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- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics abstract "Cross country running at the Summer Olympics was held at the multi-sport event for men only from 1912 to 1924. During its brief tenure as an Olympic event, it featured on the Olympic athletics programme. Medals were awarded on an individual race basis as well as a national team points basis.Traditionally a winter sport, the scheduling of cross country within a summer event caused organisational issues. The sport was dropped after 1924 Olympics, when most of the runners dropped out due to extreme heat and pollution from a nearby power station.Over its three appearances at the Olympics, Finnish runners dominated the event. Tying in with the emergence of the Flying Finns, Hannes Kolehmainen won the inaugural event then Paavo Nurmi won the following two editions, winning gold medals both individually and in the team race.Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele and Paul Tergat, all highly successful African long-distance runners, jointly issued an open letter in 2008 to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge, urging him to consider the re-instatement of cross country as an Olympic sport. The International Association of Athletics Federations and athletics media have supported the idea of including the sport at the Winter Olympic Games. The IOC defines winter sports as those requiring snow or ice, presenting a possible block on its inclusion. Although the sport does not require such conditions, major cross country events have been held on snow on numerous occasions.".
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- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics wikiPageExternalLink senior-race.
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics wikiPageExternalLink www.olympic.org.
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics wikiPageExternalLink mens-cross-country-individual.html.
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics wikiPageExternalLink mens-cross-country-team.html.
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- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics caption "The start of the first ever Olympic cross country race in 1912".
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics event "Cross country running".
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics firstyearmen "1912".
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics gender "Men".
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics lastyearmen "1924".
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics subject Category:Athletics_at_the_Summer_Olympics.
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics subject Category:Athletics_team_events.
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics subject Category:Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics.
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics subject Category:Cross_country_running_competitions.
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics comment "Cross country running at the Summer Olympics was held at the multi-sport event for men only from 1912 to 1924. During its brief tenure as an Olympic event, it featured on the Olympic athletics programme. Medals were awarded on an individual race basis as well as a national team points basis.Traditionally a winter sport, the scheduling of cross country within a summer event caused organisational issues.".
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics label "Cross country running at the Olympics".
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- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics depiction 1912_Athletics_men's_cross_country2.JPG.
- Cross_country_running_at_the_Olympics homepage www.olympic.org.
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