Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk

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Men's 10 kilometres walk
at the Games of the V Olympiad
1912 Athletics men's 10 kilometre walk.JPG
The final with George Goulding in the middle.
Venue Stockholm Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 8 (semifinals)
July 11 (final)
Competitors23 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg George Goulding Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Ernest Webb Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Fernando Altimani Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
1920  
The winner George Goulding. 1912 Athletics men's 10 kilometre walk - George Goulding.JPG
The winner George Goulding.

The men's 10 kilometres walk was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of racewalking, which had debuted at the previous games with the 10 mile and 3500 metre walks. The 10 kilometre was the only racewalking event in 1912. The competition was held on Monday, July 8, 1912, and on Thursday, July 11, 1912. Twenty-three racewalkers from twelve nations competed. [1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes. [2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg E. E. Merrill (USA)45:28 (6 miles)
54:07 (7 miles)
Boston 5 October 1880 [3]
Olympic recordN/A

Results

Semifinals

Both semi-finals were held on Monday, July 8, 1912.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  George Goulding  (CAN)47:14.5QF
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ernest Webb  (GBR)47:25.4QF
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Aage Rasmussen  (DEN)48:15.8QF
4Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Fernando Altimani  (ITA)48:54.2QF
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Palmer  (GBR)51:21.0QF
6US flag 48 stars.svg  Samuel Schwartz  (USA)53:30.8
7US flag 48 stars.svg  Edward Renz  (USA)53:30.8
Flag of Russia.svg  Kaarel Lukk  (RU1)Did not finish
Bohemian Olympic Flag (1912).svg  Rudolf Richter  (BOH)Did not finish
Flag of Russia.svg  Eduard Hermann [4]  (RU1)Disqualified

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Yates  (GBR)49:43.6QF
2Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1951).svg  Arthur St. Norman  (RSA)50:17.9QF
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Thomas Dumbill  (GBR)50:57.6QF
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Vilhelm Gylche  (DEN)51:13.8QF
5US flag 48 stars.svg  Frederick Kaiser  (USA)51:31.8QF
6US flag 48 stars.svg  Alfred Voellmeke  (USA)52:29.0
7Flag of Chile.svg  Rolando Salinas  (CHI)55:02.0
8Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Henrik Ripszám  (HUN)55:20.6
9Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksis Aide  (RU1)59:24.4
Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  István Drubina  (HUN)Did not finish
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Robert Bridge  (GBR)Disqualified
Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg  William Murray  (ANZ)Disqualified
Flag of Denmark.svg  Niels Pedersen  (DEN)Disqualified

Final

The final was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.

PlaceAthleteTime
1Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  George Goulding  (CAN)46:28.4
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ernest Webb  (GBR)46:50.4
3Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Fernando Altimani  (ITA)47:37.6
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Aage Rasmussen  (DEN)48:00.0
Flag of Denmark.svg  Vilhelm Gylche  (DEN)Did not finish
US flag 48 stars.svg  Frederick Kaiser  (USA)Did not finish
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Palmer  (GBR)Did not finish
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Thomas Dumbill  (GBR)Disqualified
Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1951).svg  Arthur St. Norman  (RSA)Disqualified
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Yates  (GBR)Disqualified

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References

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