Olympedia – Cross-Country, Individual, Men

Date	23 August 1920 — 15:15
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen
Participants	47 from 12 countries
Format	circa 8,000 metres.

Date

23 August 1920 — 15:15

Status

Olympic

Location

Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen

Participants

47 from 12 countries

Format

circa 8,000 metres.

The cross-country race was to take place over 10 kilometres but the event organizers set up a course of only about 8 kilometres. Paavo Nurmi and Eric Backman of Sweden pulled away early, with Nurmi winning in the sprint. Joseph Guillemot, who had battled Nurmi in the 5 and 10K, sprained his ankle with three kilometres remaining and had to abandon the race.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	275	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	27:15.0	Gold
2	567	Eric Backman	SWE	27:17.6	Silver
3	271	Heikki Liimatainen	FIN	27:37.0	Bronze
4	426	James Wilson	GBR	27:45.2
5	396	Anton Hegarty	GBR	27:57.0
6	265	Teodor Koskenniemi	FIN	27:57.2
7	55	Julien Van Campenhout	BEL	28:00.0
8	336	Gaston Heuet	FRA	28:10.0
9	166	Pat Flynn	USA	28:12.0
10	611	Gustaf Mattsson	SWE	28:16.0
11	575	Hilding Ekman	SWE	28:17.0
12	413	Alfred Nichols	GBR	28:20.0
13	609	Verner Magnusson	SWE	–
14	290	Ilmari Vesamaa	FIN	–
15	164	Fred Faller	USA	–
16	136	Max Böhland	USA	–
17	347	Gustave Lauvaux	FRA	–
18	282	Eino Rastas	FIN	–
19	424	Christopher Vose	GBR	–
20	88	Albert Andersen	DEN	–
21	368	Joseph Servella	FRA	–
22	391	Walter Freeman	GBR	–
23	272	Hannes Miettinen	FIN	–
24	583	Lars Hedwall	SWE	–
25	115	Julio Domínguez	ESP	–
26	386	Larry Cummins	GBR	–
27	108	Henrik Sørensen	DEN	–
28	97	Jón Jónsson	DEN	–
29	85	Tommy Town	CAN	–
30	563	Knut Alm	SWE	–
31	304	Edmond Brossard	FRA	–
32	302	Edmond Bimon	FRA	–
33	53	Henri Smets	BEL	–
34	254	Lewis Watson	USA	–
35	92	Julius Ebert	DEN	–
36	46	Aimé Proot	BEL	–
37	66	François Vyncke	BEL	–
38	432	Alexandros Kranis	GRE	–
39	439	Panagiotis Retelas	GRE	–
40	148	Bob Crawford	USA	–
41	54	Pierre Trullemans	BEL	–
42	47	Émile Rivez	BEL	–
DNF	546	Even Vengshoel	NOR	–
DNF	329	Joseph Guillemot	FRA	–
DNF	99	Artur Nielsen	DEN	–
DNF	560	Len Richardson	RSA	–
DNF	217	Amisoli Patasoni	USA	–
DNS	123	Juan Muguerza	ESP	–
DNS	126	Diodoro Pons	ESP	–
DNS	–	Lauritz Dam	DEN	–
DNS	439	Peter Trivoulidis	GRE	–
DNS	438	Iraklis Sakellaropoulos	GRE	–
DNS	498	Carlo Speroni	ITA	–
DNS	484	Costantino Lussana	ITA	–
DNS	–	Antenore Negri	ITA	–
DNS	461	Ernesto Ambrosini	ITA	–
DNS	636	Augusto Maccario	ITA	–
DNS	486	Carlo Martinenghi	ITA	–
DNS	508	Phadeppa Chaugule	IND	–
DNS	–	H. D. Kaikadi	IND	–
DNS	554	Chris Gitsham	RSA	–
DNS	635	Oscar Garin	SUI	–

Pos

Athlete

NOC

Time

275

Paavo Nurmi

FIN