Start 5000 meters at the brand new Frogner Stadium in Oslo (Kristiania) on 10–12 august 1901. It was an international competition arranged by Kristiania I.F.  There were 5 danes, 3 swedes and some norwegians.  This particular race was won by P. Hansen (Denmark, 17,15 minutes), followed by Ivar Dahl and Ernst Larsson (Norway, Kristiania I.F.). There were 600 attending on Saturday, 3000 on Sunday (1000 of these were invited school children).
Unknown photographer
<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nb.no/items/9891e2ab72aa34dda51cd8922092e79f?page=61">[1]</a> (Norsk fri-idretts historie)