1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m team (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	3000 meter team run
gender	Men
Attendees	44 athletes from 9 countries
Competition location	Stade de Colombes
Competition phase	July 11, 1924 (preliminary round) July 13, 1924 (final)
Medalist  FIN  GBR  United States

The men's 3,000-meter team run at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris was held on July 11th and 13th, 1924 in the Stade de Colombes . Twenty athletes took part in nine teams. This discipline was held for the third and last time at the Olympic Games.

The Finnish team became Olympic champions. Silver went to Great Britain, bronze to the USA.

A special feature was that the round stadium in the Stade de Colombes was 500 meters long.

Conducting the competition

Two preliminary runs were completed on July 11th. The two best teams qualified for the final, which took place on July 13th.

As in all earlier Olympic events of this race, the ranking was determined by adding up the individual placements, i.e. the number of places, whereby the best three runners of each team were included in the ranking - ranking 1 = 1 point, ranking 2 = 2 points, etc. All other runners in the team were not taken into account. The ranking was based on the lowest possible number of points.

Note: The teams qualified for the next round are highlighted in light blue. The runners not considered for the award of points are written in italics.

Preliminary round

Date: July 11, 1924

Run 1

Single results

space	Surname	nation	Points
1	Paavo Nurmi	Finland	1
2	Ville Ritola	Finland	2
3	Sameli Tala	Finland	3
4th	Walter Porter	Great Britain	4th
5	Herbert Johnston	Great Britain	5
6th	Bertram Macdonald	Great Britain	6th
7th	Angelo Davoli	Italy	7th
8th	Hans Gundhus	Norway	8th
9	William Seagrove	Great Britain	-
10	Nils Andersen	Norway	9
11	Haakon Jansen	Norway	10
12	Frej Liewendahl	Finland	-
13	Elias Katz	Finland	-
14th	Ferruccio Bruni	Italy	11
15th	Johan Badendyck	Norway	-
16	Stanislaw paragraph	Poland	12
17th	Giovanni Garaventa	Italy	13
18th	Julian Łukaszewicz	Poland	14th
19th	Stefan Szelestowski	Poland	15th
DNF	Eino Seppälä	Finland
	Arthur Clark	Great Britain
	George Webber	Great Britain
	Ernesto Ambrosini	Italy

Team ranking

space	team	Athletes	Place number	annotation
1	Finland	Paavo Nurmi (1st) Ville Ritola (2nd) Sameli Tala (3rd) not in the ranking: Frej Liewendahl (12th) Elias Katz (13th)	6th
2	Great Britain	Walter Porter (4th) Herbert Johnston (5th) Bertram Macdonald (6th) not in the rating: William Seagrove (9th) Arthur Clark ( DNF ) George Webber ( DNF )	15th
3	Norway	Hans Gundhus (8th) Nils Andersen (10th) Haakon Jansen (11th) not in the ranking: Johan Badendyck (15th)	27
4th	Italy	Angelo Davoli (7th) Ferruccio Bruni (14th) Giovanni Garaventa (17th) not in the ranking: Ernesto Ambrosini ( DNF )	31
5	Poland	Stanisław number (16.) Julian Łukaszewicz (18.) Stefan Szelestowski (19.)	41

Run 2

Single results

Eliminated despite victory with the team: Edvin Wide (SWE)

space	Surname	nation	Points
1	Edvin Wide	Sweden	1
2	William Cox	United States	2
3	Edward Kirby	United States	3
4th	Willard Tibbetts	United States	4th
5	Paul Bontemps	France	5
6th	Lucien Duquesne	France	6th
7th	Camille Barbaud	France	7th
8th	James Connolly	United States	-
9	Axel Eriksson	Sweden	8th
10	Armand Burtin	Norway	-
11	Joie Ray	United States	-
12	Jesús Diéguez	Spain	9
13	José Andía	Spain	10
14th	Léonard Mascaux	France	-
15th	Fabián Velasco	Spain	11
16	Jean Keller	France	-
17th	Miguel Palau	Spain	-
18th	Joaquín Miquel	Spain	-
19th	Sven Emil Lundgren	Sweden	12
20th	Leo Larrivee	United States	-
21st	Stig Reuterswärd	Sweden	-

