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.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 8 (semifinals)
July 11 (final)
Competitors22 from 12 nations
Medalists
   Canada
   Great Britain
   Italy
Athletics at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
110 m hurdles men
4×100 m relay men
4×400 m relay men
3000 m team race men
10 km walk men
Road events
Marathon 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
2-hand shot put men
2-hand discus men
2-hand javelin men
Combined events
Pentathlon men
Decathlon men
Cross-country events
Individual men
Team men
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-two racewalkers from twelve nations competed.

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

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 (RUS) Did not finish
 Rudolf Richter (BOH) Did not finish
 Eduard Hermann[1] (RUS) 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 (RUS) 59:24.4
 István Drubina (HUN) Did not finish
 Robert Bridge (GBR) Disqualified
 William Murray (ANZ) Disqualified
 Niels Petersen (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

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