Olympedia – Cross-Country, Individual, Men

Cross-Country, Individual, Men

Date	15 July 1912 — 14:15
Status	Olympic
Location	Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm
Participants	45 from 10 countries
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

15 July 1912 — 14:15

Status

Olympic

Location

Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm

Participants

45 from 10 countries

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.

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.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Hannes Kolehmainen	FIN	45:11.6	Gold
2	–	Hjalmar Andersson	SWE	45:44.8	Silver
3	–	John Eke	SWE	46:37.6	Bronze
4	–	Lauri Eskola	FIN	46:54.8
5	–	Josef Ternström	SWE	47:07.7
6	–	Albin Stenroos	FIN	47:23.4
7	–	Ville Kyrönen	FIN	47:32.0
8	–	Len Richardson	RSA	47:33.5
9	–	Brynolf Larsson	SWE	47:37.4
10	–	Johan Sundkvist	SWE	47:40.0
11	–	Viljam Johansson	FIN	48:03.0
12	–	Harry Hellawell	USA	48:12.0
13	–	Klas Lundström	SWE	48:45.4
14	–	Lauritz Christiansen	DEN	49:06.4
15	–	Frederick Hibbins	GBR	49:18.2
16	–	Ernest Glover	GBR	49:53.7
17	–	Bror Fock	SWE	50:15.8
18	–	Thomas Humphreys	GBR	50:28.0
19	–	Olaf Hovdenak	NOR	50:40.8
20	–	Parelius Finnerud	NOR	51:16.2
21	–	Gustaf Carlén	SWE	51:26.8
22	–	Johannes Andersen	NOR	51:47.4
23	–	Viggo Pedersen	DEN	53:00.8
24	–	Louis Scott	USA	53:51.4
25	–	Väinö Heikkilä	FIN	54:08.0
26	–	Gerhard Topp	DEN	54:24.9
27	–	Gregor Vietz	GER	54:40.6
28	–	Steen Rasmussen	DEN	55:27.0
DNF	–	Emmerich Rath	AUT	–
DNF	–	Holger Baden	DEN	–
DNF	–	Fritz Danild	DEN	–
DNF	–	Karl Jensen	DEN	–
DNF	–	Efraim Harju	FIN	–
DNF	–	Aarne Lindholm	FIN	–
DNF	–	Jean Bouin	FRA	–
DNF	–	Billy Cottrill	GBR	–
DNF	–	William Scott	GBR	–
DNF	–	Nils Dahl	NOR	–
DNF	–	Edvin Hellgren	SWE	–
DNF	–	John Klintberg	SWE	–
DNF	–	Axel Lindahl	SWE	–
DNF	–	Henrik Nordström	SWE	–
DNF	–	George Bonhag	USA	–
DNF	–	Tell Berna	USA	–
DNF	–	William Kramer	USA	–
DNS	–	Carl Holmberg	DEN	–
DNS	–	Pyotr Timofeyev	RUS	–
DNS	–	Mihály Váradi	HUN	–
DNS	–	Iosif Zaytsev	RUS	–
DNS	–	William Murray	ANZ	–
DNS	–	Vladimír Penc	BOH	–
DNS	–	Rudolf Richter	BOH	–
DNS	–	František Slavík	BOH	–
DNS	–	Henri Arnaud	FRA	–
DNS	–	Henri Teyssedou	FRA	–
DNS	–	George Lee	GBR	–
DNS	–	Charles Ruffell	GBR	–
DNS	–	George Wallach	GBR	–
DNS	–	Nikolay Khorkov	RUS	–

Pos

Athlete

NOC

Time

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Hannes Kolehmainen

FIN