Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_individual_cross_country

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's individual cross country

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's individual cross country

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The Swedish competitors of the cross country race.

At the 1912 Summer Olympics, the men's individual cross country race was held as part of the athletics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Monday, July 15, 1912. Forty-five runners from nine nations competed.[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2]

Records

The course was about 12,000 metres long, and it was not revealed to competitors before the race started.[3] The world best for a comparable distance 7.5-mile run was as follows:

World record George Bonhag (USA)39:08 4⁄5 (7.5 mi) Woodside, Queens (Celtic Park)6 November 1909[4]
Olympic recordN/A

Results

The first three runners for each nation to finish in this race were also counted towards the team results.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Games: Men's Cross-Country, Individual". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    Official report, p. 61.
  3. [3]
    "Olympedia – Cross-Country, Individual, Men". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Spalding's official athletic almanac, 1912" (PDF). p. 13. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  5. [5]
    Official Report of the 1912 Olympic Games. la84foundation.org

Further reading

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 January 2007.
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