Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres walk

Men's 3 kilometres walk
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 20–21
Competitors22 from 12 nations
Medalists
   Italy
   Australia
   United States
Athletics at the
1920 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
400 m hurdles men
3000 m steeplechase men
4×100 m relay men
4×400 m relay men
3000 m team race men
3 km walk men
10 km walk men
Road events
Marathon men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men
56 lb weight throw men
Combined events
Pentathlon men
Decathlon men
Cross-country events
Individual men
Team men

The men's 3 kilometres walk event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on the track on Friday, August 20, 1920, and on Saturday, August 21, 1920.

Twenty-two race walkers from twelve nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record 12:53.8 Denmark Aage Rasmussen ? 1918
Olympic Record 15:13.2 Hungary György Sztantics Athens (GRE) May 1, 1906 (NS)

Every race saw a new Olympic record. At first Donato Pavesi bettered the record in the first semifinal with 13:46.8 minutes. In the second semifinal his fellow countryman Ugo Frigerio improved the record with 13:40.2 minutes. In the final Frigerio again set a new Olympic record with 13:14.2 minutes. As the competition has been discontinued, his Olympic record still stands.

Results

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on Friday, August 20, 1920.

Semifinal 1

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Donato Pavesi (ITA) 13:46.8 OR Q
2  George Parker (AUS) (13:47.9) Q
3  Thomas Maroney (USA) (13:52.1) Q
4  Charles Dowson (GBR) (13:54.9) Q
5  Niels Pedersen (DEN) (14:06.3) Q
6  Jean Segers (BEL) (14:09.2) Q
7  Paul Verlaeckt (BEL)
 Josef Šlehofer (TCH) DQ
 Cor Gubbels (NED) DQ
 Eduard Hermann (EST) DQ
 Joseph Pearman (USA) DQ

Semifinal 2

Place Athlete Time Qual.
1  Ugo Frigerio (ITA) 13:40.2 OR Q
2  Cecil McMaster (RSA) (13:48.5) Q
3  Richard Remer (USA) (13:54.1) Q
4  William Roelker (USA) (13:59.8) Q
5  William Hehir (GBR) Q
 Charles Gunn (GBR) Q
7  August Schotte (NED)
8  Edward Freeman (CAN)
9  Charles Wiggers (BEL)
 Stanislas Anselmetti (SUI) DQ
 Gunnar Rasmussen (DEN) DQ

Final

The final was held on Saturday, August 21, 1920.

Place Athlete Time
1  Ugo Frigerio (ITA) 13:14.2 OR
2  George Parker (AUS) (13:19.6)
3  Richard Remer (USA) (13:22.2)
4  Cecil McMaster (RSA) (13:23.6)
5  Thomas Maroney (USA) (13:25.0)
6  Charles Dowson (GBR) (13:28.0)
7  William Hehir (GBR) (13:29.8)
8  William Roelker (USA) (13:30.4)
9  Jean Segers (BEL) (13:31.3)
10  Charles Gunn (GBR) (13:34.0)
11  Niels Pedersen (DEN) (13:36.8)
 Donato Pavesi (ITA) DQ

References

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