Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the Games of the X Olympiad
J.C. Zabala (oro olimpico) - El Grafico 685.jpg
Juan Carlos Zabala
VenueStarted and finished at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DatesAugust 7
Competitors28 from 14 nations
Winning time2:31:36 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Juan Carlos Zabala
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina
Silver medal icon.svg Sam Ferris
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Armas Toivonen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  1928
1936  

The men's marathon at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 7. It started and finished at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. [1] Twenty-eight athletes from 14 nations competed. [2] The 1930 Olympic Congress in Berlin had reduced the limit from 6 athletes per NOC to 3 athletes. [3] The event was won by Juan Carlos Zabala of Argentina, the nation's first Olympic marathon medal. Great Britain also earned its first Olympic marathon medal with Sam Ferris's silver, while Finland made the marathon podium for a fourth consecutive Games as Armas Toivonen won bronze.

Background

This was the ninth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning runners from 1928 included sixth-place finisher Seiichiro Tsuda of Japan, eighth-place finisher Sam Ferris of Great Britain, ninth-place finisher Albert Michelsen of the United States, and tenth-place finisher Clifford Bricker of Canada. Ferris, along with Dunky Wright (20th in 1928) were among the best-known runners who competed; Armas Toivonen led the always-strong Finnish team. Finland was without Paavo Nurmi, who would have been favored but was suspended just days before the Games began for allegedly accepting excessive expense money in violation of amateurism rules. [2] Finns charged that the Swedish officials, who were in charge of the international athletics federation at the time, [4] had used devious tricks in their campaign against Nurmi's amateur status, and ceased all athletic relations with Sweden. [5]

Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia each made their first appearance in Olympic marathons. The United States made its ninth appearance, the only nation to have competed in each Olympic marathon to that point.

Competition format

As all Olympic marathons, the competition was a single race. The now-standard marathon distance of 26 miles, 385 yards was run over a course that "started and finished at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, but was a loop course around Los Angeles." [2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Albert Michelsen  (USA)2:29:01.8 Port Chester, United States 12 October 1925
Olympic recordFlag of Finland.svg  Hannes Kolehmainen  (FIN)2:32:35.8(*) Antwerp, Belgium 22 August 1920

(*) Course was list at 42.75 kilometres.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 7 August 193215:30Final

Results

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Juan Carlos Zabala Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 2:31:36 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Sam Ferris Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:31:55
Bronze medal icon.svg Armas Toivonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:32:12
4 Dunky Wright Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:32:41
5 Seiichiro Tsuda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:35:42
6 Kim Un-bae Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:37:28
7 Albert Michelsen US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 2:39:38
8 Oskar Hekš Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:41:35
9 Kwon Tae-ha Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:42:52
10 Anders Hartington Andersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:44:38
11 Hans Oldag US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 2:47:26
12 Clifford Bricker Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 2:47:58
13 Michele Fanelli Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 2:49:09
14 Johnny Miles Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 2:50:32
15 Paul de Bruyn Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 2:52:39
16 François Bégeot Flag of France.svg  France 2:53:34
17 Fernando Cicarelli Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 2:55:49
18 Eddie Cudworth Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 2:58:35
19 João Clemente da Silva Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 3:02:06
20 Margarito Pomposo Flag of Mexico (1916-1934).svg  Mexico 3:10:51
José Ribas Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina DNF
Matheus Marcondes Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil DNF
Jorge Perry Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNF
Ville Kyrönen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF
Lasse Virtanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF
Francesco Roccati Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy DNF
Santiago Hernández Flag of Mexico (1916-1934).svg  Mexico DNF
James Henigan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States DNF
René BonichFlag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba DNS
Adalberto Cardoso Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil DNS
Alfred Maasik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia DNS
Billy Savidan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DNS
Franz Tuschek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNS

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