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

Men's 10 kilometres walk at the Games of the V Olympiad
The final with George Goulding in the middle.
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 8, 1912 (semifinals) July 11, 1912 (final)
Competitors	23 from 12 nations
Medalists
George Goulding   Canada Ernest Webb   Great Britain Fernando Altimani   Italy
1920  →

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 record	E. E. Merrill (USA)	45:28 (6 miles) 54:07 (7 miles)	Boston	5 October 1880	[3]
Olympic record	N/A

Results

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	George Goulding  (CAN)	47:14.5	QF
2	Ernest Webb  (GBR)	47:25.4	QF
3	Aage Rasmussen  (DEN)	48:15.8	QF
4	Fernando Altimani  (ITA)	48:54.2	QF
5	William Palmer  (GBR)	51:21.0	QF
6	Samuel Schwartz  (USA)	53:30.8
7	Edward Renz  (USA)	53:30.8
—	Kaarel Lukk  (RU1)	Did not finish
	Rudolf Richter  (BOH)	Did not finish
	Eduard Hermann [4]  (RU1)	Disqualified

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	William Yates  (GBR)	49:43.6	QF
2	Arthur St. Norman  (RSA)	50:17.9	QF
3	Thomas Dumbill  (GBR)	50:57.6	QF
4	Vilhelm Gylche  (DEN)	51:13.8	QF
5	Frederick Kaiser  (USA)	51:31.8	QF
6	Alfred Voellmeke  (USA)	52:29.0
7	Rolando Salinas  (CHI)	55:02.0
8	Henrik Ripszám  (HUN)	55:20.6
9	Aleksis Aide  (RU1)	59:24.4
—	István Drubina  (HUN)	Did not finish
	Robert Bridge  (GBR)	Disqualified
	William Murray  (ANZ)	Disqualified
	Niels Pedersen  (DEN)	Disqualified

Final

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

Place	Athlete	Time
1	George Goulding  (CAN)	46:28.4
2	Ernest Webb  (GBR)	46:50.4
3	Fernando Altimani  (ITA)	47:37.6
4	Aage Rasmussen  (DEN)	48:00.0
—	Vilhelm Gylche  (DEN)	Did not finish
	Frederick Kaiser  (USA)	Did not finish
	William Palmer  (GBR)	Did not finish
	Thomas Dumbill  (GBR)	Disqualified
	Arthur St. Norman  (RSA)	Disqualified
	William Yates  (GBR)	Disqualified

References

1. "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's 10 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
2. Official report, p. 61.
3. "Spalding's official athletic almanac, 1912" (PDF). p. 17. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
4. Mens Kilometres Walk Round One at Sports Reference

Sources

• Bergvall, Erik, ed. (1913). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Translated by Adams-Ray, Edward. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 January 2007.