Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres team race

The men's 3000 metres team event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.^[1] 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.

Men's 3000 metres team race at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 21–22, 1920
Competitors	31 from 6 nations
Medalists
Hal Brown, Arlie Schardt, Ivan Dresser, Lawrence Shields, Michael Devaney  United States Joe Blewitt, Albert Hill, William Seagrove, Percy Hodge, Duncan McPhee, James Hatton  Great Britain Eric Backman, Sven Lundgren, Edvin Wide, John Zander, Josef Holsner  Sweden
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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	[2]
Olympic record	Johannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	8:36.8	Stockholm	12 July 1912	[3]

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[4] 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[5]
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