| Date | 15 July 1912 — 14:15 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm | |
| Participants | 41 from 6 countries | |
| Format | circa 12,000 metres. Point-for-place scoring from the individual event, with the top 3 finishers for each team counting in the team scoring. | |
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 win 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.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden |  SWE | 10 | – | Gold | |||||
| Hjalmar Andersson • John Eke • Josef Ternström • Brynolf Larsson • Johan Sundkvist • Klas Lundström • Bror Fock • Gustaf Carlén • Axel Lindahl • Edvin Hellgren • Henrik Nordström • John Klintberg | ||||||||||
| 2 | Finland |  FIN | 11 | – | Silver | |||||
| Hannes Kolehmainen • Lauri Eskola • Albin Stenroos • Ville Kyrönen • Viljam Johansson • Väinö Heikkilä • Aarne Lindholm • Efraim Harju | ||||||||||
| 3 | Great Britain |  GBR | 49 | – | Bronze | |||||
| Frederick Hibbins • Ernest Glover • Thomas Humphreys • Billy Cottrill • William Scott | ||||||||||
| 4 | Norway |  NOR | 61 | – | ||||||
| Olaf Hovdenak • Parelius Finnerud • Johannes Andersen • Nils Dahl | ||||||||||
| 5 | Denmark |  DEN | 63 | – | ||||||
| Lauritz Christiansen • Viggo Pedersen • Gerhard Topp • Steen Rasmussen • Karl Jensen • Fritz Danild • Holger Baden | ||||||||||
| United States |  USA | – | – | |||||||
| Harry Hellawell • Louis Scott • George Bonhag • Tell Berna • William Kramer | ||||||||||
