| | Event type

3,000 metres, Team, Men

Date	11 – 13 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes
Participants	44 from 9 countries
Format	Six men ran for each team with three 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	Nr	Team	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 (11 July 1924 — 15:15)

Top two in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Points	Time
1	–	Finland	FIN	6	–	Q
	323	Paavo Nurmi		1	8:47.8
	329	Ville Ritola		2	8:48.2
	337	Sameli Tala		3	8:48.5
	316	Frej Liewendahl		12	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	307	Elias Katz		13	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	332	Eino Seppälä		20	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	15	–	Q
	469	Walter Porter		4	–
	446	Bert Johnston		5	–
	453	Bert Macdonald		6	–
	475	William Seagrove		9	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	428	Arthur Clark		21	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	485	George Webber		22	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
3	–	Norway	NOR	27	–
	–	Hans Gundhus		8	–
	–	Nils Andersen		10	–
	–	Haakon Jansen		11	–
	–	Johan Badendyck		15	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
4	–	Italy	ITA	31	–
	–	Angelo Davoli		7	–
	–	Ferruccio Bruni		14	–
	–	Giovanni Garaventa		17	9:41.0
	–	Ernesto Ambrosini		–	DNF	non-scoring	non-scoring
5	–	Poland	POL	41	–
	–	Stanisław Ziffer		16	9:35.4
	–	Julian Łukaszewicz		18	9:53.0
	–	Stefan Szelestowski		19	10:04.0

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Points	Time
1	–	United States	USA	9	–	Q
	209	Bill Cox		2	8:53.0
	243	Ed Kirby		3	–
	834	Willard Tibbetts		4	–
	207	James Connolly		8	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	267	Joie Ray		11	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	244	Leo Larrivee		20	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
2	–	France	FRA	18	–	Q
	348	Paul Bontemps		5	–
	370	Lucien Duquesne		6	–
	348	Camille Barbaud		7	–
	354	Armand Burtin		10	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	390	Léon Mascaux		14	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	389	Jean Keller		16	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
3	–	Sweden	SWE	21	–
	–	Edvin Wide		1	8:45.0
	–	Axel Eriksson		9	–
	–	Sven Emil Lundgren		19	–
	–	Stig Reuterswärd		21	–	non-scoring	non-scoring	1
4	–	Spain	ESP	30	–
	–	Jesús Diéguez		12	–
	–	José Andía		13	–
	–	Fabián Velasco		15	–
	–	Miguel Palau		17	–	non-scoring	non-scoring	2
	–	Joaquín Miquel		18	–	non-scoring	non-scoring

Final (13 July 1924 — 16:45)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Points	Time
1	–	Finland	FIN	8	–
	323	Paavo Nurmi		1	8:32.0
	329	Ville Ritola		2	at 20 metres
	307	Elias Katz		5	at 1 metre
	337	Sameli Tala		13	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	316	Frej Liewendahl		–	DNF	non-scoring	non-scoring
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	14	–
	453	Bert Macdonald		3	at 20 metres
	446	Bert Johnston		4	at 20 metres
	485	George Webber		7	–
	469	Walter Porter		10	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	428	Arthur Clark		14	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	475	William Seagrove		16	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
3	–	United States	USA	25	–
	243	Ed Kirby		6	–
	209	Bill Cox		8	–
	834	Willard Tibbetts		12	–
	244	Leo Larrivee		17	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	267	Joie Ray		18	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	207	James Connolly		–	DNF	non-scoring	non-scoring
4	–	France	FRA	31	–
	348	Paul Bontemps		9	–
	354	Armand Burtin		11	–
	390	Léon Mascaux		15	–
	348	Camille Barbaud		19	–	non-scoring	non-scoring
	389	Jean Keller		–	DNF	non-scoring	non-scoring
	370	Lucien Duquesne		–	DNF	non-scoring	non-scoring