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 TotalFinal 1 10 Paavo Nurmi 1 Heikki Liimatainen 3 Teodor Koskenniemi 6 Ilmari Vesamaa 14 Eino Rastas 18 Hannes Miettinen 23 2 21 James Wilson 4 Anton Hegarty 5 Alfred Nichols 12 Christopher Vose 19 Walter Freeman 22 Larry Cummins 26 3 23 Eric Backman 2 Gustaf Mattsson 10 Hilding Ekman 11 Werner Magnusson 13 Lars Hedwall 24 Knut Alm 30 4 36 Patrick Flynn 9 Fred Faller 13 Max Bohland 14 Lewis Watson 34 Bob Crawford 40 Amisoli Patasoni DNF 5 40 Gaston Heuet 8 Gustave Lauvaux 15 Joseph Servella 17 Edmond Brossard 31 Edmond Bimont 32 Joseph Guillemot DNF 6 48 Julien Van Campenhout 7 Henri Smets 20 Aimé Proot 21 François Vyncke 37 Pierre Trullemans 41 Émile Rivez 42 7 53 Albert Andersen 16 Henrik Sørensen 18 Jón Jónsen 19 Julius Ebert 35 Artur Nielsen DNF
References sports-reference.com