Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 miles walk

Men's 10 miles walk at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	White City Stadium
Dates	July 16 (semifinals) July 17 (final)
Competitors	25 from 8 nations
Medalists
George Larner   Great Britain   Ernest Webb   Great Britain   Edward Spencer   Great Britain

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5 miles		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3200 m steeplechase		men
Medley relay		men
3 mile team race		men
Road events
Marathon	men
3500 m walk	men
10 mile walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
Greek discus	men
Freestyle javelin	men

The men's 10 miles walk race was held at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. This event was held for the only time. The competition was held on Thursday, July 16, 1908 and on Friday, July 17, 1908.

The competition was held in two rounds. There were two heats in the first round, with the top four in each heat advancing to the final.

25 race walkers from eight nations competed.

Results

First round

The first round heats were held on Thursday, July 16, 1908.

Heat 1

Carter, Larner, and Spencer intentionally drew even to finish in a line. Carter had been in second place, followed by Spencer and then Larner before they did so.

Place	Name	Nation	Time
1	Ernest Webb	Great Britain	1:20:18.8
2	Frank Carter	Great Britain	1:21:25.4
	Ernest Larner	Great Britain	1:21:25.4
	Edward Spencer	Great Britain	1:21:25.4
5	Arthur Rowland	Australasia	1:21:57:6
6	Thomas Hammond	Great Britain	1:23:44.0
7	Paul Gunia	Germany	1:26:09.4
—	Jo Goetzee	Netherlands	Did not finish
	Arne Højme	Denmark	Did not finish
	Piet Soudyn	Netherlands	Did not finish
	Willem Winkelman	Netherlands	Did not finish
	Alfred Yeoumans	Great Britain	Disqualified

Heat 2

Place	Name	Nation	Time
1	George Larner	Great Britain	1:18:19.0
2	Ralph Harrison	Great Britain	1:18:21.2
3	Harry Kerr	Australasia	1:18:40.2
4	William Palmer	Great Britain	1:19:04.0
5	Gadwin Withers	Great Britain	1:19:22.4
6	Sydney Schofield	Great Britain	1:21:07.4
7	Piet Ruimers	Netherlands	1:27:38.8
8	Emmerich Rath	Austria	1:30:33.8[1]
—	John Butler	Great Britain	Did not finish
	George Goulding	Canada	Did not finish
	Jan Huijgen	Netherlands	Did not finish
	Einar Rothman	Sweden	Did not finish
	Charles Vestergaard	Denmark	Did not finish

Final

The final was held on Friday, July 17, 1908.

Place	Name	Nation	Time
1	George Larner	Great Britain	1:15:57.4
2	Ernest Webb	Great Britain	1:17:31.0
3	Edward Spencer	Great Britain	1:21:20.2
4	Frank Carter	Great Britain	1:21:20.2
5	Ernest Larner	Great Britain	1:24:26.2
6	William Palmer	Great Britain	Unknown[2]
—	Ralph Harrison	Great Britain	Did not start
—	Harry Kerr	Australasia	Did not start

Notes

1. The time appears on the official report as "go min. 33⁴⁄₅ sec."
2. Listed on the official report as in sixth place, with a dash in the time column, indicating that Palmer finished in sixth place but without the time having been recorded. De Wael lists Palmer with Harrison in the "did not finish" section.

Sources

• Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 31 March 2006. Available electronically at .