The men's 3000 metres team event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

[1] 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 world record in the individual 3000 metres was 8:33.2 by John Zander.

Zander's multiple world records in the event eclipsed the 8:36.8 mark from the 1912 Olympic team race, which at the time was a world record.

In the second heat, Edmond Brossard set a new Olympic record of 8:35.6.