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

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:657 athletes from 40 nations competed. Ten nations competed in athletics for the first time...

 at the 1924 Summer Olympics

1924 Summer Olympics

The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...

. It was the third and last appearance of a 3000 metre team race event after the debut in 1912, but the sixth time that a team contest was arranged at the Olympics. The competition was held on Friday, July 11, 1924 and on Sunday, July 13, 1924.

Forty-four runners from nine nations competed.

Semifinals

Both semi-finals were held on Friday, July 11, 1924 and the first heat started at 3:15 p.m.

12-hour clock

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 The top two teams in each heat qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Team result

Place	Team	Scores				Qual.
		1	2	3	Total
1		1	2	3	6	Q
2		4	5	6	15	Q
3		8	9	10	27
4		7	11	13	31
5		12	14	15	41

Individual race result

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

Semifinal 2

Team result:

Place	Team	Scores				Qual.
		1	2	3	Total
1		2	3	4	9	Q
2		5	6	7	18	Q
3		1	8	12	21
4		9	10	11	30

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	'	—
12		9
13		10
14	'	—
15		11
16	'	—
17	'	—
18	'	—
19		12
20	'	—
21	'	—

Final

The final was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924 and started at 4:45 p.m.

12-hour clock

The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...

Team result:

Place	Team	Scores
		1	2	3	Total
1		1	2	5	8
2		3	4	7	14
3		6	8	11	25
4		9	10	12	31

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	'	—
11		10
12		11
13	'	—
14	'	—
15		12
16	'	—
17	'	—
18	'	—
19	'	—
—	'	DNF
	'	DNF
	'	DNF
	'	DNF

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