Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's team cross country

Men's team cross country at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Date	August 23
Competitors	24 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Teodor Koskenniemi, Heikki Liimatainen, Paavo Nurmi File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anton Hegarty, Alfred Nichols, James Wilson File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eric Backman, Hilding Ekman, Gustaf Mattsson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

The men's team cross country event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. It was the second appearance of this event. The competition was held on Monday, August 23, 1920. Eight nations competed as they have at least three competitors participating in the individual cross country race.

Results

The first three runners for each nation to finish in the individual cross country race counted towards the team results. Their placings were summed, and the team with the lowest sum won.

Place	Team	Score	Total
Final
1	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (FIN)		10
	Paavo Nurmi	1
	Heikki Liimatainen	3
	Teodor Koskenniemi	6
	Ilmari Vesamaa	14
	Eino Rastas	18
	Hannes Miettinen	23
2	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR)		21
	James Wilson	4
	Anton Hegarty	5
	Alfred Nichols	12
	Christopher Vose	19
	Walter Freeman	22
	Larry Cummins	26
3	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (SWE)		23
	Eric Backman	2
	Gustaf Mattsson	10
	Hilding Ekman	11
	Werner Magnusson	13
	Lars Hedwall	24
	Knut Alm	30
4	File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States (USA)		36
	Patrick Flynn	9
	Fred Faller	13
	Max Bohland	14
	Lewis Watson	34
	Bob Crawford	40
	Amisoli Patasoni	DNF
5	File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)		40
	Gaston Heuet	8
	Gustave Lauvaux	15
	Joseph Servella	17
	Edmond Brossard	31
	Edmond Bimont	32
	Joseph Guillemot	DNF
6	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (BEL)		48
	Julien Van Campenhout	7
	Henri Smets	20
	Aimé Proot	21
	François Vyncke	37
	Pierre Trullemans	41
	Émile Rivez	42
7	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (DEN)		53
	Albert Andersen	16
	Henrik Sørensen	18
	Jón Jónsen	19
	Julius Ebert	35
	Artur Nielsen	DNF

References

• sports-reference.com
• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in français).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in polski). Retrieved 16 August 2007.