Team ranking

space	team	Athletes	Place number	annotation
1	United States	William Cox (2nd) Edward Kirby (3rd) Willard Tibbetts (4th) not in the ranking: James Connolly (8th) Joie Ray (11th) Leo Larrivee (20th)	9
2	France	Paul Bontemps (5th) Lucien Duquesne (6th) Camille Barbaud (7th) not in the ranking: Léonard Mascaux (14th) Jean Keller (16th)	18th
3	Sweden	Edvin Wide (1st) Axel Eriksson (9th) Sven Emil Lundgren (19th) not in the ranking: Stig Reuterswärd (20th)	21st
4th	Spain	Jesús Diéguez (12th) José Andía (13th) Fabián Velasco (15th) not in the ranking: Miguel Palau (17th) Joaquín Miquel (18th)	30th

final

Single results

space	Surname	nation	Points	time
1	Paavo Nurmi	Finland	1	8: 32.0 min OR
2	Ville Ritola	Finland	2	8: 40.6 min
3	Bertram Macdonald	Great Britain	3	8: 44.0 min
4th	Herbert Johnston	Great Britain	4th	8: 45.2 min
5	Elias Katz	Finland	5	8: 45.4 min
6th	Edward Kirby	United States	6th	8: 53.0 min
7th	George Webber	Great Britain	7th	k. A.
8th	William Cox	United States	8th
9	Paul Bontemps	France	9
10	Walter Porter	Great Britain	-
11	Armand Burtin	France	10
12	Willard Tibbetts	United States	11
13	Sameli Tala	Finland	-
14th	Arthur Clark	Great Britain	-
15th	Léonard Mascaux	France	12
16	William Seagrove	Great Britain	-
17th	Leo Larrivee	United States	-
18th	Joie Ray	United States	-
19th	Camille Barbaud	France	-
DNF	Frej Liewendahl	Finland
	James Connolly	United States
	Jean Keller	France
	Lucien Duquesne	France

Team ranking

space	team	Athletes	Place number	annotation
1	Finland	Paavo Nurmi (1st - 8: 32.0) Ville Ritola (2nd - 8: 40.6) Elias Katz (5th - 8: 45.4) not in the rating: Sameli Tala (13th) Frej Liewendahl ( DNF )	8th
2	Great Britain	Bertram Macdonald (3rd - 8: 44.0) Herbert Johnston (4th - 8: 45.2) George Webber (7th) not in the ranking: Walter Porter (10th) Arthur Clark (14th) William Seagrove ( 16.)	14th
3	United States	Edward Kirby (6th - 8th: 53.0) William Cox (8th) Willard Tibbetts (11th) not in the ranking: Leo Larrivee (17th) Joie Ray (18th) James Connolly ( DNF )	25th
4th	France	Paul Bontemps (9th) Armand Burtin (11th) Léonard Mascaux (15th) not in the ranking: Camille Barbaud (19th) Jean Keller ( DNF ) Lucien Duquesne ( DNF )	31

Date: July 13, 1924

Finland won this competition superiorly. Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola, by far the best track long distance athletes in these games, also took first and second place with a clear lead. Her team mate Elias Katz came in fifth. Behind them, too, there was a clear ranking with the British in second place and the USA in third place.

Paavo Nurmi won the eighth of nine gold medals in his career here. It was also the fifth that he won in Paris.

For Ville Ritola this was his fourth gold medal in Paris. Another was to follow in 1928 .

Picture gallery

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  Paavo Nurmi (FIN)

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  Ville Ritola (FIN)

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  William Cox (USA)

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 163f

Web links

• SportsReference 3000m team , accessed September 7, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official report ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pp. 160–162, French. (PDF)