Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres team race

Men's 3000 metres team race
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 21–22
Competitors31 from 6 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Athletics at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m steeplechase men
4×100 m relay men
4×400 m relay men
3000 m team race men
3 km walk men
10 km walk men
Road events
Marathon men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men
56 lb weight throw men
Combined events
Pentathlon men
Decathlon men
Cross-country events
Individual men
Team men

The men's 3000 metres team event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. It was the second appearance of a 3000-metre team race event after the debut in 1912, but the fifth time that a team contest was arranged at the Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, August 21, 1920, and on Sunday, August 22, 1920.

31 runners from six nations competed.

According to the International Olympic Committee medal database only the best three runners of each team were awarded with medals.

Results

Semifinals

Both semi-finals were held on Saturday, August 21, 1920.

Semifinal 1

Team result

Place Team Scores Qual.
1 2 3 Total
1  Great Britain (GBR) 2 4 5 11 Q
2  Sweden (SWE) 1 3 8 12 Q
3  Italy (ITA) 6 9 10 25 Q
4  Belgium (BEL) 7 11 12 30

Individual race result

Place Athlete Score
1  Sven Lundgren (SWE) 1
2  Duncan McPhee (GBR) 2
3  John Zander (SWE) 3
4  Joe Blewitt (GBR) 4
5  William Seagrove (GBR) 5
6  Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA) 6
7  Julien Van Campenhout (BEL) 7
8  Eric Backman (SWE) 8
9  Augusto Maccario (ITA) 9
10  Carlo Speroni (ITA) 10
11  Edvin Wide (SWE)
12  Percy Hodge (GBR)
13  James Hatton (GBR)
14  Claude Otterbeen (BEL) 11
15  Carlo Martinenghi (ITA)
16  Lucien Bangels (BEL) 12
17  Josef Holsner (SWE)
18  François Vyncke (BEL)
19  Pierre Trullemans (BEL)
20  Henri Smets (BEL)

Semifinal 2

Team result:

Place Team Scores Qual.
1 2 3 Total
1  France (FRA) 1 2 4 7 Q
2  United States (USA) 3 5 6 14 Q

Individual race result:

Place Athlete Score
1  Edmond Brossard (FRA) 1
2  Armand Burtin (FRA) 2
3  Horace Brown (USA) 3
4  Gaston Heuet (FRA) 4
5  Michael Devaney (USA) 5
6  Ivan Dresser (USA) 6
7  Lawrence Shields (USA)
8  Arlie Schardt (USA)
9  Lucien Duquesne (FRA)
10  René Vignaud (FRA)

Final

The final was held on Sunday, August 22, 1920.

Team result:

Place Team Scores
1 2 3 Total
1  United States (USA) 1 3 6 10
2  Great Britain (GBR) 5 7 8 20
3  Sweden (SWE) 2 10 12 24
4  France (FRA) 4 11 15 30
5  Italy (ITA) 9 13 14 36

Individual race result:

Place Athlete Score
1  Horace Brown (USA) 1
2  Eric Backman (SWE) 2
3  Arlie Schardt (USA) 3
4  Armand Burtin (FRA) 4
5  Joe Blewitt (GBR) 5
6  Ivan Dresser (USA) 6
7  Albert Hill (GBR) 7
8  Lawrence Shields (USA)
9  William Seagrove (GBR) 8
10  James Hatton (GBR)
11  Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA) 9
12  Michael Devaney (USA)
13  Sven Lundgren (SWE) 10
14  Gaston Heuet (FRA) 11
15  Edvin Wide (SWE) 12
16  Augusto Maccario (ITA) 13
17  Carlo Speroni (ITA) 14
18  Edmond Brossard (FRA) 15
19  Carlo Martinenghi (ITA)
20  Josef Holsner (SWE)
21  Lucien Duquesne (FRA)
 Duncan McPhee (GBR) DNF
 René Vignaud (FRA) DNF

References

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