| 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]
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 |
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| 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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