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3,000 metres, Team, Men

Date21 – 22 August 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympisch Stadion, Antwerpen
Participants28 from 6 countries
FormatFive men ran for each team with three to count. Point-for-place scoring.

Only the leading three runners for each nation counted in the scoring. Placement points were adjusted, eliminating the fourth and fifth place finishers for any team from the final scoring placements. The United States won a surprising victory, and did so rather easily, with their three best runners finishing in the top six overall in the final.

PosCompetitorsNOCR1Final
1United StatesUSA14 (2 h2)10 (1)Gold
Hal BrownArlie SchardtIvan DresserLarry ShieldsMike Devaney
2Great BritainGBR11 (1 h1)20 (2)Silver
Joe BlewittAlbert HillWilliam SeagroveJames HattonDuncan McPhee
3SwedenSWE12 (2 h1)24 (3)Bronze
Eric BackmanSven Emil LundgrenEdvin WideJosef HolsnerJohn Zander
4FranceFRA7 (1 h2)30 (4)
Armand BurtinGaston HeuetEdmond BrossardLucien DuquesneRené Vignaud (DNS)Joseph Guillemot (DNS)
5ItalyITA25 (3 h1)36 (5)
Ernesto AmbrosiniAugusto MaccarioCarlo SperoniCarlo MartinenghiArturo Porro (DNS)
4 h1 r1/2BelgiumBEL30 (4 h1)
Julien Van CampenhoutJoseph OtterbeenLucien BangelsFrançois VynckePierre TrullemansHenri Smets (DNS)

Round One

Date21 August 1920 — 15:15
FormatTop three teams in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosCompetitorsNOCAdjusted PointsPlacementTime / Margin
1Great BritainGBR11Q
Duncan McPheeJoe BlewittWilliam SeagroveAlbert HillJames Hatton
2SwedenSWE12Q
Sven Emil LundgrenJohn ZanderEric BackmanEdvin WideJosef Holsner
3ItalyITA25Q
Ernesto AmbrosiniAugusto MaccarioCarlo SperoniCarlo MartinenghiArturo Porro
4BelgiumBEL30
Julien Van CampenhoutJoseph OtterbeenLucien BangelsFrançois VynckePierre TrullemansHenri Smets

Heat Two

PosCompetitorsNOCAdjusted PointsPlacementTime / Margin
1FranceFRA7Q
Edmond BrossardArmand BurtinLucien DuquesneGaston HeuetRené Vignaud
2United StatesUSA14Q
Hal BrownMike DevaneyIvan DresserLarry ShieldsArlie Schardt

Final

Date22 August 1920 — 14:50
FormatTeam points based on best three placements. Only scoring team members counted for adjusted placements.
PosCompetitorsNOCAdjusted PointsPlacementTime / Margin
1United StatesUSA10
Hal BrownArlie SchardtIvan DresserLarry ShieldsMike Devaney
2Great BritainGBR20
Joe BlewittAlbert HillWilliam SeagroveJames HattonDuncan McPhee
3SwedenSWE24
Eric BackmanSven Emil LundgrenEdvin WideJosef HolsnerJohn Zander
4FranceFRA30
Armand BurtinGaston HeuetEdmond BrossardLucien DuquesneRené Vignaud
5ItalyITA36
Ernesto AmbrosiniAugusto MaccarioCarlo SperoniCarlo MartinenghiArturo Porro