Olympedia – Cross-Country, Individual, Men

Date	23 August 1920 — 15:15
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen
Participants	47 from 12 countries
Format	circa 8,000 metres.

Date

23 August 1920 — 15:15

Status

Olympic

Location

Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen

Participants

47 from 12 countries

Format

circa 8,000 metres.

The cross-country race was to take place over 10 kilometres, but the event organizers set up a course of only about 8 kilometres. Paavo Nurmi (FIN) and Eric Backman of Sweden pulled away early, with Nurmi winning in the sprint. Joseph Guillemot, who had battled Nurmi in the 5K and 10K, sprained his ankle with three kilometres remaining and had to abandon the race.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	275	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	27:15.0	Gold
2	567	Eric Backman	SWE	27:17.6	Silver
3	271	Heikki Liimatainen	FIN	27:37.0	Bronze
4	426	James Wilson	GBR	27:45.2
5	396	Anton Hegarty	GBR	27:57.0
6	265	Teodor Koskenniemi	FIN	27:57.2
7	55	Julien Van Campenhout	BEL	28:00.0
8	336	Gaston Heuet	FRA	28:10.0
9	166	Pat Flynn	USA	28:12.0
10	611	Gustaf Mattsson	SWE	28:16.0
11	575	Hilding Ekman	SWE	28:17.0
12	413	Alfred Nichols	GBR	28:20.0
13	609	Verner Magnusson	SWE	–
14	290	Ilmari Vesamaa	FIN	–
15	164	Fred Faller	USA	–
16	136	Max Böhland	USA	–
17	347	Gustave Lauvaux	FRA	–
18	282	Eino Rastas	FIN	–
19	424	Christopher Vose	GBR	–
20	88	Albert Andersen	DEN	–
21	368	Joseph Servella	FRA	–
22	391	Walter Freeman	GBR	–
23	272	Hannes Miettinen	FIN	–
24	583	Lars Hedwall	SWE	–
25	115	Julio Domínguez	ESP	–
26	386	Larry Cummins	GBR	–
27	108	Henrik Sørensen	DEN	–
28	97	Jón Jónsson	DEN	–
29	85	Tommy Town	CAN	–
30	563	Knut Alm	SWE	–
31	304	Edmond Brossard	FRA	–
32	302	Edmond Bimon	FRA	–
33	53	Henri Smets	BEL	–
34	254	Lewis Watson	USA	–
35	92	Julius Ebert	DEN	–
36	46	Aimé Proot	BEL	–
37	66	François Vyncke	BEL	–
38	432	Alexandros Kranis	GRE	–
39	439	Panagiotis Retelas	GRE	–
40	148	Bob Crawford	USA	–
41	54	Pierre Trullemans	BEL	–
42	47	Émile Rivez	BEL	–
DNF	546	Even Vengshoel	NOR	–
DNF	329	Joseph Guillemot	FRA	–
DNF	99	Artur Nielsen	DEN	–
DNF	560	Len Richardson	RSA	–
DNF	217	Amisoli Patasoni	USA	–
DNS	123	Juan Muguerza	ESP	–
DNS	126	Diodoro Pons	ESP	–
DNS	–	Lauritz Dam	DEN	–
DNS	439	Peter Trivoulidis	GRE	–
DNS	438	Iraklis Sakellaropoulos	GRE	–
DNS	498	Carlo Speroni	ITA	–
DNS	484	Costantino Lussana	ITA	–
DNS	–	Antenore Negri	ITA	–
DNS	461	Ernesto Ambrosini	ITA	–
DNS	636	Augusto Maccario	ITA	–
DNS	486	Carlo Martinenghi	ITA	–
DNS	508	Phadeppa Chaugule	IND	–
DNS	–	H. D. Kaikadi	IND	–
DNS	554	Chris Gitsham	RSA	–
DNS	635	Oscar Garin	SUI	–

Pos

Number

Competitor

NOC

Time

275

Paavo Nurmi

FIN