The men's 3000 metres team event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, 29 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920 to August 23, 1920.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 at the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

. 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.

According to the International Olympic Committee medal database only the best three runners of each team were awarded with medals.

Semifinals

Both semi-finals were held on Saturday, August 21, 1920.

Semifinal 1

Team result

Place	Team	Scores				Qual.
		1	2	3	Total
1		2	4	5	11	Q
2		1	3	8	12	Q
3		6	9	10	25	Q
4		7	11	12	30

Individual race result

Place	Athlete	Score
1		1
2		2
3		3
4		4
5		5
6		6
7		7
8		8
9		9
10		10
11	'	—
12	'	—
13	'	—
14		11
15	'	—
16		12
17	'	—
18	'	—
19	'	—
20	'	—

Semifinal 2

Team result:

Place	Team	Scores				Qual.
		1	2	3	Total
1		1	2	4	7	Q
2		3	5	6	14	Q

Individual race result:

Place	Athlete	Score
1		1
2		2
3		3
4		4
5		5
6		6
7	'	—
8	'	—
9	'	—
10	'	—

Final

The final was held on Sunday, August 22, 1920.

Team result:

Place	Team	Scores
		1	2	3	Total
1		1	3	6	10
2		5	7	8	20
3		2	10	12	24
4		4	11	15	30
5		9	13	14	36

Individual race result:

Place	Athlete	Score
1		1
2		2
3		3
4		4
5		5
6		6
7		7
8	'	—
9		8
10	'	—
11		9
12	'	—
13		10
14		11
15		12
16		13
17		14
18		15
19	'	—
20	'	—
21	'	—
—	'	DNF
	'	DNF