Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's individual cross country
| Men's cross country at the Games of the V Olympiad
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| Date | July 15 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 45 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
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Hannes Kolehmainen |
 Finland
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Hjalmar Andersson |
 Sweden
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John Eke |
Sweden
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At the 1912 Summer Olympics, the men's individual cross country race was held as part of the athletics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Monday, July 15, 1912.
Forty-five runners from nine nations competed.
The first three runners for each nation to finish in this race were also counted towards the team results.
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