Kiviat, Louis Scott, Norman Taber  United States Bror Fock, Nils Frykberg, Thorild Olsson, Ernst Wide, John Zander  Sweden Joe Cottrill, George Hutson, William Moore, Edward Owen, Cyril Porter  Great Britain
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The men's 3000 metres team race was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of a team race style event, though the first to be held at the distance of 3000 metres, which became the standard until the event was eliminated following the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Friday, July 12, 1912, and on Saturday, July 13, 1912.

Twenty-four runners from five nations competed. NOCs could enter 1 team of 5 athletes, with up to 3 reserves.^[1]

According to the International Olympic Committee medal database all five runners were awarded medals.

The world record in the individual 3000 metres run was held by Bror Fock of Sweden in a time of 8:46.6.

World record	Bror Fock (SWE)	8:46.6	Stockholm	24 May 1912	[2]
Olympic record	N/A

The record was broken in the first semifinal by Johannes Kolehmainen with a time of 8:36.9, which would be named as the first official record recognized by the IAAF.