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

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]

Men's 10 kilometres walk
at the Games of the V Olympiad
The final with George Goulding in the middle.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 8 (semifinals)
July 11 (final)
Competitors23 from 12 nations
Medalists
George Goulding  Canada
Ernest Webb  Great Britain
Fernando Altimani  Italy
The winner George Goulding.

Records

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

World Record ?
Olympic Record - none - -

Results

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 William Yates (GBR)49:43.6QF
2 Arthur St. Norman (RSA)50:17.9QF
3 Thomas Dumbill (GBR)50:57.6QF
4 Vilhelm Gylche (DEN)51:13.8QF
5 Frederick Kaiser (USA)51:31.8QF
6 Alfred Voellmeke (USA)52:29.0
7 Rolando Salinas (CHI)55:02.0
8 Henrik Ripszám (HUN)55:20.6
9 Aleksis Aide (RUS)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.

PlaceAthleteTime
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. Mens Kilometres Walk Round One at Sports Reference

Sources

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 January 2007.
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