# Athletics at the 1924 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 1924 Summer Olympics. 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.

## Results
### Semifinals

Both semi-finals were held on Friday, July 11, 1924, and the first heat started at 3:15 p.m. The top two teams in each heat qualified for the final.
Semifinal 1
Team result
| Place | Team | Scores | Scores | Scores | Scores | Qual. |
| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Qual. |
| 1 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Q |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | Q |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 27 | |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 7 | 11 | 13 | 31 | |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 12 | 14 | 15 | 41 | |
Individual race result
| Place | Athlete | Score |
| 1 | Paavo Nurmi (FIN) | 1 |
| 2 | Ville Ritola (FIN) | 2 |
| 3 | Sameli Tala (FIN) | 3 |
| 4 | Walter Porter (GBR) | 4 |
| 5 | Herbert Johnston (GBR) | 5 |
| 6 | Bertram Macdonald (GBR) | 6 |
| 7 | Angelo Davoli (ITA) | 7 |
| 8 | Hans Gundhus (NOR) | 8 |
| 9 | William Seagrove (GBR) | — |
| 10 | Nils Andersen (NOR) | 9 |
| 11 | Haakon Jansen (NOR) | 10 |
| 12 | Frej Liewendahl (FIN) | — |
| 13 | Elias Katz (FIN) | — |
| 14 | Ferruccio Bruni (ITA) | 11 |
| 15 | Johan Badendyck (NOR) | — |
| 16 | Stanisław Ziffer (POL) | 12 |
| 17 | Giovanni Garaventa (ITA) | 13 |
| 18 | Julian Łukaszewicz (POL) | 14 |
| 19 | Stefan Szelestowski (POL) | 15 |
| — | Eino Seppälä (FIN) | DNF |
| — | Arthur Clark (GBR) | DNF |
| — | George Webber (GBR) | DNF |
| — | Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA) | DNF |
Semifinal 2
Team result:
| Place | Team | Scores | Scores | Scores | Scores | Qual. |
| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Qual. |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | Q |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | Q |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 8 | 12 | 21 | |
| 4 | Spain (ESP) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | |
Individual race result:
| Place | Athlete | Score |
| 1 | Edvin Wide (SWE) | 1 |
| 2 | Bill Cox (USA) | 2 |
| 3 | Edward Kirby (USA) | 3 |
| 4 | Willard Tibbetts (USA) | 4 |
| 5 | Paul Bontemps (FRA) | 5 |
| 6 | Lucien Duquesne (FRA) | 6 |
| 7 | Camille Barbaud (FRA) | 7 |
| 8 | James Connolly (USA) | — |
| 9 | Axel Eriksson (SWE) | 8 |
| 10 | Armand Burtin (FRA) | — |
| 11 | Joie Ray (USA) | — |
| 12 | Jesús Diéguez (ESP) | 9 |
| 13 | José Andía (ESP) | 10 |
| 14 | Léonard Mascaux (FRA) | — |
| 15 | Fabián Velasco (ESP) | 11 |
| 16 | Jean Keller (FRA) | — |
| 17 | Miguel Palau (ESP) | — |
| 18 | Joaquín Miquel (ESP) | — |
| 19 | Sven Emil Lundgren (SWE) | 12 |
| 20 | Leo Larrivee (USA) | — |
| 21 | Stig Reuterswärd (SWE) | — |

### Final

The final was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924, and started at 4:45 p.m.
Team result:
| Place | Team | Scores | Scores | Scores | Scores |
| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| 1 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 9 | 10 | 12 | 31 |
Individual race result:
| Place | Athlete | Score |
| 1 | Paavo Nurmi (FIN) | 1 |
| 2 | Ville Ritola (FIN) | 2 |
| 3 | Bertram Macdonald (GBR) | 3 |
| 4 | Herbert Johnston (GBR) | 4 |
| 5 | Elias Katz (FIN) | 5 |
| 6 | Edward Kirby (USA) | 6 |
| 7 | George Webber (GBR) | 7 |
| 8 | Bill Cox (USA) | 8 |
| 9 | Paul Bontemps (FRA) | 9 |
| 10 | Walter Porter (GBR) | — |
| 11 | Armand Burtin (FRA) | 10 |
| 12 | Willard Tibbetts (USA) | 11 |
| 13 | Sameli Tala (FIN) | — |
| 14 | Arthur Clark (GBR) | — |
| 15 | Léonard Mascaux (FRA) | 12 |
| 16 | William Seagrove (GBR) | — |
| 17 | Leo Larrivee (USA) | — |
| 18 | Joie Ray (USA) | — |
| 19 | Camille Barbaud (FRA) | — |
| — | Frej Liewendahl (FIN) | DNF |
| — | James Connolly (USA) | DNF |
| — | Jean Keller (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Lucien Duquesne (FRA) | DNF |