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Team Race (3,000 metres), Men

Date	11 – 13 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade Yves-de-Manoir, Colombes
Participants	44 from 9 countries
Format	Six men ran for each team with 3 to count. Point-for-place scoring.

Led by Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola, Finland was heavily favored. Nurmi and Ritola placed 1-2 individually and, when Elias Katz came in in fifth place, the Finns comfortably won the gold medal. This was Nurmi’s fifth gold medal of the 1924 Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	Finland	FIN	6 (1 h1)	8 (1)	Gold
		Paavo Nurmi • Ville Ritola • Elias Katz • Sameli Tala • Frej Liewendahl • Eino Seppälä
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	15 (2 h1)	14 (2)	Silver
		Bert Macdonald • Bert Johnston • George Webber • Walter Porter • Arthur Clark • William Seagrove
3	–	United States	USA	9 (1 h2)	25 (3)	Bronze
		Ed Kirby • Bill Cox • Willard Tibbetts • Leo Larrivee • Joie Ray • James Connolly
4	–	France	FRA	18 (2 h2)	31 (4)
		Paul Bontemps • Armand Burtin • Léon Mascaux • Camille Barbaud • Jean Keller • Lucien Duquesne
3 h1 r1/2	–	Norway	NOR	27 (3 h1)	–
		Hans Gundhus • Nils Andersen • Haakon Jansen • Johan Badendyck • Christian Bruusgaard (DNS)
3 h2 r1/2	–	Sweden	SWE	21 (3 h2)	–
		Edvin Wide • Axel Eriksson • Sven Emil Lundgren • Stig Reuterswärd • Harald Skogström (DNS)
4 h1 r1/2	–	Italy	ITA	31 (4 h1)	–
		Angelo Davoli • Ferruccio Bruni • Giovanni Garaventa • Ernesto Ambrosini • Primo Brega (DNS) • Antenore Negri (DNS)
4 h2 r1/2	–	Spain	ESP	30 (4 h2)	–
		Jesús Diéguez • José Andía • Fabián Velasco • Miguel Palau • Joaquín Miquel
5 h1 r1/2	–	Poland	POL	41 (5 h1)	–
		Stanisław Ziffer • Julian Łukaszewicz • Stefan Szelestowski • Józef Jaworski (DNS) • Stefan Kostrzewski (DNS) • Stefan Ołdak (DNS)
DNS	–	Mexico	MEX	–	–
		José Francisco Cuevas • Pedro Curiel • Juan Escutia • Daniel Eslava

Round One

Date	11 July 1924 — 15:15
Format	Top 2 in each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Points	Time
1	–	Finland	FIN	6	–	Q
		Paavo Nurmi • Ville Ritola • Sameli Tala • Frej Liewendahl • Elias Katz • Eino Seppälä
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	15	–	Q
		Walter Porter • Bert Johnston • Bert Macdonald • William Seagrove • Arthur Clark • George Webber
3	–	Norway	NOR	27	–
		Hans Gundhus • Nils Andersen • Haakon Jansen • Johan Badendyck
4	–	Italy	ITA	31	–
		Angelo Davoli • Ferruccio Bruni • Giovanni Garaventa • Ernesto Ambrosini
5	–	Poland	POL	41	–
		Stanisław Ziffer • Julian Łukaszewicz • Stefan Szelestowski

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Points	Time
1	–	United States	USA	9	–	Q
		Bill Cox • Ed Kirby • Willard Tibbetts • James Connolly • Joie Ray • Leo Larrivee
2	–	France	FRA	18	–	Q
		Paul Bontemps • Lucien Duquesne • Camille Barbaud • Armand Burtin • Léon Mascaux • Jean Keller
3	–	Sweden	SWE	21	–
		Edvin Wide • Axel Eriksson • Sven Emil Lundgren • Stig Reuterswärd 1
4	–	Spain	ESP	30	–
		Jesús Diéguez • José Andía • Fabián Velasco • Miguel Palau 2 • Joaquín Miquel

Final Round

Date	13 July 1924 — 16:45

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Points	Time
1	–	Finland	FIN	8	–
		Paavo Nurmi • Ville Ritola • Elias Katz • Sameli Tala • Frej Liewendahl
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	14	–
		Bert Macdonald • Bert Johnston • George Webber • Walter Porter • Arthur Clark • William Seagrove
3	–	United States	USA	25	–
		Ed Kirby • Bill Cox • Willard Tibbetts • Leo Larrivee • Joie Ray • James Connolly
4	–	France	FRA	31	–
		Paul Bontemps • Armand Burtin • Léon Mascaux • Camille Barbaud • Jean Keller • Lucien Duquesne