Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's individual cross country explained

Event:Men's individual cross country
Games:1924 Summer
Venue:Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Date:July 12
Competitors:38
Nations:10
Longnames:yes
Gold:Paavo Nurmi
Goldnoc:FIN
Silver:Ville Ritola
Silvernoc:FIN
Bronze:Earl Johnson
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1920

The men's individual cross country event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the third and last appearance of this event. The competition was held on Saturday, July 12, 1924. Thirty-eight runners from ten nations competed.[1]

Results

The first three runners for each nation to finish this event also counted towards the cross country team result.

The course was 10650m (34,940feet) in length.[2]

The course was unusually difficult, including stone paths that were covered in knee-high thistles and weeds. This, combined with extreme weather conditions of over 40 °C and noxious fumes emitted from a power plant near the course, resulted in only 15 of the 38 starters crossing the finish line.[3] After the event, both the Red Cross and local police spent hours searching for runners who had passed out on the course.

Place Athlete Time
1 32:54.8
2 34:19.4
3 35:21.0
4 35:45.4
5 36:44.8
6 36:45.4
7 37:01.0
8 37:40.6
9 37:46.0
10 37:52.0
11 38:00.0
12 38:18.0
13 39:07.6
14 41:34.0
15 41:48.3
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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1924 Paris Games: Men's Cross-Country, Individual . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060307/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/ATH/mens-cross-country-individual.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 30 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Web site: Hutchinson . Andrew Boyd . The 1924 Olympic Cross Country Course — Colombes, France . Medium . en . 7 January 2020.
  3. Book: Wallechinsky . David . The Complete Book of The Olympics . 1984 . Penguin Books . United States . 0140066322 . 118.