Olympedia – Cross-Country, Individual, Men

Date	12 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes
Participants	38 from 10 countries
Format	circa 10,000 metres. Start outside the Stade de Colombes, finish with 300 metres inside the Stadium.

Date

12 July 1924

Status

Olympic

Location

Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes

Participants

38 from 10 countries

Format

circa 10,000 metres. Start outside the Stade de Colombes, finish with 300 metres inside the Stadium.

Run on one of the hottest days in Parisian history, with temperatures described as over 40° C. (103° F.), the event turned into a survival test. Only 15 of the 38 starters could finish the race, as many of the runners were overcome by heatstroke. Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola took the early lead, but Ritola could not stay with Nurmi, who won by almost 1½ minutes. Ritola was another minute clear of the third-place finisher, Earl Johnson of the USA.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	–	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	32:54.8	Gold
2	–	Ville Ritola	FIN	34:19.4	Silver
3	–	Earl Johnson	USA	35:21.0	Bronze
4	–	Ernie Harper	GBR	35:45.4
5	–	Henri Lauvaux	FRA	36:44.8
6	–	Art Studenroth	USA	36:45.4
7	–	Carlo Martinenghi	ITA	37:01.0
8	–	Gus Fager	USA	37:40.6
9	–	Len Richardson	RSA	37:46.0
10	–	Gaston Heuet	FRA	37:52.0
11	–	Jimmy Henigan	USA	38:00.0
12	–	Heikki Liimatainen	FIN	38:18.0
13	–	Fabián Velasco	ESP	39:07.6
14	–	Miguel Peña	ESP	41:34.0
15	–	Maurice Norland	FRA	41:48.6
DNF	–	José Andía	ESP	–
DNF	–	Arthur Sewell	GBR	–
DNF	–	John Gray	USA	–
DNF	–	Robert Marchal	FRA	–
DNF	–	Edvin Wide	SWE	–
DNF	–	Väinö Sipilä	FIN	–
DNF	–	Sven Thuresson	SWE	–
DNF	–	John Benham	GBR	–
DNF	–	Verne Booth	USA	–
DNF	–	J. J. Ryan	IRL	–
DNF	–	Sidon Ebeling	SWE	–
DNF	–	Gösta Bergström	SWE	–
DNF	–	Eino Rastas	FIN	–
DNF	–	André Lauseig	FRA	–
DNF	–	Jesús Diéguez	ESP	–
DNF	–	Carlo Speroni	ITA	–
DNF	–	Amador Palma	ESP	–
DNF	–	Eero Berg	FIN	–
DNF	–	Eddie Webster	GBR	–
DNF	–	Lucien Dolquès	FRA	–
DNF	–	Joe Williams	GBR	–
DNF	–	Alfredo Gomes	BRA	–
DNF	–	Miguel Palau	ESP	–
DNS	–	Georges Bertrand	BEL	–
DNS	–	Léopold Cattelain	BEL	–
DNS	–	Léon Degrande	BEL	–
DNS	–	Georges Vandenbroele	BEL	–
DNS	–	Bill Cotterell	GBR	–
DNS	–	Mereg Mangascià	ITA	–
DNS	–	Tacle Reddà	ITA	–
DNS	–	Marcel Hoffmann	LUX	–
DNS	–	José Francisco Cuevas	MEX	–
DNS	–	Harald Skogström	SWE	–
DNS	–	Julien Van Campenhout	BEL	–
DNS	–	Camiel Vandevelde	BEL	–
DNS	–	Alberto Jarrín	ECU	–
DNS	–	Belisario Villacís	ECU	–
DNS	–	Pedro Curiel	MEX	–
DNS	–	Juan Escutia	MEX	–
DNS	–	Daniel Eslava	MEX	–

Pos

Athlete

NOC

Time

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Paavo Nurmi

FIN