At the 1912 Summer Olympics, the men's individual cross country race was held as part of the athletics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Monday, July 15, 1912. Forty-five runners from nine nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.Official report, p. 61.
Records The course was about 12,000 metres long, and it was not revealed to competitors before the race started. The world best for a comparable distance 7.5-mile run was as follows:
Results
The first three runners for each nation to finish in this race were also counted towards the team results.
Place Athlete Time 1 45:11.6Official Report of the 1912 Olympic Games. la84foundation.org 2 45:44.8 3 46:37.6 4 46:54.8 5 47:07.1 6 47:23.4 7 47:32.0 8 47:33.5 9 47:37.4 10 47:40.0 11 48:03.0 12 48:12.0 13 48:45.4 14 49:06.4 15 49:18.2 16 49:53.7 17 50:15.8 18 50:28.0 19 50:40.8 20 51:16.2 21 51:26.8 22 51:47.4 23 53:00.8 24 53:51.4 25 54:08.0 26 54:24.9 27 54:40.6 28 55:27.0
There were 17 more competitors who did not finish the race.
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