1920 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course
gender	Men
Attendees	16 athletes from 6 countries
Competition location	Antwerp Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 18, 1920 (preliminary round) August 20, 1920 (final)
Medalist Percy Hodge ( GBR ) Patrick Flynn ( USA ) Ernesto Ambrosini ( ITA )

The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp was held on August 18 and 20, 1920 in the Antwerp Olympic Stadium. 16 athletes took part. The discipline was held over this distance for the first time. In 1900 there had been races over 4000 and 2500 meters, in 1904 over 2590 meters and in 1908 over 3200 meters.

The British Percy Hodge became Olympic champion . Silver went to Patrick Flynn (USA), bronze went to Ernesto Ambrosini from Italy.

Athletes from Switzerland did not take part. Germany and Austria were excluded from these games.

Existing records

• World best: 9; 49.8 min - Jonas Ternström ( SWE ), Malmö , July 4, 1914 - World records were not set on this route at the time, as there were no standardized rules for setting up the obstacles. 
• Since the competition was on the Olympic program for the first time, there was still no Olympic record .

Conducting the competition

A total of three preliminary runs were carried out on August 18 at 10:00 a.m. local time. The three best runners qualified for the final on August 20th (start: 9.00 a.m.).

Note: The relays qualified for the next round are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

Date: August 18, 1920, 10:00 a.m. local time

The times are not completely handed down.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Michael Devaney	United States	10: 23.0 min	OR
2	Ernesto Ambrosini	Italy	10: 33.6 min
3	Oskari Rissanen	Finland	11: 07.5 min
4th	Edmond Brossard	France	k. A.

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Patrick Flynn	United States	10: 36.0 min
2	Lars Hedwall	Sweden	10: 43.5 min
3	Ray Watson	United States	10: 49.0 min
4th	Robert Geyer	France	11: 11.9 min
5	Josef Holsner	Sweden	k. A.

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Percy Hodge	Great Britain	10: 17.4 min	OR
2	Gustaf Mattsson	Sweden	10: 22.6 min
3	Albert Hulsebosch	United States	10: 26.8 min
4th	Ilmari Vesamaa	Finland	10: 32.2 min
5	Frédéric Langrenay	France	10: 39.8 min
6th	Georges Guillon	France	10: 44.3 min
DNF	Carlo Martinenghi	Italy

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Percy Hodge	Great Britain	10:00 a.m., 4 min	OR
2	Patrick Flynn	United States	10: 21.0 min
3	Ernesto Ambrosini	Italy	10: 32.0 min
4th	Gustaf Mattsson	Sweden	10: 32.1 min
5	Michael Devaney	United States	10: 34.3 min
6th	Albert Hulsebosch	United States	10: 37.7 min
7th	Lars Hedwall	Sweden	10: 42.2 min
8th	Ray Watson	United States	10: 50.3 min
DNS	Oskari Rissanen	Finland

Date: August 20, 1920, 9:00 a.m. local time

This race was not held on the circular track of the stadium in Antwerp , but took place on a grass track. With the Briton Percy Hodge there was a superior winner, who became Olympic champion with a lead of almost 20 seconds. He just missed the 10-minute mark, but set a new Olympic record .

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 142f

Web links

• SportsReference 3000 meter obstacle , accessed August 31, 2017
• Official report , (French PDF), accessed on August 31, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official report ( Memento of October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) p. 110, French. (PDF)