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Athletics at the Olympics
Men's 3000 metres team race
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 21–22
Competitors31 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hal Brown, Arlie Schardt, Ivan Dresser, Lawrence Shields, Michael Devaney
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joe Blewitt, Albert Hill, William Seagrove, Percy Hodge, Duncan McPhee, James Hatton
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eric Backman, Sven Lundgren, Edvin Wide, John Zander, Josef Holsner
 Sweden
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Athletics at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplechasemen
4 × 100 m relaymen
4 × 400 m relaymen
3000 m team racemen
3 km walkmen
10 km walkmen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmen
56 lb weight throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonmen
Decathlonmen
Cross-country events
Individualmen
Teammen

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.

Records

The world record in the individual 3000 metres was 8:33.2 by John Zander. Zander's multiple world records in the event eclipsed the 8:36.8 mark from the 1912 Olympic team race, which at the time was a world record.

World record  John Zander (SWE) 8:33.2 Stockholm 7 August 1918
Olympic record  Johannes Kolehmainen (FIN) 8:36.8 Stockholm 12 July 1912

In the second heat, Edmond Brossard set a new Olympic record of 8:35.6.

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  Joseph 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 Time
1  Edmond Brossard (FRA) 1 8:35.6 OR
2  Armand Burtin (FRA) 2 8:36.4e
3  Hal 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 Time
1  Hal Brown (USA) 1 8:45.4
2  Eric Backman (SWE) 2 8:45.5e
3  Arlie Schardt (USA) 3 8:46.4e
4  Armand Burtin (FRA) 4 8:47.3e
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

  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2007.
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