The men's individual cross country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

was a track and field athletics

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.The athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced for the first time, as the 5 mile event was eliminated...

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.

Results

The first three runners for each nation to finish in this race were also counted towards the team results.

Place	Athlete	Time
1		45:11.6
2		45:44.8
3		46:37.6
4		46:54.8
5		47:07.1
6		47:23.4
7		47:32.0
8		47:33.5
9		47:37.4
10		47:40.0
11		48:03.0
12		48:12.0
13		48:45.4
14		49:06.4
15		49:18.2
16		49:53.7
17		50:15.8
18		50:28.0
19		50:40.8
20		51:16.2
21		51:26.8
22		51:47.4
23		53:00.8
24		53:51.4
25		54:08.0
26		54:24.9
27		54:40.6
28		55:27.0
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